CryptoCrypto 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 estateInstitutional investor ownership of single-family homes is concentrated in certain geographies. (wsj.com)How Florida's new condo laws are playing out. (fastcompany.com)StarbucksThe...

BooksAn excerpt from "The Price Of Power: How Mitch McConnell Mastered The Senate, Changed America, And Lost His Party" by Michael Tackett. (theatlantic.com)A Q&A with Amanda Ripley author of "High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out." (davidepstein.substack.com)A Q&A with Eliza Griswold author of "Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with...

RatesWhy rates are bucking the Fed. (sherwood.news)What's behind weakness in the long end of the curve? (apolloacademy.com)FinanceCharles Schwab ($SCHW) is expanding 24-hour trading. (barrons.com)The crypto industry is licking its chops for the prospects over the next four years. (theatlantic.com)CompaniesDoes Arm Holdings ($ARMH) have an AI future?...

PodcastsPeter Lazaroff talks with Sara Gelsheimer, Senior Wealth Manager at Plancorp, about the importance of both spouses being involved in their household’s financial decisions (peterlazaroff.com)Carl Richards talks with Jerry Colonna about the 'emotional landscape of money.' (50fires.com)Khe Hy talks 'career earthquakes' with Paul Millerd. (youtube.com)Christine...

StrategyAnother sign that gambling is being normalized. (theverge.com)How social media can wreck your investing plan. (blogs.cfainstitute.org)Investment success is about small advantages compounded over time. (morningstar.com)Fund managementDoes the world need a leveraged Berkshire Hathaway ($BRK.B) ETF? (etf.com)The SEC would have to bend over backwards...

HistoryYou can't tell the story of indexing without the late John “Mac” McQuown. (on.ft.com)Mutual funds have been around for a 100 years now. (fhmagazine.org)Joachim Klement, "In economics, finance, politics, and most social sciences we create models with an error term and then conveniently ignore the error term as ‘noise.’ (klementoninvesting.substack.com)GlobalIncreased...