Companies
- The backyard pool construction boom seems to be petering out. (businessinsider.com)
- Expansion for even the hottest restaurant chains is a crap shoot. (herbgreenberg.substack.com)
- In a hotter world, pest control is a growth industry. (wapo.st)
AI
- What publishers want from AI companies. (semafor.com)
- Some startups that are putting AI to use in unique ways. (thegeneralist.substack.com)
- No one really knows where AI is going. (theatlantic.com)
Barbenheimer
- ‘Barbenheimer’ crushed it in its opening weekend. (hollywoodreporter.com)
- The real lesson of ‘Barbenheimer’: people are still excited to go see exciting, original movies. (variety.com)
- Despite what you might have heard ‘Oppenheimer’ is not over the top. (theringer.com)
- In praise of ‘Allan’ in the ‘Barbie’ movie. (vulture.com)
- Every single movie reference in the ‘Barbie’ movie. (time.com)
Global
- The European economy was struggling even before the Ukraine war. (wsj.com)
- How much longer can Ukraine continue to produce and export grains? (politico.com)
- The countries that benefited from Russian immigration after the onset of the war. (businessinsider.com)
Economy
- Why this economic cycle is different: the pandemic. (bonddad.blogspot.com)
- An update for four high frequency economic indicators. (calculatedriskblog.com)
- Luxury watch prices keep coming down. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Adviser links: the authenticity of human connection. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Sunday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Top clicks last week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)
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