Finance Ludovic Phalippou and William Magnuson, “In seeking access to public capital without accepting public-company obligations, private equity may have exposed itself to a much more demanding form of accountability.”...

Podcasts Meb Faber talks with Nick Maggiulli, author of “The Wealth Ladder.” (podcasts.apple.com) Barry Rithotlz talks with Paul Zummo, Chief Investment Officer of J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management. (ritholtz.com) Peter Lazaroff talks...

Markets No matter how you slice it, long term capital market returns have been good. (awealthofcommonsense.com) How to read a market strategist’s year-end report. (behaviouralinvestment.com) What the heck happened to NFTs? (ritholtz.com) Retail...

Data We need more, better economic data. (stayathomemacro.substack.com) Barry Ritholtz talks with Michelle Leder of Footnoted about finding alpha in SEC filings. (ritholtz.com) Factors Which factors exhibit the most momentum...

Markets A look at the new MSCI All Country Public + Private Equity Index. (axios.com) A look at the historical returns of the Nasdaq 100. (awealthofcommonsense.com) Lower borrowing costs are available to smaller funds. (mailchi.mp) Crypto Investors in...

Podcasts Ben Johnson and Julie Willoughby tax advice with Ritholtz Wealth’s Bill Sweet and Bill Artzerounian. (morningstar.com) Thomas Kopelman talks with Mark Cecchini with advice for other advisers. (podcasts.apple.com) Michael Batnick talks with...

Markets When a company with Time or Warner in the name gets acquired, look out. (ft.com) Be wary of IPOs raising less than $15 million. (barrons.com) Strategy Boring investing still works. (awealthofcommonsense.com) How to consume Wall Street...

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Autos Why VW is struggling. (ft.com) The Trump administration wants to roll back fuel efficiency standards. (arstechnica.com) Why you should compare Uber and Lyft prices before booking a ride. (yahoo.com) Five insights from “Life After Cars:...

Finance Excerpts from Warren Buffett’s guest lecture, “What Every Lawyer Should Know About Business” at Stanford Law School. (kingswell.io) Stephen Witt’s “The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World’s Most...