Sunday links: absolute vs. relative terms
MarketsRisk is inherent in the stock market, concentration or not. (wsj.com)The U.S. stock market still trades at a premium to the rest of the world. (apolloacademy.com)The stock market is betting on hard infrastructure. (tomtunguz.com)Endowment fundsEndowment fund managers are being forced to rethink their private equity allocations. (wsj.com)College endowments withdrew a record amount of capital in FY 2025. (pitchbook.com)A look at recent endowment fund performance. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)FinanceHow big is private credit's exposure to software? (msn.com)Tokenization is real, and also kind of irrelevant. (etf.com)Once more into the ERShares Private-Public Crossover ETF ($XOVR) breach. (jeffreyptak.substack.com)VCsThe VC taboo about investing in portfolio company competitors is over. (bloomberg.com)It's now quite normal for startup founders and employees to sell shares before an IPO. (wsj.com)AIOn the surge in AI deal making. (tomtunguz.com)Good luck trying to pick AI winners and l
Markets
- Risk is inherent in the stock market, concentration or not. (wsj.com)
- The U.S. stock market still trades at a premium to the rest of the world. (apolloacademy.com)
- The stock market is betting on hard infrastructure. (tomtunguz.com)
Endowment funds
- Endowment fund managers are being forced to rethink their private equity allocations. (wsj.com)
- College endowments withdrew a record amount of capital in FY 2025. (pitchbook.com)
- A look at recent endowment fund performance. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)
Finance
- How big is private credit's exposure to software? (msn.com)
- Tokenization is real, and also kind of irrelevant. (etf.com)
- Once more into the ERShares Private-Public Crossover ETF ($XOVR) breach. (jeffreyptak.substack.com)
VCs
- The VC taboo about investing in portfolio company competitors is over. (bloomberg.com)
- It's now quite normal for startup founders and employees to sell shares before an IPO. (wsj.com)
AI
- On the surge in AI deal making. (tomtunguz.com)
- Good luck trying to pick AI winners and losers. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
- Why the Super Bowl was a warning for AI investors. (acadian-asset.com)
- Why data centers are looking for locations downtown. (sherwood.news)
- The AI experiment is playing out in front of us in real time. (om.co)
Public health
- RFK Jr. is destroying the market for vaccines. (thebulwark.com)
- Apparently RFK Jr. misspoke at his confirmation hearings. (npr.org)
- RFK Jr. has seen a notable amount of push back from within the government and Congress. (politico.com)
- RFK Jr. loves AI. (theatlantic.com)
ICE
- Only small minority of those picked up by ICE had criminal records. (cbsnews.com)
- ICE detention centers are, not surprisingly, providing poor care to detainees. (nytimes.com)
- Insiders say the DHS is in turmoil. (wsj.com)
Policy
- Some state election officials now view the federal government as a bad actor. (theatlantic.com)
- The U.S. is giving up international influence for nothing in return. (ft.com)
- Kari Lake has been effective at one thing: hamstringing USAGM. (theatlantic.com)
Economy
- The economic soft landing is already here. (wsj.com)
- Office jobs were shrinking even before AI. (axios.com)
- Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway talk about the upsides to inflation with Peterson Institute President Adam Posen. (podcasts.apple.com)
- The economic schedule for the coming week. (economicweekly.substack.com)
- When will AI show up in the macro data? (apolloacademy.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Top clicks this week on Abnormal Returns. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Saturday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: betting on AI. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Don't miss a thing! Sign up for our daily e-mail newsletter. (abnormalreturns.com)
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