Wednesday links: signs of a bubble
14 hours ago
2 MIN READ
Strategy
- What’s really behind the push to ‘democratize’ alternative investments? (ofdollarsanddata.com)
- Ten lessons from Warren Buffett including ‘Exhibit humility.’ (morningstar.com)
- Why being a long term investor is so hard. (microcapclub.com)
Crypto
- The crypto industry got everything it wanted for a new administration. (economist.com)
- And now its facing a reckoning. (howardlindzon.com)
ETFs
- The line between active and passive ETFs is blurring. (morningstar.com)
- DFA has approval to use dual class structures for its ETFs. (financial-planning.com)
- Why single-ticker portfolio ETFs haven’t taken off. (rogersplanning.blogspot.com)
AI
- You can’t tell the players without a scorecard: the AI industry edition. (spyglass.org)
- Bubbles help organize an industry’s efforts. (economist.com)
- Can AI manage your email inbox? (newyorker.com)
Protein
- Why beef prices are likely to continue rising. (fortune.com)
- Is the KellyBronze the best turkey in America? (forbes.com)
- How Raising Cane’s keeps the formula for Cane’s Sauce secret. (wsj.com)
Health
- Research shows health insurance does reduce mortality. (msn.com)
- Half of Americans are worried about not being able to afford the health care they need. (semafor.com)
- Why short-term health insurance plans are controversial. (msn.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Personal finance links: touching grass. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Freedom, democracy and long term returns. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Tuesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Research links: the predictive power of R&D spending. (abnormalreturns.com)
- The great wealth transfer also includes a lot of stuff. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Don’t miss a thing! Sign up for our daily e-mail newsletter. (abnormalreturns.com)
Mixed media
- Martin Wolf’s favorite economics books for 2025 including “Fixed: Why Personal Finance Is Broken and How to Make It Work for Everyone” by John Y Campbell and Tarun Ramadorai. (on.ft.com)
- Andrew Hill’s favorite business books for 2025 including “1929: The Inside Story of the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History” by Andrew Ross Sorkin. (on.ft.com)
- 100 must-read books for 2025, including “The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny” by Kiran Desai. (time.com)
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