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Thursday links: unexpected and original ideas

Markets

  • South Korea is a big bet on AI. (axios.com)
  • Retail traders seem to be riding the AI winners, for now. (sherwood.news)

Strategy

  • Don't let your investment strategy burn you out. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
  • On the parallels between the AI boom to the railroad boom. (apersai.substack.com)
  • "Bull markets last years. Crashes last weeks. You spend 80% of your investing life feeling slightly stupid for owning the diversifier, and maybe 20% feeling vindicated." (rcmalternatives.com)

M&A

  • Who's going to buy IMAX ($IMAX)? (variety.com)
  • The Fertitta family is buying Caesars Entertainment ($CZR). (axios.com)
  • Why a SpaceX and Tesla ($TSLA) merger seems inevitable. (blindsquirrelmacro.com)

ETFs

  • The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF ($VOO) is closing in on $1 trillion in AUM. (etf.com)
  • Is DFA for sale? (citywire.com)

Companies

  • Apple's ($AAPL) new CEO has a R&D dilemma. (ft.com)
  • It's increasingly difficult to avoid Amazon ($AMZN). (theconversation.com)

AI

  • Corporate America is seeing rapidly rising AI costs. (axios.com)
  • Do we need a GPU futures market? (semafor.com)

Privacy

  • How U.S. troops can be tracked with commercial adtech services. (techcrunch.com)
  • It's not you. More websites require CAPTCHA. (futurism.com)
  • Defending your privacy is a full-time job. (theconversation.com)
  • How AI is helping scammers. (nytimes.com)

Economy

  • The PCE rose 3.8% from the same time last year. (cnbc.com)
  • Still no sign of a pickup in initial jobless claims. (bonddad.blogspot.com)
  • The personal savings rate has plummeted. (axios.com)
  • Kevin Warsh has an inflation problem. (theconversation.com)

Earlier on Abnormal Returns

  • Longform links: moving the algorithm. (abnormalreturns.com)
  • What you missed in our Wednesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
  • Personal finance links: measuring wealth. (abnormalreturns.com)
  • Don't miss a thing! Sign up for our daily e-mail newsletter. (abnormalreturns.com)

Mixed media

  • Jack Raines, "Every platform is extracting from their audience rather than serving them." (youngmoney.co)
  • Art auction houses are not neutral venues, they sculpt demand and supply. (nytimes.com)
  • Hype videos are the new press release. (nytimes.com)