Quote of the Day
"At its heart, the battle over remote work is a test of corporate America’s definition of an ideal worker. For decades or even longer, that has been a person who prioritizes their job above all else and has no outside commitments."
(Vivian Giang)
Chart of the Day
The rise in mortgage rates this year have been breathtaking.
Markets
- On the state of the global wheat market. (modernfarmer.com)
- How to invest in emerging markets by avoiding the biggest political risks. (humbledollar.com)
Strategy
- There is no way to avoid volatility in markets. Be way of someone says they can. (alephblog.com)
- What's not to like with rising dividends? (freedomdaysolutions.com)
ETFs
- Big fund companies are getting off the sidelines and into the ETF space. (ft.com)
- Leveraged ETFs are seeing persistent trading volume. (cnbc.com)
Housing
- How the remote work boom lifted home prices. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- Buying a house is stressful, especially now. (businessinsider.com)
- There is a lag between the prices between new and existing homes. (calculatedrisk.substack.com)
- If you require parking, you are going to get fewer homes built. (nytimes.com)
- Is fractional ownership the future of vacation homes? (theinformation.com)
Policy
- Can the SEC stand up to Elon Musk? (npr.org)
- Every time inflation spikes, price controls are proposed. (wsj.com)
- On the racial disparity in student loan balances. (fivethirtyeight.com)
- A policy combination that could reduce violent crime. (vox.com)
Economy
- Barry Ritholtz, "It’s almost as if you are not confused about the economy, then you probably are not paying attention." (ritholtz.com)
- Why the jobs market may be at an inflection point. (tker.co)
- The economic schedule for the coming week. (calculatedriskblog.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Top clicks last week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Saturday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: winning with white noise. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Target date funds are a rare win for the behavioral finance crowd. (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)
