Finance

• Why First Republic Bank ($FRC) isn't bouncing. (thebasispoint.com)
• Fidelity Crypto is now live. (theblock.co)
• WeWork ($WE) has reached a deal with Softbank to restructure its debt. (nytimes.com)

SVB

• SVB didn't go bust because it was woke. (theverge.com)
• But poorly managed remote work maybe did. (axios.com)
• How the downfall of SVB could affect climate and biotech startups. (nature.com)
• Why many people want SVB to survive in some form or fashion. (semafor.com)
• Money moves so quickly making it hard to combat a bank run. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com)
• The Fed is a bad bank regulator. (mattstoller.substack.com)

Finance

• Tiger Global wrote down the value of its venture portfolio by 33% in 2022. (wsj.com)
• Despite diversification efforts, private credit still drives Ares Management ($ARES). (institutionalinvestor.com)

Economy

• Has the banking crisis increased the odds of a recession? (axios.com)
• Industrial production was flat in February 2023. (calculatedriskblog.com)
• It's hard to run a semiconductor manufacturing plant without trained workers. (wsj.com)

Earlier on Abnormal Returns

• Podcast links: third places. (abnormalreturns.com)
• What you missed in our Thursday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
• Longform links: combating burnout. (abnormalreturns.com)
• Don’t waste your emotional capital investing out of spite. (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

• Five insights from "STFU: The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut in an Endlessly Noisy" by Dan Lyons. (nextbigideaclub.com)
• What YouTube hustle gurus are really selling. (vox.com)
• We're drowning in subscriptions. (washingtonpost.com)

The biz

• Are podcasts thriving because of the decline of third places? (fastcompany.com)
• What podcasters think about different podcast publishers. (podnews.net)

Companies

• Aimee Keene talks with Neeraj Arora about how the Facebook deal for WhatsApp came together. (shows.acast.com)
• Matt Reustle and Dom Cooke talk with Simon Owens about building a modern media business. (joincolossus.com)

SVB

• Ezra Klein talks with Noah Smith about what is unique about SVB. (nytimes.com)
• Eric Newcomer talks with Laurence Tosi about the unraveling of SVB. (newcomer.co)
• Derek Thompson talks with Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson about the fallout from SVB. (theringer.com)
• Andy Slavitt talks with Justin Wolfers, Mark Zandi and Ben Eisen about the state of the U.S. banking system. (podcasts.apple.com)
• Ben Carlson and Josh Brown talk about what to do with your cash now. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
• Meb Faber talks with Gary Zimmerman, founder of MaxMyInterest.com. (mebfaber.com)

Finance

• Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway talk with Charlie McElligott about the rise and impact of zero-day options. (bloomberg.com)
• Barry Ritholtz talks with Rich Bernstein, chief executive officer and chief investment officer of Richard Bernstein Advisors LLC. (ritholtz.com)
• Jeff Malec talks with Marty Bergin, CEO of DUNN Capital Management, about the state of trend following. (youtube.com)
• Cameron Passmore and Benjamin Felix talk with Charlie Ellis author of "Inside Vanguard: Leadership Secrets From the Company That Continues to Rewrite the Rules of the Investing Business." (rationalreminder.libsyn.com)
• Roben Farzad talks with Herb Greenberg about SVB and more. (podcasts.apple.com)

Non-finance

• Jonathan Fields talks decision making with Daniel Kahneman. (goodlifeproject.com)
• Lee C. Camp talks with Oliver Burkeman about his book "4000 Weeks: Time Management for Mortals." (open.spotify.com)
• Sean Illing talks with Costica Bradatan about his new book "In Praise of Failure: Four Lessons in Humility." (podcasts.apple.com)
• Tim Ferriss talks longevity with Dr. Peter Attia. (tim.blog)