Friday morning news drop
What Happens When Bonds Lose Money With the Federal Reserve focused on fighting inflation, rate hikes could mean losses for the “safe haven” side of your portfolio. (Businessweek)
Rules for Buying Crashing Growth Stocks Reasonable people can differ about what’s causing the selloff. If you wanted to blame it on crazy multiples coming back down to earth, momentum, or anything else, I wouldn’t argue. The question is, what does one do about it. (Irrelevant Investor)
With so many cryptocurrencies, why do any of them have value? Doubts grow about the long-term value of cryptocurrency in 2022 as number of tokens expands. (CBC)
Money in the Metaverse: In a virtual world full of virtual goods, finance could get weird. (New Yorker)
Why You Should Ignore the Metagame In every game there are always two games being played. One is the game itself. The other is the game about the game. This is called the metagame. (Of Dollars and Data)
‘It Takes More Than Money’: Inside Alliance Bernstein’s Efforts to Retain Diverse Talent Amid the great resignation, the asset manager’s two-year-old coaching program is yielding good results. (Institutional Investor)
How Bad Are Plastics, Really? Plastic production just keeps expanding, and now is becoming a driving cause of climate change. (The Atlantic)
Tesla Model S Goes 752 Miles with a Prototype Battery from a Michigan Startup This 'proof of concept' was meant to show that very long-range, environmentally sustainable battery packs can exist—and ONE, Inc., is about to start building one. (Car and Driver)
The clear and present danger of Trump’s enduring ‘Big Lie’ Call it an insurrection or a coup attempt, it was fueled by what’s known as the “Big Lie”: the verifiably false assertion that Trump won. Joe Biden won 306 votes in the Electoral College, while Trump received 232. In the popular vote, Biden won by more than 7 million votes. (NPR)
Beyond the riot, Jan. 6 was a dangerously close call. How Trump’s plot nearly succeeded: But this was a close call. Attempts by Trump and his followers to overturn the results of the 2020 election — multi-dimensional efforts of which the assault on the Capitol building was only one element — came dangerously close to succeeding. (ABC News)
Videos of the Week
Sage Cattabriga-Alosa - Daybreak: One thing about backcountry skiing I love is the experience of the early morning mission. There is an element of unknown anticipation and excitement that hangs in the air as you head out, and details are revealed at first light. On the bike those types of mornings have an equal reward. Daybreak is an ode to those mornings.
Dual Slalom at Dimmos - 50to01 and Friends A 2 min little banjo dual at Dimmos on the Fifty track. Big trains, big slams, big grins. Cheers to everyone who came along, and see ya'll for more smiles in 2022!
Brayden Barrett-Hay - New Territory: For most of his life, Barrett-Hay has lived in Eastern Canada, riding his dirt jump bike at home and at the local indoor park. But recently, after many years of competing and establishing himself as a professional mountain bike rider, he felt the need for a change. So, he packed up his bikes and headed west to Vernon, BC. Now in the mountains of Western Canada, he has the advantage of an abundant mountain bike scene with terrain to ride his dirt jumper, downhill, and trail bikes. Watch Brayden bring some of his dirt jump / skate park-style to the mountains in his latest video, New Territory.
DYLAN STARK 2021 MIXTAPE MTB & BMX Every year I make a mix of all my favorite clips from videos or instagram posts for you all to enjoy, Sadly most of the clips nowadays are filmed vertical for "reels" so a lot of footage was unusable and this video isn't as long as they normally are. This video is a compilation of all the best clips of the year put to a soundtrack. Thanks so much for all the support on youtube and instagram over the year, This is for you to enjoy and hopefully motivate you to get outside and ride! Thanks for watching and cant wait to see what 2022 brings!
Jammed Sandwich ft. Erik Elstran: Erik Elstran is back with the third instalment of his self-filmed "Selfstran" series... and what a tasty treat it is.
Alex Donnachie - Fall For The City: Alex Donnachie smashes out another classic Glasgow street part in his newest video 'Fall For The City'... In late September when Alex said he wanted to try and get a video filmed locally before the end of the year, you'd know how optimistic that might seem if you've seen the weather Scotland gets during that time. But once again Glasgow delivered the goods, and in the course of two short months dodging the rain and waiting for spots to dry up, Alex pieced together another classic in the place he now calls his home town. So on what is the last day of the fall season, sit back and enjoy the madness. Video: Dave Sowerby.
Round It Out - Cinema BMX In North Carolina: Watch Chad Kerley, Nathan Williams, Garrett Reynolds, Dakota Roche, and Corey Martinez put their mark on some under-appreciated southeastern spots for the lens of Will Stroud.
Cold Call: Tony Hawk He might stay in nice hotels and drive a car that's probably also a helicopter, but the Birdman still shreds backyard pools and suffers bone-breaking slams like any skate rat. Dude's tough as nails.
OASEN: A Vans Snowboarding Film | Snow | VANS OASEN is Swedish for OASIS ; a pleasant area in the midst of a difficult place or hectic situation. A refuge. In this uncertain time, and in life in general, everyone is constantly searching for their Oasis. Snowboarding defines that escapism. Vans’ Europe Snowboarding team’s latest film, Oasen, is made with the intention of inspiring others to go out and find their own Oasen, wherever that may be.
Filmed in Austria, Switzerland and Sweden, and driven by one of our most inspiring riders; Benny Urban, Oasen follows a tight crew of good friends on their quest to push the boundaries of street riding through creativity and good times. Opening up the city through a fresh creative outlook, with a heavy influence from a deep love of skateboarding, The Vans Euro Snow team is proud to present Oasen.