Thursdays are all about longform links here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at the power of the placebo effect.
Finance
- The hierarchy of advisor value. (rpseawright.wordpress.com)
- A dozen things you can learn about investing from Bernie Madoff and his victims. (25iq.com)
- Charlie Munger holds court at the 2016 Daily Journal ($DJCO) annual meeting. (medium.com)
Companies
- The strange triangle fighting over control of Viacom ($VIA). (bloomberg.com)
- Buzzfeed has big ambitions. (fastcompany.com)
- Will real estate investors take over Airbnb? (priceonomics.com)
- Regulatory risk, i.e. Zenefits, is an underrated risk to startups. (stratechery.com)
Non-finance
- Is it time to kick the Myers-Briggs test to the curb? (ft.com)
- The NFL returned to LA in the NFL-like way possible. (espn.go.com)
- How people become resilient. (newyorker.com)
- How did TMZ become so powerful? (newyorker.com)
- How messaging apps took over the world. (arstechnica.com)
- The invention of the 'Type A' personality. (priceonomics.com)
- Can we fool ourselves into thinking healthy food is also tasty? (newrepublic.com)
- If Oprah can't keep the weight off how can any one else? (vox.com)