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Wednesday links: shrinkflation and skimpflation

Markets

  • A look at the state of the bull market. (spilledcoffee.co)
  • A look at return dispersion in the components of the S&P 500. (axios.com)

AI

  • Recent hacks show AI companies don't have a great handle on things. (ft.com)
  • Where small language models (SLMs) can substitute for LLMs. (klementoninvesting.substack.com)
  • Patrick O'Shaughnessy talks with Ben Thompson about the binding constraints on the AI buildout. (podcasts.apple.com)
  • Hyperscalers are betting big on natural gas. (techcrunch.com)

Apple

  • How Apple ($AAPL) 'AirPods Vision' could work. (spyglass.org)
  • The Apple ($AAPL) Vision Pro as surgery assistant. (asymco.com)

Pharma

  • A Moderna ($MRNA) and Merck ($MRK) mRNA melanoma vaccine proved efficacious. (wsj.com)
  • Eli Lilly ($LLY) is taking cues from Silicon Valley. (economist.com)
  • Why pharmaceutical price inflation is negative. (axios.com)

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Ukraine

  • How Ukraine is using satellite imagery in the war. (nytimes.com)
  • On the challenges on keeping US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles running. (businessinsider.com)
  • How the owner of a furniture company became the CEO of Ukraine's leading missile maker. (wsj.com)
  • Russian tanks are still struggling against Ukrainian drones. (arstechnica.com)

Economy

  • Just how hot is the U.S. economy running? (ft.com)
  • More signs of strength in the American economy. (thetranscript.substack.com)
  • Why diesel prices aren't going down any time soon. (nytimes.com)
  • Federal interest expenditures are projected to increase. (schwab.com)

Earlier on Abnormal Returns

  • Personal finance links: following your own rules. (abnormalreturns.com)
  • What you missed in our Tuesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
  • Research links: offsetting declines. (abnormalreturns.com)

Mixed media

  • Do AI detectors make for better writing? Or just more paranoid authors? (slate.com)
  • The 2026 FT Business Book of the Year Award long list including "1873: The First Great Depression and the Making of the Modern World" by Liaquat Ahamed. (ft.com)
  • Why reading fiction is good for you. (wapo.st)