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Tuesday links: an essential piece of the plan

Rates

  • The rates environment has changed, forever. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)
  • No matter where you look rates are rising. (allstarcharts.com)
  • America's annualized interest expense now exceeds defense spending. (axios.com)

Markets

  • We are in the midst of a legitimate bull market. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
  • Fund managers are historically bullish. (ft.com)
  • Energy stocks are at new all-time highs. (trendlabs.com)

Finance

  • Warren Buffett was behind Berkshire's purchase of Alphabet ($GOOGL) shares. (barrons.com)
  • Volatility Shares has filed to launch an exchange-traded fund for every NHL team. (etf.com)
  • Independent fund managers have two jobs: CEO and portfolio manager. (theemergingmanager.com)

AI

  • Anthropic is reportedly at a $65 billion revenue run rate. (bloomberg.com)
  • This planned OpenAI data center, backed by Nvidia ($NVDA), in Ohio is huge. (nytimes.com)
  • Sascha Steffen, "The $500 billion platform converts short-lived hardware into long-dated investment-grade paper by borrowing the credit of the offtaker." (sascha-steffen.de)

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Work

  • Some early evidence that early career workers are at risk of AI. (theargumentmag.com)
  • Do weekends still represent a true break from work? (theguardian.com)
  • Looking for a job? Be responsive. (wsj.com)

Crime

  • Violent crime fell in 2025. (axios.com)
  • The homicide rate in Baltimore has fallen dramatically. (nytimes.com)
  • Proponents of capital punishment claim an innocent person has never been executed. (slate.com)

Economy

  • Claudia Sahm, "Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech is about more than Warsh; it’s about the Fed as a credible institution." (stayathomemacro.substack.com)
  • There's no fiscal relief on tap for bond market worries. (capitalspectator.com)
  • The AI boom is supporting manufacturing output. (bonddad.blogspot.com)

Earlier on Abnormal Returns

  • Research links: offsetting declines. (abnormalreturns.com)
  • What you missed in our Monday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
  • Adviser links: a human business. (abnormalreturns.com)

Mixed media

  • Sports teams have gotten so expensive, that even billionaires can't afford them on their own. (nytimes.com)
  • The new Liverpool minority owners have the option to take majority ownership. (cnbc.com)
  • Team owners seem more detached from their cities than ever. (throwbacks.substack.com)