Wednesday links: the returns to being rich

MarketsFive thoughts about the stock market including the surge in earnings. (ritholtz.com)Investors are constantly having to learn new vocabulary. (trendlabs.com)FinanceCitadel wants to pay other hedge funds for ideas. (finance.yahoo.com)AlphaSense is valued at $7.5 billion in a new fundraising round. (wsj.com)Jane Street and Citadel Securities generated combined revenues of $114bn last year. (ft.com)Private assetsPartners Group has capped withdrawals at its flagship private equity fund for wealthy individuals. (ft.com)Cliffwater saw a big redemption request for its flagship private credit fund. (bloomberg.com)CompaniesAmazon ($AMZN) has overtaken Walmart ($WMT) to claim the top spot in the Fortune 500. (nypost.com)How OpenAI lost its lead to Anthropic. (sherwood.news)Microsoft ($MSFT) wants in on the super-app game. (spyglass.org)The PentagonThe U.S. has a missile interceptor deficit. (axios.com)The Pentagon has hired a January 6th rioter for a counterterrorism job. (wapo.st)Econo