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Quote of the Day
"An iron rule of investing is that almost nothing is certain and the best we can do is put the odds of success in our favor."
(Morgan Housel)
Strategy
- Tipping points and short squeezes. (danco.substack.com)
- Misdirected anger amongst GameStop ($GME) traders. (econbrowser.com)
Crypto
- Elon Musk just can't quit Dogecoin. (businessinsider.com)
- A history of the ironic origin of Dogecoin. (wsj.com)
Companies
- Putting some numbers to Big Tech's big 2020. (wsj.com)
- Companies are rolling back their estimate of a reopened economy. (wsj.com)
Pandemic
- A whole generation of younger Americans have moved back in with their parents. (nytimes.com)
- Financial reasons are the primary reason why Americans are moving in pandemic. (pewresearch.org)
ETFs
- Ark Invest's every move is now being analyzed and in some cases piggybacked on. (wsj.com)
- Ark Invest's success helps prove out the case for active ETFs. (msn.com)
- The major stock exchanges are rolling out new features to attract and maintain ETF listings. (ft.com)
Immigration
- It's going to take awhile to undo all the small changes the Trump administration made to the immigration process. (newyorker.com)
- Why immigrants to the U.S. are uniquely more productive than in other countries. (privpapers.ssrn.com)
Policy
- State and local tax revenue fell less than expected in pandemic, but costs surged. (wsj.com)
- What did the Payroll Protection Program actually accomplish? (nytimes.com)
- The Trump trade war was a bust. (axios.com)
- What can be done to fix the USPS? (washingtonpost.com)
- Everybody recognizes GDP has flaws, the question is how to fix it? (hbr.org)
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 this week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Saturday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Coronavirus links: first doses first. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Friends don't leave friends holding the bag. (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)
Mixed media
- Six leaderships lessons from retired U.S. Navy captain Mark Brouker, author of "Lessons from the Navy: How to Earn Trust, Lead Teams, and Achieve Organizational Excellence." (fastcompany.com)
- Age discrimination is alive and well in the U.S. (marketwatch.com)
- Did you get a vaccine card? Don't share it on social media. (nytimes.com)
