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Quote of the Day
"The world has always been populated by young bulls and old bears."
(Michael Batnick)
Markets
- An assessment of current market sentiment a few months into the pandemic. (cnbc.com)
- Why are so many people trading so much these days? (newyorker.com)
Strategy
- Be way of any (options) strategy that claims higher returns AND lower risk. (wsj.com)
- The great uncertainty of this crisis is its duration. (humbledollar.com)
Business
- Would you rather own Zoom ($ZM) or the world's seven biggest airlines? (visualcapitalist.com)
- Work from home could put a permanent damper the demand for commercial office space. (wsj.com)
- Retail re-openings may disappoint with so many Americans feeling financial pain. (nytimes.com)
Companies
- Facebook ($FB) is 'not a democracy.' A big profile of Mark Zuckerberg in the age of coronavirus. (nytimes.com)
- Berkshire Hathaway ($BRK.A) has sold much of its position in Goldman Sachs ($GS). (wsj.com)
- Parts of John Malone's empire are leveraged to a post-pandemic return to normal. (barrons.com)
- JC Penney ($JCP) has filed for bankruptcy. (nytimes.com)
ETFs
- The case for better labeling of exchange-traded products. (theetfeducator.com)
- Goldman Sachs ($GS) has launched three new, low cost core ETFs. (etf.com)
Covid-19
- If children aren't 'super-spreaders' it will be a lot easier to open up schools. (ft.com)
- Why testing is the key to successfully reopen the economy. (marginalrevolution.com)
- Data lags make reopening more challenging to manage. (theatlantic.com)
- How six countries have had to backtrack on reopening. (businessinsider.com)
- Why states need to have a plan if they need to pull back on reopenings (washingtonpost.com)
Policy
- Public pension plans lost a median 13.2% in the three months ended March 31. (wsj.com)
- The US hospital system was not designed to withstand financial disruptions like a pandemic. (nytimes.com)
- States just can't borrow to cover the costs of battling the coronavirus. (nytimes.com)
- How did Anthony Fauci become a villain to some? (politico.com)
Economy
- A succinct summary of the week's economic events. (ritholtz.com)
- The economic schedule for the coming week. (calculatedriskblog.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Top clicks last week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Saturday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Longform links: pandemic anxiety. (abnormalreturns.com)
- How the coronavirus turned a pilot shortage into a surplus overnight. (abnormalreturns.com)
- There really are second acts in American business. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Why you need to understand what constitutes an acceptable risk in a world full of uncertainty. (abnormalreturns.com)