Quote of the Day
"The price of admission to the stock market is bone-crushing volatility, a lumpy return stream along with the pain and anguish that are brought about when you witness a chunk of your life savings evaporate before your eyes."
(Ben Carlson)
Markets
- The volatility of the VIX has fallen to a three-year low. (wsj.com)
- Gasoline prices have fallen for 49 straight days. (marketwatch.com)
Companies
- Why Apple ($AAPL) is so selective when it comes to big acquisitions? (macworld.com)
- Still no sign that MicroStrategy ($MSTR) is pulling back on its big Bitcoin bet. (bloomberg.com)
- How Amazon ($AMZN) could approach primary care as a business. (hbr.org)
Streaming
- There is seemingly plenty of demand for Netflix ($NFLX) ad supply. (theinformation.com)
- Pixar movies have found a home on Disney+. (variety.com)
- Warner Brothers is writing off the cost of 'Batgirl.' (variety.com)
Fund management
- Target date funds are investing in the wrong bonds. (bloomberg.com)
- Long-short hedge funds have not handled the bear market well. (ft.com)
- The Schwab Crypto Thematic ETF ($STCE) is here. (riabiz.com)
- An early assessment of single-stock ETFs. (etf.com)
Economy
- The U.S. economy is filled with contradictions including 'Gas prices are falling...but inflation isn’t?' (qz.com)
- Personal income growth is lagging jobs growth. (capitalspectator.com)
- Consumer debt delinquency rates are on the rise. (tker.co)
- Will a 5% mortgage rate help cushion the blow to the housing market? (calculatedrisk.substack.com)
- Why everyone is miserable, even though we are not in a recession. (pragcap.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Personal finance links: a sense of purpose. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Tuesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Research links: overconfident algorithms. (abnormalreturns.com)
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