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Quote of the Day
"None of this has anything to do with “the little guy”—a moniker that, by any reasonable definition, refers to the roughly 50 percent of American adults with no money whatsoever in the stock market and who probably shouldn’t kick off their investment career by buying into a mania."
(Derek Thompson)
Retail trading
- We're still seeing after effects from GameStop ($GME) in the broader market. (theirrelevantinvestor.com)
- There is no shortage of bad narratives racing around. (pragcap.com)
- The seeds of the r/WSB craze came from the 2017 crypto boom. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- Some traders have learned what it means to be a 'bag holder.' (businessinsider.com)
Strategy
- If you are trading you need to know what you are getting yourself into. (allstarcharts.com)
- You can't identify a bubble just by looking at price. (priceactionlab.com)
- No, tech stocks are not a separate asset class. (capitalspectator.com)
- Notes from 1925's "The Facts of Speculation" by Thomas Gibson. (novelinvestor.com)
Crypto
Amazon
- Jeff Bezos is stepping down as CEO of Amazon ($AMZN). (nytimes.com)
- A profile of the new CEO Andy Jassy, who currently heads the AWS division. (wsj.com)
- Being the new CEO of Amazon ($AMZN) is no small task. (om.co)
- Amazon's ($AMZN) Ring division has thousands of partnerships with local police and fire departments. (ft.com)
- Amazon ($AMZN) just settled with the FTC over gig worker tips. (vox.com)
- Remember Amazon's HQ2? This is what it is supposed to look like when finished. (wsj.com)
- What will Jeff Bezos focus on next? (vox.com)
Sony
- Sony ($SNE) could have sold a lot more PS5s in 2020 if they had the inventory. (theverge.com)
- Sony ($SNE) sell the PS5 at a loss. (venturebeat.com)
Finance
- HFT will end up being big winners in the retail trading revolution. (ft.com)
- A hedge fund that helped bail out AMC ($AMC) in December is sitting on big gains. (wsj.com)
Global
- Another reminder that the retail trading phenomenon is global in nature. (bloomberg.com)
- Meituan has become China's third largest Internet company by focusing on group buying groceries. (wsj.com)
- Starting an airline in pandemic? Greater Bay Airlines, has filed to start flying. (fortune.com)
Books
- Reese Witherspoon, and her book club, are a big business unto themselves. (fastcompany.com)
- A list of essays that became books. (josephcwells.com)
- How to read more mindfully. (wsj.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Personal finance links: a long-term investor's resting state. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Tuesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Research links: a flawed assumption. (abnormalreturns.com)
- February ESG links: sustainable indices. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Tired of reading? Listen to your favorite bloggers read some their recent posts on The Goldmine. (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)
