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Quote of the Day
"Inflation is a silent killer to investor’s portfolios."
(Michael Batnick)
Chart of the Day
“Apple has bought back $338 billion in stock over the past 7 years, which is greater than the market cap of 492 companies in the S&P 500.” – @charliebilello
Markets
- What does the stock market historically say about the Presidential election? (thereformedbroker.com)
- Individual investors refuse to say they are bullish. (sentimentrader.com)
- The Facebook ($FB) advertiser boycott looks to go global. (reuters.com)
- Facebook ($FB) should buckle up for continued pushback from advertisers. (thereformedbroker.com)
- Why Facebook's ($FB) business is less fragile than you think. (stratechery.com)
- Why Facebook ($FB) was unwilling to confront then candidate Trump in 2015. (washingtonpost.com)
Finance
- Private equity has money for new investments, less to support struggling, past investments. (wsj.com)
- Add Shift Technologies to the list of companies going public via a reverse merger with a SPAC. (news.crunchbase.com)
- Chesapeake Energy has filed for bankruptcy. (washingtonpost.com)
Venture capital
- What will letting big banks invest do to the venture capital market? (howardlindzon.com)
- Checking in on the state of venture capital-backed 'unicorns' in the midst of pandemic and a re-opened IPO window. (news.crunchbase.com)
Covid-19
- How Gilead ($GILD) plans to price remdisivir in the US. (statnews.com)
- This CanSino vaccine is getting rolled out for the Chinese military. (reuters.com)
Cash
- Americans are shunning currency in pandemic. (axios.com)
- Casinos are planning to allow for cashless wagering. (wsj.com)
Economy
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Adviser links: client communications. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Sunday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What everyone else was reading on the site last week. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Sign up for our weekly adviser-focused e-mail that goes on Fridays. Five links to make you think headed into the weekend. (newsletter.abnormalreturns.com)
