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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (May 2-3)
Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" – this week's edition kicks off with the news that as an...
Pickleball gets its largest-ever investment: $225 milli...
As valuations in major sports leagues like the NFL have surged, institutional investors have turned to smaller, fast-growing sport...
‘Why do Americans think we can do socialism?’ asks hedg...
The hedge-fund manager’s recent comments came after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, singled out Griffi...
Apple just gave a clue that an AI acquisition may be in...
Apple is officially retiring its net-cash-neutral target, and some suspect the iPhone maker is preparing for a major acquisition t...
It now costs $160 to fill up America’s top-selling vehi...
Regular unleaded gas is up almost 50% since the start of the Iran war, to $4.42 a gallon late Friday morning, according to GasBudd...
Trump talks up his push to lower costs, as analysts see...
President Donald Trump on Friday delivered a wide-ranging speech that focused in part on his efforts to lower taxes and other cost...
Social Security screwed up — and it cost widows and wid...
Thousands have been short-changed of their Social Security payments as a result of blunders by the Social Security Administration
Thinking of raiding your 401(k) for a hardship withdraw...
Money coaches tell you how to move past the stigma and decide if tapping your retirement fund is rational or reactive.
GameStop is hungry for relevance. Is buying eBay the an...
GameStop is reportedly interesting in buying eBay, which has done a better job of adapting to changing consumer preferences.
‘The numbers don’t lie’: If I had invested my Social Se...
“I do better than many citizens because I’ve contributed at the highest level.”
Longform links: intertwined fates
Thursdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. Wherever possible, free links for premium sites are used. You can chec...
Thursday links: limited scarce assets
MarketsHow Treasury rates have risen since the onset of war. (capitalspectator.com)Oil prices are at their highest level since the...
Friday links: insane obstacles
April 2026The S&P 500 returned 10.49% in April 2026. (on.spdji.com)How major asset classes performed in April. (capitalspectator.c...
Regime Change at the FOMC
No, not that regime change. Swapping out Kevin Walsh for Jerome Powell will not matter much — to either inflation narrowly or ...
Renewable, Clean Energy is Winning
It’s pretty obvious to anyone paying attention that the future of energy will be a mix of solar, wind, geothermal, nuclear, an...
Navigating Change Fatigue With And While Serving Client...
Uncertainty is a core tenet of life – from markets to technology to economic realities to life decisions. As the saying goes, past...
Blake Lively’s lawsuit against Justin Baldoni claims sh...
Actress Blake Lively has reportedly told a New York court that she lost more than $40 million as a result of “reputational damage”...
Why Morgan Stanley shifted its call on Federal Reserve ...
Core inflation is too sticky for the Fed to ease and it’s likely to remain that way until events in the Middle East stabilize, say...