Abnormal Returns

MARCH 17, 2025

awealthofcommonsense.com) Books "Buffett and Munger Unscripted: Three Decades of Investment and Business Insights from the Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Meetings" by Alex Morris is a good refresher course. abnormalreturns.com) Mixed media Seth Godin, "Every time you read, post, listen or engage with media, youre engaging in media theory."

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Abnormal Returns

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

newsletter.abnormalreturns.com) Mixed media Scams are only getting more sophisticated. (abnormalreturns.com) Are you a financial adviser looking for some out-of-the-box thinking? Then check out our weekly e-mail newsletter. seths.blog) Why pig butchering scams are so difficult to prosecute. wsj.com)

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

ft.com) Venture capital Most companies are not suitable for a venture capital investment. newsletter.abnormalreturns.com) Mixed media David Deming, "In creative jobs, good decisions beat hard work every time." (wsj.com) If Hipgnosis is any sign, the bull market in song royalties seems to be coming to an end.

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Abnormal Returns

OCTOBER 7, 2024

newsletter.abnormalreturns.com) Mixed media A lack of cell service is hampering recovery in North Carolina. (abnormalreturns.com) Are you a financial adviser looking for some out-of-the-box thinking? Then check out our weekly e-mail newsletter. nytimes.com) Helene flooded a plant that makes a majority of the country's IV bags.

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

Podcasts Ryan Detrick and Sonu Varghese talk with Josh Brown about the secrets of success in finance AND media. youtube.com) The biz Why Hightower Advisors is buying an institutional investment consultant. podcasts.apple.com) Brett McKay talks with Daniel Crosby author of "The Soul of Wealth: 50 Reflections on Money and Meaning."

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

newsletter.abnormalreturns.com) Mixed media 37 pieces of career advice including '​All success is a lagging indicator​… all the good stuff (and bad stuff) is downstream from choices made long before.' (abnormalreturns.com) Are you a financial adviser looking for some out-of-the-box thinking? Then check out our weekly e-mail newsletter.

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

ft.com) Sentiment How media is driving a wedge between the economy and sentiment. newsletter.abnormalreturns.com) Mixed media You don't have to post about every horrible thing in the world. Rates Bonds have had a lost decade. wsj.com) Mortgage rates have hit 8%. ritholtz.com) Annie Lowery, "Things are great, but folks are mad."

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The Big Picture

MAY 9, 2024

At least one person1 has noticed the risks to young consumers of social media: Since August 2020, @TikTokInvestors has been curating the most outrageous money-losing and dangerous videos culled from the “financial experts” at TikTok. 2 Sure, you can claim mainstream media is bad, but social media is worse.

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Abnormal Returns

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

mrzepczynski.blogspot.com) Strategy No one is immune from investment FOMO. ft.com) BlackRock ($BLK) reportedly has a deal to buy HPS Investment Partners, a private credit manager. wsj.com) Social media Australia just voted into law a social media ban for children under the age of 16. stock is set to dramatically change.

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Abnormal Returns

MARCH 14, 2025

monevator.com) How bad investment decisions feed on themselves. wsj.com) Angel investing ain't easy. abnormalreturns.com) Mixed media How good is the data linking exercise and better mental health? (downtownjoshbrown.com) Just how much are the threat of tariffs driving the stock market? Well, you should be.

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 2, 2024

 At The Money: Finding Overlooked Private Investments , with Soraya Darabi, TMV (October 02, 2024) The Efficient Market Hypothesis informs us that stock markets reflect all of the information known about any company. How does this affect VC investing? But is that also true for start-ups and venture-funded private companies?

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Abnormal Returns

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

(wsj.com) A speculative, but cautionary take against investing in TIPS. bloomberg.com) AI dominates VC investment. abnormalreturns.com) Mixed media Rural women are increasingly saying no to marriage. paulkrugman.substack.com) Crypto The SEC could soon allow for in-kind redemptions for Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs. Well, you should.

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Dear Mr. Market

APRIL 2, 2025

Market: This is perhaps one of our favorite articles and times of the year; not necessarily because of basketball but rather it allows us the opprtunity to articulate our main investment themes we see playing out for the remainder of the year. Who will be this years champion? Lets break it down ( click here to see the full bracket).

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Abnormal Returns

APRIL 14, 2024

Also on the site Some interesting developments in the financial media space. awealthofcommonsense.com) All-time highs shouldn't prevent you from investing in the stock market. radreads.co) 15 investing principles including 'I believe managing one’s behavior is more important than managing one’s investments.'

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JANUARY 28, 2025

ofdollarsanddata.com) Investing success is more about temperament than intelligence. abnormalreturns.com) Mixed media Americans just keep on betting more on sports. sherwood.news) A third of sports bettors see it as an 'investment.' (behaviouralinvestment.com) Yesterday shows how dependent the stock market is on the AI theme.

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JANUARY 23, 2025

techcrunch.com) Even institutional investors can't get information on their private equity investments. wsj.com) More new ETFs are using derivatives as a part of their investment strategy. abnormalreturns.com) Mixed media Unlimited vacation is a double-edge sword. (wsj.com) Ramp is expanding its offerings. Well, you should.

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Abnormal Returns

JANUARY 22, 2025

disciplinefunds.com) Investing is hard because the future is uncertain. spyglass.org) Google ($GOOGL) is making an additional investment in Anthropic. abnormalreturns.com) Mixed media Tesla ($TSLA) is increasingly tied to Musk's public actions. (awealthofcommonsense.com) How U.S. capital markets have devolved over time.

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Abnormal Returns

MARCH 20, 2025

morningstar.com) Books Barry Ritholtzs "How Not to Invest" is a 'very informative book about investing that is most importantly a lot of fun.' wsj.com) Media An assessment of what finance writers are earning on Substack. abnormalreturns.com) Mixed media The Boston Celtics were just sold for a record price.

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Abnormal Returns

APRIL 30, 2024

Factor investing Portfolio construction matters when it comes to factor investing. insights.finominal.com) Does machine learning improve on factor investing? morganstanley.com) How much do valuations matter for multi-asset investing? alphaarchitect.com) Research Managed futures returns are lumpy. alphaarchitect.com)

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Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 17, 2025

Also in industry news this week: A recent survey indicates that members of Generation X are struggling more with retirement planning compared to older Baby Boomers and younger Millennials, potentially offering opportunities for financial advisors to help Gen Xers create a plan to 'catch up' when it comes to both their retirement savings and their financial (..)

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Wealth Management

MARCH 12, 2024

Rising valuations and growing opportunities for media rights and sponsorships make professional sports teams an attractive bet. However, data on how these investments will work in the long term remains scarce.

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Abnormal Returns

APRIL 12, 2024

axios.com) How indexing came to dominate the investment business. ritholtz.com) 15 investing principles including 'I believe managing one’s behavior is more important than managing one’s investments.' abnormalreturns.com) Some interesting developments in the financial media space.

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Abnormal Returns

JUNE 18, 2024

ofdollarsanddata.com) Pension funds could skip on the alternatives and just invest in low-cost index investments. crr.bc.edu) Strategy The many ways in which investing is NOT like poker. newsletter.abnormalreturns.com) Mixed media Bad messages crowd out good ones. Then check out our weekly e-mail newsletter. axios.com)

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Abnormal Returns

MARCH 13, 2025

Strategy The stock market is a big distraction to the business of investing. abnormalreturns.com) Mixed media Immigration drove population growth in cities. albertbridgecapital.com) Six reasons to avoid hedge funds, including high fees. semafor.com) The DEI backlash as seen in corporate filings. Well, you should be.

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Economy Media Investing Investments 162

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FEBRUARY 20, 2025

abnormalreturns.com) Mixed media Natural hazards make Greenland a dangerous place to extract minerals. sherwood.news) Don't 'invest' in diamonds. (bsky.app) Are you signed up for daily e-mail newsletter? Well, you should. theconversation.com) It's not just pennies that are expensive to make. monevator.com)

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Abnormal Returns

APRIL 16, 2024

behaviouralinvestment.com) Investing requires a measure of optimism in the future. ofdollarsanddata.com) Fund management 15 more ideas from Seth Klarman's "Margin of Safety" including 'Investment must be thought of as more than stock selection or making a series of solid individual investment decisions.'

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Abnormal Returns

AUGUST 13, 2024

Venture capital There is nothing normal about the distribution of angel investment returns. blogs.cfainstitute.org) How VCs drive media coverage of their portfolio companies. blogs.cfainstitute.org) How much AUM do the big hedge funds have per investment professional? capitalspectator.com)

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Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The wealth channel needs a better understanding of alternative investments, and the media, asset managers and advisors themselves are all to blame.

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Abnormal Returns

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Markets Too many people confusing speculating for investing. abnormalreturns.com) Mixed media Why there is no new James Bond movie on the horizon. ritholtz.com) The end of ZIRP did not kill off speculation. optimisticallie.com) The scale of capital expenditures by the Mag Seven is unprecedented. Well, you should. nytimes.com)

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OCTOBER 22, 2023

awealthofcommonsense.com) How time horizon affects the odds of investing in equities. morningstar.com) How to avoid investment disasters. thestreet.com) Ark Invest's ETFs have built up plenty of tax losses to carry forward. (traderfeed.blogspot.com) Equities Stop betting against America.

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MAY 20, 2024

rogersplanning.blogspot.com) 11 investing principles from Bill Miller including how to avoid value traps. investmenttalk.co) Financial media Sam Ro's favorite free finance newsletters. tker.co) The 18 best investing blogs of 2024. newsletter.abnormalreturns.com) MIxed media The airport lounge battle is red hot.

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Abnormal Returns

AUGUST 28, 2024

sherwood.news) Companies Is any media companies actually investable? sherwood.news) The NFL Private equity investments in the NFL are a go. newsletter.abnormalreturns.com) Mixed media Lessons learned from 60 years of life including 'Legacies are overrated.' (ft.com) The rise of Nvidia ($NVDA) is simply unprecedented.

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Marketing Marketing Financial Advising Media 268

Abnormal Returns

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

finance.yahoo.com) Apple Apple ($AAPL) is investing in Globalstar to support satellite capabilities. spyglass.org) AI The Novo Nordisk Foundation is investing big in AI. It's getting cutthroat out there. cnet.com) How AI could filter through Apple's ($AAPL) products. macworld.com) ChatGPT could be a one-click upgrade in iOS.

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Abnormal Returns

MARCH 2, 2025

awealthofcommonsense.com) Nobody ever said investing in the stock market was fun. riabiz.com) Why investors are willing to invest with a hedge fund manager best known for cratering their prior fund. abnormalreturns.com) Mixed media The Washing Post is bleeding subscribers. Strategy Market high-fliers can't go up indefinitely.

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Manufacturing Government Media Economy 162

Abnormal Returns

MARCH 26, 2025

Crypto Fidelity Investments is planning to launch its own stablecoin. abnormalreturns.com) Mixed media 2025 MLB team values, via Forbes, with the average coming in at $2.6 ft.com) Gamestop ($GME) has joined the Bitcoin balance sheet trend. bloomberg.com) McKinsey & Co. with their 2025 report on private equity performance.

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Abnormal Returns

MARCH 18, 2025

on.ft.com) How Not to Invest Ten insights from Barry Ritholtz's new book "How Not to Invest: The Ideas, Numbers, and Behaviors That Destroy Wealth - and How to Avoid Them." crazystupidtech.com) Fund management If you are going to invest in actively managed funds, keep an eye on fees. ft.com) Earnings estimates are coming down.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

He learned about alts working under the legendary David Swensen at the Yale University Investments Office. His latest book is Private Equity Deals: Lessons in investing, dealmaking, and operations. Is this the right investment vehicle for me? I think that’s generally how the media works at investing, right?

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