Thursday links: the technology transition
Tadas Viskanta
Abnormal Returns
1 month ago
2 MIN READ
Prediction markets
- Prediction markets are here to stay. (marginalrevolution.com)
- Was the French whale lucky or good? (ft.com)
- For a moment, Kalshi hit the top of the app charts. (wired.com)
Finance
- Private equity is going retail whether you like it or not. (economist.com)
- Is Berkshire Hathaway’s ($BRK.B) cash pile all that unusual? (brklyninvestor.com)
- Investors have a lot more cash substitutes than they used to. (advisorperspectives.com)
Streaming
- Streaming prices have only one way to go: up. (honest-broker.com)
- Netflix ($NFLX) is making a mistake not releasing more movies in theaters. (spyglass.org)
- Warner Brothers’ ($WBD) Max is launching its own password sharing crackdown. (thestreamable.com)
- Netflix ($NFLX) is removing its interactive titles. (theverge.com)
North Carolina
- Hurricane Helene devastated water treatment systems in Western NC. (slate.com)
- IV bag production has restarted in North Cove, North Carolina. (arstechnica.com)
Economy
- Presidents don’t control the economy or the stock market. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- Not much to see in the weekly initial jobless claim numbers. (bonddad.blogspot.com)
- Why the Fed may not cut that much more. (bloomberg.com)
- In part, because the fiscal situation is perilous. (apolloacademy.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: the right institutions. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Wednesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Personal finance links: a worthy goal. (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)
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