Indexing What does an index of CTA returns actually measure? (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com) Why would anyone want to invest in an index of hedge fund returns? (ft.com) Diversification Bob Elliott, “While selection alpha is uncertain, the benefits...

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Markets Has equity market sentiment gotten too frothy? (sherwood.news) It doesn’t mean corrections can’t happen, but It’s hard to find fault with this market rally. (joefahmy.com) Crypto Robinhood ($HOOD) is launching tokenized US...

Have long highlighted in these pages that AI software and services have a variable cost component that traditional software has not had in previous tech cycles. Software traditionally for decades has been a ‘zero marginal cost’ business mostly. AI...

OpenAI’s record funding & Dev Day 2024: OpenAI closed its $6.6 billion in new funding at a $157 billion valuation, along with a $5 billion credit line, to continue rolling out its pipeline of new AI products and services. The terms provide its investors...

Finance Battery maker CATL is now public. (semafor.com) The SEC is losing staff and its willingness to enforce rules. (on.ft.com) Fund management Timing the market is hard: the case of the Pacer Trendpilot US Large Cap ETF ($PTLC). (morningstar.com)...

Podcast Barry Ritholtz talks with Brian Portnoy about whether money can buy happiness. (ritholtz.com) Peter Lazaroff on the importance of simplicity in personal finance. (peterlazaroff.com) Carl Richards talks money and life with journalists Jodi Kantor...

Government Derek Thompson talks DOGE and government spending with Michael Geruso and Tim Layton. (podcasts.apple.com) Jordan Harbinger talks modern autocracies with Anne Applebaum, author of “Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run...

Happy Saturday Before I gets started…I went down a sleep rabbit hole the other night and I am inundated with products now on my iPhone. Are these Respire ‘Mouth Strips’ a thing that works? Onward… I am on my way back to Coronado after spending the week...

Podcasts Michael Batnick talks with Dave Nadig about the impact AI will have on the business of advice. (youtube.com) Michael Kitces and Carl Richards on the emotional challenges of working with HNW individuals. (kitces.com) Jess Bost and Mark Newfield...