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Philippe Maupas
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Finance, investing, history, art, literature | Runner, Gardener | French | https://alphabetablogfr.substack.com/
Pitchbook's Jessica Hamlin on the sale of McKinsey's $26 billion investment arm, MIO Partners, to Neuberger Berman:

❝ McKinsey's spotty disclosure history raises questions about how service providers manage the conflicts of interest inherent in internal employee funds. ❞
February 17, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Spencer Jakab on Walmart:

❝ Old-school dividend payers with lots of physical assets are back in fashion in today’s uncertain environment. ❞
↓ S&P 500 Futures
trk.wsj.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Paul Krugman:

❝ As many observers have noted, the Trump administration is a kakistocracy: rule by the worst. A history of personal corruption is no longer a bar to high office — it’s practically a requirement. ❞
How the Kakistocracy Became a Quackistocracy
Corruption is a germ’s best friend
paulkrugman.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Michael Mauboussin and Dan Callahan, CFA:

❝ The base rates for U.S. public companies over 75 years suggest OpenAI and Oracle Cloud have a low probability of meeting their five-year revenue projections. ❞
Bayes and Base Rates: How History Can Guide Our Assessment of the Future | Morgan Stanley
Heavy AI spending is driving rosy revenue forecasts, but Consilient Research urges investors to apply base rates, which imply low odds of meeting them.
morganstanley.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:35 PM
❝ This is the Epstein class in all its glory. It’s an elite that schemes to remain as unaccountable for sexual crimes as it does for corporate crimes. It has its own hierarchy of friends and foes, and it will defend those friends no matter what they do, while the spoils of privilege flow. ❞
The Quintessential Epstein Files Email - The American Prospect
Jeffrey Epstein and his friends standing up for Mary Jo White against Elizabeth Warren tells you everything about the class war at the heart of the files.
prospect.org
February 17, 2026 at 1:01 PM
On connaît les Heat Maps permettant de visualiser l'évolution du cours des actions. Les génies d'Alphaville ont conçu des Heat Maps pour visualiser l'évolution des spreads obligataires par secteur aux États-Unis, et c'est très instructif.
US investment grade credit markets care about the tech wreck, just not very much
Less tech to wreck
www.ft.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Le fonds de dotation de Princeton réduit son rendement annuel attendu de 10,2% à 8%. Les explications de Christopher L. Eisgruber, le président de l'université.
President’s Annual “State of the University” Letter 2026: From Growth to Focus
Ten years ago, Princeton University’s Board of Trustees published a strategic framework to guide the institution into the future. As I prepared this annual letter to the community—the tenth in a serie...
president.princeton.edu
February 17, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Tu veux surfer sur la vague inspirante des data centers ? Le canon à spaghetti d'Amundi aura bientôt un nouveau produit pour toi : Amundi Global Data Center UCITS ETF.

Je passerai mon tour.
www.etfstream.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Le prétexte du dernier papier d'Aswath Damodaran est d'examiner la raison d'être des entreprises (schématiquement, maximisation de la valeur actionnariale ou ESG ou durabilité), mais on y trouve bien plus que ça. Une lecture technique et passionnante.
Data Update 6 for 2026: In Search of Profitability!
The Business End Game Clarified!
aswathdamodaran.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Jean-Marc Vittori :

💬 Le chiffre n'est plus ce qu'il était. Hier, il servait d'argument suprême, de levier de la raison. [...] Aujourd'hui, le chiffre est devenu un « usual suspect ». ⤵️
February 17, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Les questions à poser avant d'investir dans un fonds de private equity evergreen d'après KKR. KKR commercialisant de tels fonds, cette lecture pourra être utilement complétée par des sources moins conflictées. www.kkr.com/insights/eve...
5 Questions to Ask Managers about Evergreen Private Equity | KKR
Discover key considerations involved in evaluating an evergreen private equity strategy, from structure and execution to alignment and oversight.
www.kkr.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Ah, la novlangue standardisée des consultants. La décennie qui vient serait celle de la transformation pour le secteur du wealth management aux Etats-Unis. Qui l'eût cru ?
www.mckinsey.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Owen Lamont:

💬 Once again, today’s stock market resembles 1999/2000. If the wave of AI ads at the Super Bowl is followed by a wave of AI IPOs later this year, watch out.
Super Bowl Ads as a Bubble Warning | Acadian Asset Management
www.acadian-asset.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Larry Swedroe:

💬 If the evidence so clearly contradicts the “passive investing will destroy markets” narrative, why does it persist? The answer is straightforward: the active management industry has strong incentives to promote this view.
Active Managers Keep Losing as Passive Investing Grows
Active equity mutual funds experienced more than $1 trillion in outflows in 2025—the 11th year of net outflows and the steepest of the cycle.
larryswedroe.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Torsten Slok (Apollo):

💬 AI is everywhere except in the incoming macroeconomic data. [...] Maybe there is a J‑curve effect for AI, where it takes time for AI to show up in the macro data. Maybe not.
Waiting for the AI J-Curve - Apollo Academy
The Nobel Prize–winning economist Robert Solow said in 1987, “You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity...
www.apolloacademy.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:10 PM
According to ETFGI, assets in Europe’s ETF industry reached a record $3.40 Tn at the end of January, surpassing the previous record of $3.22 Tn set in December 2025.
ETFGI reports ETFs industry in Europe Hits All‑Time High US$3.40 Trillion in Assets and Record US$58.67 Billion Inflows
Press Release
etfgi.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:36 PM
ERShares Private-Public Crossover ETF (XOVR) owns SpaceX shares via a special purpose vehicle.

Jeff Ptak has a message for the company:

💬 Come clean, ERShares. It’s the least you could do.
Come Clean
ERShares Private-Public Crossover ETF (XOVR) wants a redo. It doesn't deserve one.
jeffreyptak.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:20 PM
KPMG a demandé à Grant Thornton, son auditeur, de réduire ses honoraires d'audit pour tenir compte des gains de productivité liés à l'IA.

Tim Gustafson a imaginé les échanges entre les sociétés à ce sujet. C'est hilarant.
A bit of the old satire: KPMG tells Grant Thornton it deserves a break
We all laughed at the story, the utter cheekiness of KPMG's request, but Tim Gustafson took it to a whole 'nother rollicking level!
thedig.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Chris Flood est sceptique quant aux chances de succès de l'acquisition de Schroders par Nuveen, deux poids moyens 100% actifs.
www.etfstream.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Quel contraste dans l'antitrust aux États-Unis entre Biden et Trump 2

Sous Biden, c'était Lina Khan.

Sous Trump 2, ce fut Gail Slater. En dépit des marques d'adulation de cette dernière pour Trump, elle a été démise de ses fonctions. Elle ne faisait presque rien, c'était encore trop.
Big Business Has Pam Bondi Fire Trump's Antitrust Chief
Trump Antitrust chief Gail Slater was mostly a failure, though kept some antitrust cases alive. Despite attempts to mollify corporate lobbyists, Pam Bondi fired her anyway. What happens now?
www.thebignewsletter.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Comment la publication d'un livre blanc par une petite société développant des outils d'IA pour le secteur de la logistique a conduit à un mini krach sur des valeurs du secteur du transport.

Selon des sources autorisées, les fonds indiciels n'y seraient pour rien.
What the truck just happened to transport stocks?
The flap of an AI paper triggers a freight-ening sell-off
www.ft.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Dans la quatrième émission consacrée par Martin Pénet à Brigitte Bardot chanteuse, on retrouve le duo Bardot Gainsbourg.
Hommage à Brigitte Bardot chanteuse : le show télévisé de 1968 avec Serge Gainsbourg (4)
Cette série d’émissions nous montre combien Brigitte Bardot aimait chanter, que ce soit pour ses amis ou, à travers ses disques, pour son public.
www.radiofrance.fr
February 16, 2026 at 7:41 AM