Thursday Links: Removing a few things

Strategy

• Who are you going to bet on? Hedge funds or retailers? (monevator.com)
• The argument for focusing on fewer things. (collabfund.com)

crypto

• Stablecoin issuers envy Tether. (sherwood.news)
• Another crypto based prediction betting market is popping up online. (sherwood.news)

Commercial

• Stocks and ETFs will soon be priced in half-cent increments. (fa-mag.com)
• Why Citadel Securities chose not to become a primary dealer. (ft.com)

Startups

• On the difference between “founder mode” and “founder syndrome”. (backofmind.substack.com)
• The EU lags behind in every measure of startups. (ft.com)
• China’s startup ecosystem is in freefall. (axios.com)

Economy

• Initial weekly jobless claims remain there. (bonddad.blogspot.com)
• Why the Fed reached 50 bp. (disciplinefunds.com)
• What does a 100bp cut in the Fed Fund rate mean for mortgage rates? (econbrowser.com)
• The Fed would be happy if everything stayed the same. (sherwood.news)
• Why the vibecesion might end. (sherwood.news)

Earlier, about Abnormal Returns

• Long-form links: The important feeling. (abnormalreturns.com)
• What you missed at our Wednesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
• Personal Finance Links: Error Management. (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

• Why Adrian Wojnarowski Quit His High-Profile ESPN Job (theringer.com)
• What’s behind the NBA’s desire to expand with two teams? (huddleup.substack.com)
• It’s every school for themselves in college sports these days. (slate.com)