Quote of the Day
"Meme stocks are at once shockingly new and tiresomely old, all of which point to more memes ahead."
(Nir Kaissar)
Markets
- Meme stock insiders are taking advantage of higher prices to sell some stock. (marketwatch.com)
- A week with no pessimistic indicators. (sentimentrader.com)
Strategy
- Mark Rzepczynski, "Inflation shocks have different impacts on equity sector performance." (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)
- A look at some alternative asset allocation models including the Permanent Portfolio. (blog.validea.com)
Finance
- 2021 will set a record for IPO proceeds in the U.S. (reuters.com)
- How mortgage companies make money off buying mortgages in forbearance. (wsj.com)
Fidelity
- Fidelity's zero-fee index funds are flying off the shelves. (investmentnews.com)
- Fidelity is launching its first ESG ETFs. (thinkadvisor.com)
Shipping
- Global shipping delays are rampant. (npr.org)
- Add a Covid outbreak to the list of shipping woes. (cnbc.com)
Housing
- The pandemic affected every aspect of the housing market. (fastcompany.com)
- Some of the blame goes to reduced homebuilding during the past decade. (wsj.com)
- Airbnb ($ABNB) will prohibit landlords from listing properties where they evicted a tenant for failure to pay rent. (washingtonpost.com)
- How Zillow ($Z) prices the homes it buys. (wired.com)
- Build-to-rent suburbs are becoming a reality. (wsj.com)
Inflation
- Why forecasting inflation is so challenging. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- Inflation breakevens have stopped going up. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Personal finance links: the next bus. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Tuesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Research links: middle children. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Are you a financial adviser looking for some out-of-the-box thinking? Then check out our weekly e-mail newsletter. (newsletter.abnormalreturns.com)