Thursday links: too many variables
CryptoYou can buy Bitcoin, Strategy ($MSTR) or this thing. (sherwood.news)Buy a lot of $TRUMP, get invited to meet the President. (cnbc.com)AppleThe Apple ($AAPL) Watch is still the best all-around fitness tracker. (gq.com)Sleep tracking isn't a big selling point for the Apple ($AAPL) Watch. (sixcolors.com)AlcoholThe craft brewing market is now shrinking. (axios.com)We may have already hit 'Peak Booze'? (bloomberg.com)EconomyStill no sign of a meaningful pickup in weekly initial unemployment claims. (bonddad.blogspot.com)Forecasting a recession is different than marking one in retrospect. (econbrowser.com)We need more, better economic data, not less. (economist.com)Why macro forecasting is so difficult. (ritholtz.com)Earlier on Abnormal ReturnsLongform links: adversarial and manipulative. (abnormalreturns.com)What you missed in our Wednesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)Personal finance links: dignity and meaning. (abnormalreturns.com)You can now follow us on Bluesky. (bsky.app)Are you signed up for daily e-mail newsletter? Well, you should be. (abnormalreturns.com)Mixed mediaTrump is not on Ukraine's side. (theatlantic.com)Russian troops are engaging in war crimes on video. (nytimes.com)

Crypto
- You can buy Bitcoin, Strategy ($MSTR) or this thing. (sherwood.news)
- Buy a lot of $TRUMP, get invited to meet the President. (cnbc.com)
Apple
- The Apple ($AAPL) Watch is still the best all-around fitness tracker. (gq.com)
- Sleep tracking isn't a big selling point for the Apple ($AAPL) Watch. (sixcolors.com)
Alcohol
- The craft brewing market is now shrinking. (axios.com)
- We may have already hit 'Peak Booze'? (bloomberg.com)
Economy
- Still no sign of a meaningful pickup in weekly initial unemployment claims. (bonddad.blogspot.com)
- Forecasting a recession is different than marking one in retrospect. (econbrowser.com)
- We need more, better economic data, not less. (economist.com)
- Why macro forecasting is so difficult. (ritholtz.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: adversarial and manipulative. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Wednesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Personal finance links: dignity and meaning. (abnormalreturns.com)
- You can now follow us on Bluesky. (bsky.app)
- Are you signed up for daily e-mail newsletter? Well, you should be. (abnormalreturns.com)