Thursday links: differentiated trust
Quote of the Day
"Synthetic intelligence is being commodified, but trust is differentiated. "
(Bryce Elder)
Rates
- The Federal Reserve doesn't control long term interest rates. (trendlabs.com)
- Are structural deficits going to keep long term rates high? (economist.com)
IPOs
- Is anybody really ready for an Anthropic IPO? (barrons.com)
- Revolut plans to dual list in New York and London. (ft.com)
Finance
- Jackson National ($JXN) is the 'largest issuer of traditional variable annuities in the United States.' (hntrbrk.com)
- The SEC has opened a path to tokenized equities. (cnbc.com)
- Private pension funding is not an issue. (snippet.finance)
AI
- Outside of AI companies, who wins? (marketsentiment.co)
- People talk about AI with more certainty than it deserves. (spyglass.org)
- How to spread the benefits of AI to the public. (reidhoffman.substack.com)
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- Don't miss a thing! Sign up for our daily e-mail newsletter. (abnormalreturns.com)
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Defense
- Russia has an advantage in jet-powered drones. (wsj.com)
- How AI has put the Pentagon's systems at risk. (wapo.st)
- Why Russian ships can easily operate off Ireland. (wsj.com)
- Autonomous warfare is already here. (ft.com)
Economy
- Initial unemployment claims are at record low levels. (bonddad.blogspot.com)
- Four reasons why inflation should cool. (morningstar.com)
- Do consumer surveys tell us much about inflation? (ft.com)
- Yes, labor share really is falling. (newsletter.mikekonczal.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Longform links: the passage of time. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Wednesday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Personal finance links: being the market. (abnormalreturns.com)
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