Thursday links: big secular forces
4 weeks ago
2 MIN READ
Companies
- Brian Niccol has his hands full with turning around Starbucks ($SBUX). (barrons.com)
- Apple ($AAPL) stock was a much bigger bargain when Buffett first purchased shares. (bloomberg.com)
- Why Airbus has been unable to take full advantage of Boeing’s ($BA) woes. (nytimes.com)
Finance
- It seems the SEC will approve just about any ETF these days. (ft.com)
- What VC returns look like in the real world. (hunterwalk.com)
Home buying
- New home sales commission rules are coming into effect. (cnn.com)
- Home buying is going to get more complicated. (barrons.com)
- What you need to know about home buying (and selling) now. (wsj.com)
Consumer spending
- Retail sales jumped 1.0% in July. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- Walmart ($WMT) doesn’t see a recession. (cnbc.com)
- Consumer spending is breaking down along income lines. (sherwood.news)
Economy
- Weekly initial unemployment claims are not heading higher. (bonddad.blogspot.com)
- National homebuilder confidence fell in August. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- Where five measures of core inflation stand. (econbrowser.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- When it comes to finances, you are on your own. No one is coming to save you. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Longform links: streaming service erasure. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Wednesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Personal finance links: passing through. (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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