Crypto
- Crypto volume is up at Robinhood ($HOOD). (theblock.co)
- Microstrategy ($MSTR) plans to keep buying more Bitcoin. (coindesk.com)
- Coinbase ($COIN) is buying back shares. (theblock.co)
Real estate
- Institutional investor ownership of single-family homes is concentrated in certain geographies. (wsj.com)
- How Florida’s new condo laws are playing out. (fastcompany.com)
Starbucks
- The condiment bar is coming back to a Starbucks ($SBUX) near you. (wsj.com)
- Starbucks ($SBUX) is cutting its Oleato drinks. (axios.com)
- Starbucks ($SBUX) will stop charging extra for non-dairy beverages. (fastcompany.com)
Immigration
- What Americans really want from the immigration system. (noahpinion.blog)
- Overestimating the number of immigrants in your country is universal. (visualcapitalist.com)
Ukraine
- Why Shield AI’s drones are performing well in Ukraine. (wsj.com)
- Russia’s war on Ukraine is on the population as much as it is about territory. (nytimes.com)
Horror movies
- How Blumhouse became a horror movie machine. (sherwood.news)
- The best horror movies of 2024, so far, including ‘The Substance.’ (variety.com)
- Walt Hickey talks horror movies with Stephen Follows, author of The Horror Movie Report. (numlock.com)
Economy
- Still no sign of a pickup in weekly initial unemployment claims. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- Prime age American men are re-entering the workforce. (economist.com)
- Could GLP-1s be a bigger deal for the economy than AI? (fasterplease.substack.com)
- The consumer is still in good shape. (capitalspectator.com)
- The soft landing, landed. (econbrowser.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: zero political impact. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Wednesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Personal finance links: the lure of small rewards. (abnormalreturns.com)
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