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Thursday links: a bumpy ride

Finance

  • Investment bank Lincoln International ($LCLN) went public. (pitchbook.com)
  • What you need to know about evergreen funds. (caia.org)

ETFs

  • What you need to know about the Roundhill Memory ETF ($DRAM). (morningstar.com)
  • The big ETF players are not afraid of taking each other on. (pionline.com)
  • The vast majority of ETF flows are in cheap passive funds, but high fee active funds are surging. (morningstar.com)

SpaceX

  • The SpaceX S-1 has dropped. (axios.com)
  • Starlink is the jewel of SpaceX. (om.co)
  • The VC returns on the SpaceX IPO would be unprecedented. (pitchbook.com)
  • Anthropic is paying SpaceX $1.25 billion per month through May 2029. (axios.com)
  • SpaceX has a Starship lauch coming up. (npr.org)

AI

  • Putting Nvidia's ($NVDA) profits into some sort of perspective. (spyglass.org)
  • Anthropic is going to generate an operating profit in Q2?!? (wsj.com)
  • Google ($GOOGL) has some inherent advantages in AI. (axios.com)
  • Patrick O'Shaughnessy talks with Gavin Baker about the state of AI. (youtube.com)
  • An OpenAI IPO filing is imminent. (axios.com)

Sports

  • Private equity involvement in youth sports has made things worse. (theatlantic.com)
  • The online gambling industry is restructuring itself. (frontofficesports.com)
  • The Enhanced Games are all about selling supplements and peptides. (sherwood.news)

Russia

  • The Kremlin is now flooding BlueSky with propaganda. (nytimes.com)
  • Jude Law does a good job portraying Putin in 'The Wizard of the Kremlin.' (theatlantic.com)
  • The challenges of rebuilding Ukraine. (klementoninvesting.substack.com)

Economy

  • Walmart ($WMT) warned about the stresses on lower income consumers. (sherwood.news)
  • Americans are starting new businesses, but are not hiring many employees. (bloomberg.com)
  • Jobless claims keep ticking lower. (bonddad.blogspot.com)

Earlier on Abnormal Returns

  • Longform links: more conscious investors. (abnormalreturns.com)
  • What you missed in our Wednesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
  • AI models are not a trusted fiduciary. Be careful. (abnormalreturns.com)
  • Personal finance links: the caregiving penalty. (abnormalreturns.com)
  • Don't miss a thing! Sign up for our daily e-mail newsletter. (abnormalreturns.com)

Mixed media

  • Spotify ($SPOT) is getting into the AI-generated podcast game. (engadget.com)
  • What's left of Vox Media after the acquisition of its podcast network? (adweek.com)
  • Alexa now has AI-powered podcasts. (variety.com)
  • Why all the video podcasts feel the same. (onethingnewsletter.substack.com)