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Soybean prices surge to highest level this year, as Trump surprises market with plan for more sales to China

The sort of buying President Trump outlined from China seems “unlikely on many fronts, but neither can the possibility be ignored,” analyst says.

Research links: behavioral inefficiencies

Tuesdays are all about academic (and practitioner) literature at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s edition including a look at...

Tuesday links: disappearing companies

MarketsNon-US markets are sitting at all-time highs. (trendlabs.com)Defensive stocks led the way in January 2026. (on.spdji.com)VanguardA look at the Vanguard fund fee reductions. (morningstar.com)Is Vanguard doing enough to solve service and tech issues? (riabiz.com)CompaniesElon is merging SpaceX with xAI. (axios.com)Waymo raised $16 billion to scale overseas. (techcrunch.com)Sports gamblingPablo Torre talks with James Surowiecki about the rise of prediction markets. (podcasts.apple.com)The sports media has been transformed by gambling. (niemanlab.org)Sports gambling companies are spending big on DC lobbying. (popular.info)GlobalJust how bad was Brexit for the UK economy? Pretty bad... (econofact.org)How aging societies spend differently. (klementoninvesting.substack.com)The issues between Canada and the U.S. are entirely of one man's making. (publicnotice.co)The why behind the fall in fertility in Latin America. (marginalrevolution.com)SkimpflationShrinkflation has turned into skimp

Personal finance links: the option to change

Wednesdays are all about personal finance here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at how...

Wednesday links: inherent value

MarketsA weaker dollar isn't a problem, yet. (awealthofcommonsense.com)MSCI ($MSCI) has put Indonesia's stock market on notice. (ft.com)Buyback growth is a global phenomenon. (snippet.finance)TechnologyIt’s easy to forget how much Apple ($AAPL) has cut its share count. (asymco.com)Sandisk ($SNDK) is benefiting from the memory chip boom. (ft.com)Google ($GOOGL) continues to invest in startups. (news.crunchbase.com)Data centersPush back against data centers is growing in rural America. (wsj.com)Elon wants to put data centers into space. (arstechnica.com)Weight loss drugsEli Lilly ($LLY) is taking weight drug market share. (sherwood.news)Pfizer ($PFE) has a viable entry into the weight loss drug market. (cnbc.com)Washington PostJeff Bezos, one of the richest men in the world, is gutting the Washington Post, including its sports department. (frontofficesports.com)It seems Jeff Bezos has grown bored with the Washington Post. (newyorker.com)It's not clear the Washington Post has a workable p

At The Money: The Finances of Divorce

    At The Money: The Finances of Divorce with Patrick Kilbane (February 4 , 2026) Divorce is an expensive, confusing, and stressful experience. Dividing up family assets, including not just the family home, but portfolios, real estate, trusts, and other businesses. There are big mistakes to avoid. Full transcript below. ~~~ About this week’s… Read More The post At The Money: The Finances of Divorce appeared first on The Big Picture.

Transcript: Kate Burke, Allspring Global Investments, CEO

    The transcript from this week’s MiB: Kate Burke, Allspring Global Investments, CEO, is below. You can stream and download our full conversation, including any podcast extras, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and Bloomberg. All of our earlier podcasts on your favorite pod hosts can be found here. ~~~ Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio News.… Read More The post Transcript: Kate Burke, Allspring Global Investments, CEO appeared first on The Big Picture.

How Financial Advisor Websites Use FAQ Pages to Dominate Search Results

AI search is changing how prospects find financial advisors. ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google’s AI Overviews, and other answer engines now deliver […] The post How Financial Advisor Websites Use FAQ Pages to Dominate Search Results appeared first on FMG.

Merck’s outlook for 2026 comes in lower-than-expected as pipeline faces make-or-break year

Merck’s stock falls as the full-year revenue and profit outlooks were below expectations.

Gold and silver rally, after 13% fall over two sessions for yellow metal

Gold and silver rose for the first time in two sessions on Tuesday after last week’s record-setting shakeout.

OpenAI reportedly has its own issues with Nvidia after Jensen Huang’s underwhelming support

‘This is our second marriage’: We’re in our 60s. How do we split expenses if we move in together and rent one house?

“We have been taking turns living in his house and my house.”

‘I’m spooked’: Do gold and silver belong in my retirement portfolio after their dramatic fall in value?

“Before you ask, there is nothing extreme about 5% of my ‘alternative’ assets.”

During the worst day for gold in 46 years, options traders made bets the metal could hit $20,000

During Friday’s gold price meltdown, open interest in options on gold rose significantly with traders placing large wagers on the gold price doubling, tripling and even quadrupling

A year after his death, Gene Hackman’s $6.25 million Santa Fe estate finds a buyer in just a few days

Hollywood legend Gene Hackman’s longtime New Mexico home has an offer, mere days after it was put on the market for $6.25 million.

Tennis pro Tommy Paul finds a buyer for $2.8 million Florida home in just days

It could be game, set, match for tennis pro Tommy Paul’s newly listed $2.8 million Florida abode, which has found itself a buyer mere days after it was put on the market.

Teradyne’s stock soars after this ‘absolute blowout’ forecast that was fueled by AI

The company, which makes equipment for testing semiconductors, gave profit guidance that was about 60% above what analysts were expecting.

Adviser links: disappointing outcomes

Mondays are all about financial adviser-related links here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at...