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Thursday links: serious and useful work
StrategyThe Endowment Effect is sneaky. (safalniveshak.com)You may be less diversified than you think you are. (economist.com)AIHow Meta ($META) plans to monetize its AI efforts. (sherwood.news)Do we really want and/or need an AI-enhanced Reddit ($RDDT)? (theatlantic.com)Expect more leaps in AI capabilities. (tomtunguz.com)The AI backlash is real. (arstechnica.com)Venture capitalVenture capital fund performance has flatlined. (newcomer.co)Fewer seed-stage companies are raising Series A rounds. (news.crunchbase.com)GLP-1sThe GLP-1 effect: long new clothes, short junk food. (marketwatch.com)How food companies are adjusting to GLP-1 users. (sherwood.news)EconomyStill no sign of a pick up in weekly initial unemployment claims. (calculatedriskblog.com)Q4 real GDP increased at a 2.3% rate. (bonddad.blogspot.com)Earlier on Abnormal ReturnsLongform links: cultural markers. (abnormalreturns.com)What you missed in our Wednesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)Personal finance links: household economics. (abnormalreturns.com)Why 'critical ignoring' is a crucial skill these days. (abnormalreturns.com)You can now follow us on Bluesky. (bsky.app)Are you signed up for daily e-mail newsletter? Well, you should. (abnormalreturns.com)Mixed mediaBookTok and the Barnes & Noble comeback. (bloomberg.com)Bookshop.org is now selling e-books. (engadget.com)
Strategy
- The Endowment Effect is sneaky. (safalniveshak.com)
- You may be less diversified than you think you are. (economist.com)
AI
- How Meta ($META) plans to monetize its AI efforts. (sherwood.news)
- Do we really want and/or need an AI-enhanced Reddit ($RDDT)? (theatlantic.com)
- Expect more leaps in AI capabilities. (tomtunguz.com)
- The AI backlash is real. (arstechnica.com)
Venture capital
- Venture capital fund performance has flatlined. (newcomer.co)
- Fewer seed-stage companies are raising Series A rounds. (news.crunchbase.com)
GLP-1s
- The GLP-1 effect: long new clothes, short junk food. (marketwatch.com)
- How food companies are adjusting to GLP-1 users. (sherwood.news)
Economy
- Still no sign of a pick up in weekly initial unemployment claims. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- Q4 real GDP increased at a 2.3% rate. (bonddad.blogspot.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: cultural markers. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Wednesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Personal finance links: household economics. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Why 'critical ignoring' is a crucial skill these days. (abnormalreturns.com)
- You can now follow us on Bluesky. (bsky.app)
- Are you signed up for daily e-mail newsletter? Well, you should. (abnormalreturns.com)
