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Quote of the Day
"Computers emit data as a matter of course, and the Internet makes the transfer of that data free. To strive for a world without the generation or capture of data is to fight against the very nature of technology."
(Ben Thompson)
Companies
- Ten surprising facts about Tesla ($TSLA) stock. (blog.validea.com)
- Starbucks ($SBUX) stock is higher than it was pre-pandemic. (ft.com)
- It's hard to wrap your heads around Snowflake's ($SNOW) valuation. (theirrelevantinvestor.com)
Crypto
IPOs
- Today's IPOs including C3.ai ($AI) are seeing big pops. (techcrunch.com)
- Investors are fearful of missing the next Snowflake ($SNOW). (qz.com)
- 2020 is set to be a record year for follow-on offerings as well. (axios.com)
- Why hedge funds love SPACs. (finance.yahoo.com)
Finance
- Anti-money laundering rules are set for their first major overhaul in 20 years. (ft.com)
- Who is going to trade the new water futures contract? (rcmalternatives.com)
Cybersecurity
- Fireeye ($FEYE) experienced a major security breach exposing its software tools to an outside source. (reuters.com)
- Work from home increases cybersecurity risks for companies and workers alike. (wsj.com)
Pandemic
- Vaccination rollout plans in the U.S. are constantly changing. (wsj.com)
- Canada has approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. (apnews.com)
- The rest of the world is waiting on the Oxford/AstraZeneca ($AZN) vaccine. (statnews.com)
- CVS ($CVS) and Walgreen's ($WAG) are seeking out personnel to help with the immunization push. (msn.com)
- The U.S. is not alone in have contradictory rules in pandemic. (nytimes.com)
Moving
- San Francisco rents are in free fall. (bloomberg.com)
- 'Weather, cost of living, and tax rates' are driving migration across state lines. (blogs.cfainstitute.org)
Books
- The best books of 2020 including "The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good?" by Michael J. Sandel. (bloomberg.com)
- The best books of 2020 including "The Arrest" by Jonathan Lethem. (esquire.com)
- A list of best of 2020 book lists including "The Book of Eels" by Patrik Svensson. (kottke.org)
- Five books Bill Gates is recommending including "The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz" by Erik Larson. (gatesnotes.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Personal finance links: what matters most. (abnormalreturns.com)
- The search is on for one-stop, managed portfolios for alternative investments. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Tuesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Research links: counting cards. (abnormalreturns.com)
- The 'Swiss cheese model' and the importance of avoiding single points of failure in pandemic and life. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Are you a financial adviser looking for some out-of-the-box thinking? Then check out our weekly e-mail newsletter just for advisers. (newsletter.abnormalreturns.com)
Mixed media
- The return to the office is on indefinite hold. (bnnbloomberg.ca)
- Work from home is going be a boon to workers, post-pandemic. (reason.com)
- Older workers in pandemic are uniquely at-risk of long term unemployment. (ft.com)
- How to assess worker performance in pandemic. (hbr.org)
- How to use a mental model to explore a career change. (fs.blog)
