Markets

• Why has Apple ($AAPL) options volume surged? (ft.com)
• The market's hottest stocks are now getting crushed. (bloomberg.com)
• Homebuilder stocks are breaking out. (allstarcharts.com)

Strategy

• Picking winners is harder than avoiding losers. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
• Beware the fee grab with anything with 'inflation' in the name. (wsj.com)

A new crypto solution

• WisdomTree ($WETF) and Ritholtz Wealth Management have teamed up to build the RWM WisdomTree Crypto Index to give retail investors easier access to crypto investments. (coindesk.com)
• It takes a team to bring an effective crypto solution. (thereformedbroker.com)
• What to look for in a crypto SMA solution. (ritholtz.com)
• Why straight-up indexing doesn't make sense in crypto. (theirrelevantinvestor.com)

Companies

• Why the FTC move to block the Nvidia ($NVDA) deal for Arm Holdings matters. (fastcompany.com)
• What's behind the surge in tech companies renaming themselves? (protocol.com)
• Google ($GOOGL) is pushing back its return to the office. (engadget.com)

Fund management

• As year-end approaches more mutual funds are announcing big capital gains distributions. (ft.com)
• Despite growing competition, the ETF oligopoly is doing just fine. (citywireusa.com)
• Managing the world's largest sovereign wealth fund is no walk in the park. (economist.com)

China

• Didi Global is delisting from the NYSE. (wsj.com)
• The trend of disengaging from U.S. markets is now clear. (nytimes.com)
• Don't expect to see any more Chinese companies IPO in the U.S. (economist.com)

Global

• Foreigner are investing more in Indian bonds. (economist.com)
• Canadians also are headed back to work. (bnnbloomberg.ca)

Economy

• The November NFP report showed a 4.2% unemployment rate. (calculatedriskblog.com)
• Rents are going to keep upward pressure on inflation. (calculatedrisk.substack.com)
• The rhetoric around inflation is not in good faith. (washingtonpost.com)

Earlier on Abnormal Returns

• Podcast links: the new world of work. (abnormalreturns.com)
• What you missed in our Thursday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
• Longform links: filled channels. (abnormalreturns.com)
• December ESG links: emissions incentives. (abnormalreturns.com)
• Are you a financial adviser looking for some out-of-the-box thinking? Then check out our weekly e-mail newsletter. (newsletter.abnormalreturns.com)

Mixed media

• When it comes to trading cards, grading matters a lot. (caia.org)
• Interest in investing in music royalties keeps growing. (barrons.com)
• Interest in used luxury watches has surged. (bloomberg.com)
• Amazon ($AMZN) is entering the collectibles space. (frontofficesports.com)

Recommendations

• Tim Harford's favorite podcasts of 2021 including 'The New Bazaar.' (timharford.com)
• The best podcasts of 2021 including 'Death, Sex, and Money' with Anna Sale. (esquire.com)
• The 10 best podcasts of 2021 including ‘The Sporkful: Mission Impastable.’ (nytimes.com)
• The best podcasts of 2021 including “A Slight Change of Plans” with Maya Shankar. (apple.com)

Crypto

• Joshuan Brown and Michael Batnick talk with Jeremy Schwartz about the launch of the RWM WisdomTree Crypto Index. (thereformedbroker.com)
• Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway talk with Matt Huang of Paradigm about investing a huge new crypto fund. (bloomberg.com)

Companies

• Patrick O'Shaughnessy talks hospitality with Francis Davidson, founder and CEO of the hospitality brand, Sonder. (joincolossus.com)
• Zack Fuss talks with Freddie Lait about the business of Autozone ($AZN). (joincolossus.com)

Startups

• Howard Lindzon talks with Justin Overdorff partner at Lightspeed. (howardlindzon.com)
• Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal go deep with Packy McCormick of Not Boring Capital. (acquired.fm)
• Tim Ferriss talks with Andrew Chen, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, and author of the new book "The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects." (podcasts.apple.com)
• James O'Shaughnessy talks with Matt Clifford, co-founder & CEO at Entrepreneur First. (infiniteloopspodcast.com)

Economy

• David Beckworth talks about the pandemic economy with Matthew Klein. (directory.libsyn.com)
• Ezra Klein talks superforecasting with Philip Tetlock. (podcasts.apple.com)

Alternatives

• Frazer Rice talks music royalties with David Pullman of The Pullman Group. (frazerrice.com)
• Stephen Dubner on the 'tangled web of dealers, curators, auction houses, speculators — and, of course, artists' that make up the modern art market. (freakonomics.com)

Technicals

• Jack Forehand and Justin Carbonneau talk technicals with Andrew Thrasher. (youtube.com)
• JC Parets talks with technician John Roque. (allstarcharts.com)

Finance

• Rodrigo Gordillo, Adam Butler and Mike Philbrick tallk with Phil Huber author of the new book "he Allocator's Edge: A Modern Guide to Alternative Investments and the Future of Diversification." (youtube.com)
• Barry Ritholtz spoke with Steven Fradkin, president of Northern Trust’s $355 AUM wealth management business. (ritholtz.com)
• Meb Faber talks with Tim Maloney, co-founder and Chief Investment Officer for Roundhill Investments, an ETF sponsor focused on thematic and sector-specific investing. (podcasts.apple.com)
• Ted Seides talks about the benefits of permanent capital with Todd Boehly, Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Eldridge. (capitalallocators.com)

Non-finance

• Sean Illing talks with Charlie Warzel and Anne Helen Petersen talk about their new book, "Out of Office." (vox.com)
• Brett McKay talks with professor of neuropsychopharmacology David Nutt and author of "Drink? The New Science of Alcohol and Your Health." (artofmanliness.com)
• Marc Maron talks with actor/director Kenneth Branagh. (wtfpod.com)