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