My nearly back-to-work morning WFH reads:

• Packed Cubicles, Empty Nook Workplace: Distant Work Is More and more a Proper of the Wealthy: Now rising numbers of the white-collar class are below rising strain to return, whereas many nook workplaces sit empty. The flexibility to work at home was all the time economically stratified. Now it’s usually being reserved for the wealthiest amongst us. (New York Times)

• MicroStrategy’s secret sauce is volatility, not bitcoin: Self-reinforcing market forces are creating demand for Michael Saylor’s ‘lottery ticket’ convertible bonds. (Financial Times) see additionally The Investing Cult Fueling MicroStrategy’s Ascent: ‘Have Enjoyable Staying Poor’ Rally propelled by group of rabid followers who’re mixing songs, pouring whisky and spending a whole bunch of hours researching the inventory. (Wall Street Journal)

• How To Keep away from Funding Fruit Loops: Easy beats advanced. Watch out for extra substances in your meals and funding portfolio. (A Teachable Moment)

• Sure, People are a lot richer than Japanese individuals, however… GDP just isn’t an ideal information to wealth, nevertheless it’s fairly darn good. (Noahpinion)

• Wall St. Is Minting Simple Cash From Dangerous Loans. What Might Go Fallacious? Everybody from Jamie Dimon to the Worldwide Financial Fund is ringing alarms concerning the shadowy world of personal credit score. However the cash retains rolling in. (New York Times)

• Walmart’s huge 2024 is partly because of an age-old technique: Walmart went huge on a brand new “non-public label.” Nearly each U.S. family bought at the very least one-private label merchandise this 12 months, in response to a report. (Quartz)

• Do Basic Audiences Exist? Primarily based on the sharp decline of the G score, apparently not. Let’s take a look at the eccentricities of the broadest movie score. (Tedium)

• The C.E.O.s Are Tripping. Can Psychedelics Assist the C-Suite? A rising cottage trade is devoted to the speculation that mind-altering medication can enhance enterprise management. (New York Times)

• Musk’s politics hadn’t seeped into Tesla. Then he axed its eco automotive of the long run. As soon as certainly one of America’s most outspoken voices on the specter of local weather change, Elon Musk now argues these existential dangers have been overstated. This shifting stance might affect Trump and assist the Tesla CEO’s companies. (Washington Post)

• Bob Lefsetz, the Man Who Was ‘So Imply’ to Taylor Swift: His e-newsletter isn’t all the time good, nevertheless it’s chewed over by everybody who issues within the music trade. (Wall Street Journal)

Unemployment within the European Union declined to the bottom level in 30 years

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