
Wednesday links: imperfect numbers
1 day ago
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Markets
- The S&P 500 returned 3.65% in September 2025. (on.spdji.com)
- How major asset classes performed in September 2025. (capitalspectator.com)
- The tech sector, broadly defined, continues to take share. (entrylevel.topdowncharts.com)
Strategy
- Why 2020s stock market performance shouldn’t be that surprising. Earnings went up. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- Picking winning investment themes isn’t easy. (morningstar.com)
- Why market FOMO can’t last forever. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)
Finance
- Why young Japanese investors are embracing the stock market. (bloomberg.com)
- Nobody wants to go public on the UK market. (marginalrevolution.com)
- Nine technologies that changed investing, including the stock ticker. (wsj.com)
AI
- Five examples of real world AI use cases. (etf.com)
- The AI boom has unleashed a raft of chart crimes. (ft.com)
- Facebook is awash is scammy political ads that use deepfakes. (nytimes.com)
- Does AI use erode doctors’ skills? (medscape.com)
Restaurants
- Jollibee is coming for the American consumer. (bloomberg.com)
- Wendy’s joins the chicken tenders battle. (axios.com)
- Every restaurant these days has a beverage concept. (thehustle.co)
Economy
- ADP showed a decline in private payrolls in September. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- The September ISM Manufacturing report was another in a long line of meh. (bonddad.blogspot.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Personal finance links: doing what we can. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Be more human, because the alternative is taken. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Tuesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Research links: higher cost and complexity. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Don’t miss out! Sign up for daily e-mail newsletter. (abnormalreturns.com)
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