Wednesday Links: Because I Can

IPOs

• Don’t expect much in the way of IPOs between now and the end of the year. (news.crunchbase.com)
• The SPAC market is not dead. (bloomberg.com)

Finance

• Why Blackstone ($BX) acquired data center operator AirTrunk. (wsj.com)
• How private equity is profiting from our ‘penny problem’. (axios.com)
• It seems PE always wins no matter what. (sherwood.news)
• A defense of private capital. (capitalallocators.com)

semi-conductor

• There is no way Intel ($INTC) is a leader in chip manufacturing. (strategy.com)
• Taiwan Semi ($TSM) origin story. (quarter.com)

GLP-1s

• Use of WeGovy reduces the risk of stroke, heart attack in obese patients. (news.harvard.edu)
• People in semaglutitude have done better with Covid. (jacc.org)

Economy

• July’s JOLTS report wasn’t great. (bonddad.blogspot.com)
• Vacancies are at their lowest level since December 2020. (axios.com)
• The labor market is vulnerable. (sherwood.news)

Earlier, about Abnormal Returns

• Personal Finance Connections: An Essential Skill. (abnormalreturns.com)
• What you missed at our linkfest on Tuesday. (abnormalreturns.com)
• Research links: working on the details. (abnormalreturns.com)
• Are you a financial advisor looking for out-of-the-box thinking? Then check out our weekly email newsletter. (newsletter.abnormalreturns.com)

Mixed medium

• An American man will be in the US Open final for the first time in 18 years. (espn.com)
• Tennis is well suited for the application of technology. (theverge.com)
• About the sponsor patch business at the US Open. (sportico.com)