Tuesday links: disappearing companies
Tadas Viskanta
Abnormal Returns
12 hours ago
2 MIN READ
Markets
- Non-US markets are sitting at all-time highs. (trendlabs.com)
- Defensive stocks led the way in January 2026. (on.spdji.com)
Vanguard
- A look at the Vanguard fund fee reductions. (morningstar.com)
- Is Vanguard doing enough to solve service and tech issues? (riabiz.com)
Companies
- Elon is merging SpaceX with xAI. (axios.com)
- Waymo raised $16 billion to scale overseas. (techcrunch.com)
Sports gambling
- Pablo Torre talks with James Surowiecki about the rise of prediction markets. (podcasts.apple.com)
- The sports media has been transformed by gambling. (niemanlab.org)
- Sports gambling companies are spending big on DC lobbying. (popular.info)
Global
- Just how bad was Brexit for the UK economy? Pretty bad… (econofact.org)
- How aging societies spend differently. (klementoninvesting.substack.com)
- The issues between Canada and the U.S. are entirely of one man’s making. (publicnotice.co)
- The why behind the fall in fertility in Latin America. (marginalrevolution.com)
Skimpflation
- Shrinkflation has turned into skimpflation. As service and quality decline. (ofdollarsanddata.com)
- After raising prices and shrinking packages, Pepsi ($PEP) is cutting prices for Lay’s and Dorito’s. (npr.org)
- Fanatics makes official (NFL) merchandise. The quality is reportedly not great. (frontofficesports.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Research links: behavioral inefficiencies. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Monday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Adviser links: disappointing outcomes. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Don’t miss a thing! Sign up for our daily e-mail newsletter. (abnormalreturns.com)
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