Quote of the Day
"So while it’s easy to say everyone should own 100% U.S. stocks because it will make them richer in the long run, this is only true if they don’t bail on it at the wrong time."
(Nick Maggiulli)
Markets
- The periodic table of commodity returns over the past decade. (visualcapitalist.com)
- Some more charts from 2023 including the drop in IPO activity. (entrylevel.topdowncharts.com)
Alternatives
- Are private equity firms finally going to ramp up their exits via IPO? (ft.com)
- Venture capital volume is likely to stay muted in 2024. (institutionalinvestor.com)
- Carta is getting out of the secondary stock trading business. (axios.com)
ETFs
- The pace of ETF closures picked up in 2023. (morningstar.com)
- Everyone is just waiting for the final approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs. (etf.com)
Dating
- Match Group ($MTCH) has attracted an activist investor in Elliott Investment Management. (wsj.com)
- Dating apps are upping their subscription efforts. (ft.com)
Economy
- How much is negative news sentiment driving bad economic vibes? (brookings.edu)
- Pandemic-related distortions are now out of inflation measures. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- Beware all the soft landing talk. (snippet.finance)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Research links: regime changes. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Monday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Adviser links: advancing your business. (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)