value and opportunity

Microsoft has analyzed which business activities are easiest performed by AI (FT Link)

Great paper from AQR analyzing that “Buffer funds” using options to “improve” the risk return of stock portfolios underperform against simple stock & cash alternatives

Surprisingly, alcohol consumption has dropped most among Republican voters in the US. 

Noise Cancelling is the new sunscreen

An interesting glimpse into the past when some people thought that the Sony Walkman was a grave danger to humanity

And a look even further back: 1910, the year the Modern World lost it’s mind

Thomas Pueyo tries to answer the question why “Moskow is so weird”.