Markets

• Half of this year's big IPOs are trading below their offer price. (ft.com)
• Most market terminology does not have a precise definition. (ritholtz.com)
• Every generation has to deal with stuff, like Covid-19. (awealthofcommonsense.com)

Crypto

• MicroStrategy ($MSTR) has purchased more Bitcoin. (theblockcrypto.com)
• The case for dollar-cost averaging into some cryptocurrency exposure. (impersonalfinances.com)
• Putting Bitcoin's energy use into context. (marginalrevolution.com)

Companies

• Twitter ($TWTR) has a new CEO. (theverge.com)
• In the U.S. alone, Amazon ($AMZN) has added 450 new facilities. (wsj.com)
• The IT department is an outdated idea. (wsj.com)

Fund management

• Expert networks have outgrown their hedge fund niche. (institutionalinvestor.com)
• Another VC, Thrive Global, is registering with the SEC. (wsj.com)

Global

• China's population growth is set to turn negative far sooner than anticipated. (ft.com)
• All eyes are on South Africa to see how omicron plays out. (washingtonpost.com)

Economy

• The 'Great Resignation' is leading to a surge in entrepreneurial activity. (wsj.com)
• Real gasoline prices are back to their average historical levels. (energyathaas.wordpress.com)

Earlier on Abnormal Returns

• Adviser links: a nice reminder. (abnormalreturns.com)
• What you missed in our Sunday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
• What everyone was reading last week on the site. (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

• Austin has rapidly become one of the least affordable cities for housing in America. (nytimes.com)
• North Carolina's furniture industry is booming. (nytimes.com)
• England's pubs are increasingly under siege. (wsj.com)

Podcasts

• Michael Kitces talks with Vincent Barbera of Newbridge Wealth Management about staying on the cutting edge of advisor tech. (podcasts.apple.com)
• Frazer Rice talks with Linsay Tanne about how to use college admissions to facilitate inter-generational wealth discussions. (frazerrice.com)

Reading

• The CFP Board's best research papers of 2021 including "Are Millennials Wary of the Stock Market? A Cohort Analysis of Stock Holdings" by Cheng and Yilmazer. (cfp.net)
• The 12 best business books of 2021 for advisors including "Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals" by Oliver Burkeman. (wealthmanagement.com)

The biz

• Abacus Wealth stands out in a number of ways including having co-CEOs. (riabiz.com)
• CI Financial ($CIXX) is adjusting its acquisition model to include firm equity. (citywireusa.com)
• f2 is looking to be the, OCTO, or Outsourced Chief Technology Office, for RIAs. (riabiz.com)

Retirement

• Why retirement is a period so fraught with (mixed) emotions. (joylere.substack.com)
• America's retirement savings system is broken. (barrons.com)
• Retirement provides an opportunity for renewal for socioeconomically disadvantaged populations. (journals.sagepub.com)

Advisers

• Retiree spending isn't dropping off as much as it used to. (thinkadvisor.com)
• The order of preference for tax-efficient charitable giving. (obliviousinvestor.com)
• People define the value of an adviser, not the other way around. (advisorperspectives.com)
• Why people fire their advisers. (fa-mag.com)