Quote of the Day
"Risk never really goes away, it just sort of changes shape depending on your stance. Every asset allocation leads to a tortured existence at some point depending on the environment."
(Ben Carlson)
Markets
- How major asset classes performed in April 2023. (capitalspectator.com)
- The Nasdaq 100 has outpaced the Russell 2000 by over 20% in 2023. (twitter.com)
Crypto
- Gary Gensler's SEC has been busy. (investmentnews.com)
- Bitcoin transaction volume is on the rise. (blockworks.co)
Banks
- JP Morgan Chase ($JPM) is now the owner of First Republic. (cnbc.com)
- The banking industry's 'crisis phase' may be over for now. (ft.com)
- The amount of bank failures, measured by assets, rivals that of 2008. (nytimes.com)
ETFs
- Model portfolio shifts can have a big effect on ETF flows. (riaintel.com)
- The pace of ETF launches has slowed of late. (etftrends.com)
Economy
- Is the U.S. inventory drawdown finally over? (bloomberg.com)
- At some point this year, annualized rents will turn negative. (calculatedrisk.substack.com)
- The ISM Manufacturing index has been below 48 for 5 months. (bonddad.blogspot.com)
- Why the Fed is doing what it is doing. (stayathomemacro.substack.com)
- Cross-Pacific container rates have stopped going down. (wsj.com)
- Do economists pay too much attention to consumer sentiment? (economist.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Adviser links: starting small. (abnormalreturns.com)
- A list of the best investing blogs of 2023. (thecollegeinvestor.com)
- What you missed in our Sunday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What everyone read last week on the site. (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)
