Sunday links: disappearing benchmarks

MarketsCorporate profit margins rule all. (tker.co)AI trades are not a US-only phenomenon. (awealthofcommonsense.com)Good luck trying to forecast earnings a decade out. (ritholtz.com)ETFsA change is coming for cannabis stocks and ETFs. (sherwood.news)What makes for a successful liquid alts ETF. (hedgeco.net)AIAnthropic is now calling for a slowdown in AI development. (semafor.com)OpenAI wants to take the chat out of ChatGPT. (spyglass.org)ImmigrationWell-funded startups are still able to hire H-1B workers. (pitchbook.com)There has not been a surge of denaturalizations under Trump. (npr.org)Eliminating birthright citizenship causes its own set of problems. (nytimes.com)LawWhat happens when the courts can no longer trust DOJ attorneys? (thebulwark.com)Why lawyers are fleeing federal government jobs. (nytimes.com)How the Trump administration wants to preempt whistleblowers. (theatlantic.com)Publicly acknowledged donors to Trump's ballroom keep winning federal contracts. (washingtonp