Here Are Some Links For Your Weekly Reading - June 30th, 2019

Most people don't spend money on freemium games. These games rely on a small subset of "whales" to survive - players that spend absurd amounts of money on their games. Gacha games let players pay to "roll the dice" to unlock rare characters and collectibles similar to a "Loot Box" mechanic. 

Now, the US is trying to make this mechanic illegal for taking advantage of children with their "pay-to-win" mechanics. 

 

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye recently. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• Roger Goodell Net Worth and Salary History. (CNW)
• The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet. (OneZero)
• See the World's Oldest Trees by Starlight. (NationalGeographic)
• The Beauty and Madness of Sending a Man to the Moon. (Wired)
• Teams Autonomously Mapping the Depths Take Home Millions From The Ocean Discovery XPRIZE. (TechCrunch)

 

Trading Links:

• Business Conditions are at Their Worst Level Since the 2008 Financial Crisis. (MorganStanley)
• California Today: Would You Pay $195 to Take a Helicopter to Work? (NYT)
• What Yogi Berra Would Have Said about this Bull Market. (WSJ)
• Economies and Stockmarkets Do Not Always Match up Well.(Economist)
• How Politics Became the Main Driver of Financial Markets – And Why Investors Better Get Used To It. (MarketWatch)