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Friday links: changing the mood

Markets

  • Gold is well off its highs. (axios.com)
  • Semiconductor stocks have taken a hit from their highs. (semafor.com)
  • ASML Holding ($ASML) is Europe's most valuable company, ever. (bloomberg.com)
  • When do rising interest rates start to matter? (trendlabs.com)
  • Is an AI bubble inevitable? (awealthofcommonsense.com)

ETFs

  • Low costs matter, even for Bitcoin ETFs. (wsj.com)
  • The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF ($VOO) has crossed $1 trillion in assets. (etf.com)

Private assets

  • Blackstone ($BX) is having to gate Bcred. (wsj.com)
  • Private credit lenders are now tightening up their lending standards. (wsj.com)

IPOs

  • S&P took a stand. (philbak.substack.com)
  • S&P stands alone among index providers when it comes to SpaceX. (ft.com)
  • The vast majority of American investors will soon be SpaceX shareholders. (thebulwark.com)
  • A look at the investors who are going to clean up on SpaceX. (om.co)
  • Traders and investor should view SpaceX differently. (aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com)
  • You are under no obligation to have an opinion about the SpaceX IPO. (godspeed.today)

Prediction markets

  • Signs that prediction markets are taking share from sports books. (barrons.com)
  • How Polymarket utilizes paid influencers. (politico.com)
  • Not everyone is happy about the approval of perpetual futures. (theblock.co)
  • Robinhood ($HOOD) is shifting trades away from Kalshi. (bloomberg.com)
  • Prediction market companies have rapidly built up their regulatory efforts. (newrepublic.com)

Economy

  • The May NFP showed continued payroll growth and a 4.3% unemployment rate. (bonddad.blogspot.com)
  • Jobs growth continues, but its still largely driven by healthcare jobs. (newsletter.platypuseconomics.com)
  • How the stock market is driving American wealth. (axios.com)
  • Americans just keep spending. (finance.yahoo.com)

Earlier on Abnormal Returns

  • Longform links: suspicious markets. (abnormalreturns.com)
  • What you missed in our Wednesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
  • Personal finance links: winning at life. (abnormalreturns.com)
  • Saying no to algorithmic slop. (abnormalreturns.com)
  • Don't miss a thing! Sign up for our daily e-mail newsletter. (abnormalreturns.com)

Mixed media

  • Half of all web traffic is now algorithmic, i.e. bots. (tomshardware.com)
  • A lot data center projects are getting pushed through despite widespread opposition. (slate.com)
  • Some skepticism on space-based data centers. (splittinginfinity.substack.com)