Quote of the Day
"Blame is a sin that transcends investing and business and flows into our personal lives."
(Ian Cassel)
Markets
- We should be grateful for 2024's returns, especially if you avoided all the negativity. (allstarcharts.com)
- No one else is to blame for your investing failures. (microcapclub.com)
Companies
- OpenAI is officially transitioning to a for-profit company. (techcrunch.com)
- How Reddit ($RDDT) became a huge winner in 2024, and why that's not a good thing for users. (slate.com)
- Video game companies are going broke building new games with life-like graphics. (nytimes.com)
- This investigation into the Honey browser extension, owned by PayPal ($PYPL), is crazy. (youtube.com)
Netflix
- Netflix ($NFLX) crushed its first NFL experience. (awfulannouncing.com)
- Netflix ($NFLX) resisted live programming for a long time. Now it could be a huge player in live sports. (spyglass.org)
Finance
- You don't need to be a big name to become an activist investor these days. (wsj.com)
- The C-suite at publicly traded private equity firms cleaned up in 2024. (ft.com)
- Costco's ($COST) board isn't having it. (kottke.org)
Economy
- CFO optimism is headed higher. (apolloacademy.com)
- Why shopping center rents are on the rise. (ft.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Podcast links: surprising trends. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Thursday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Longform links: a television company. (abnormalreturns.com)
- You can now follow us on Bluesky. (bsky.app)
- Are you signed up for daily e-mail newsletter? Well, you should. (abnormalreturns.com)
