• 20 Most Overlooked Tax Deductions, Credits, and Exemptions Want to lower your tax bill? Then don’t miss out on these often overlooked tax benefits. (Kiplinger)

• Stock Splits Actually Work — Just Not For The Reason Everyone Thinks Over the past decade, U.S. issuers have conducted about 20 splits a year, according to Dow Jones Market Data. “By itself, a stock split should neither create nor destroy any value.” The real heyday of splits was during the tech bubble of the late 1990s. From 1997 to 2000, as the market melted, an average of 65 US companies split each year. In the years leading up to the global financial crisis, at the tail end of another long-term market rally, the frequency of splits rose again. (Barron)

• Don’t Believe This Real Estate Myth REITs have a bad reputation in an environment of rising interest rates, but historical data tells a different story (corporate investor)

• Private market ‘supercycle’ Goldman sees private capital boom still a long way off: The hottest thing in the financial world is not passive funds, cryptocurrencies or even commodities. It’s private capital — like venture capital, infrastructure, private equity, and direct lending — and it’s absolutely booming. (Financial Times)

• Did the Fed make a mistake? This group of people more or less complained about the higher prices, but then continued to pay because they could. The problem is, if we do go into a recession, it’s probably going to be the bottom 50% of people who don’t own financial assets. But the idea is that if you can weaken the wealth effect and make borrowing more expensive, it should slow demand. (a wealth of common sense)

• ‘We are a cult’: In the shameless hype of BitcoinLast week, evangelists and several bitcoin panties flocked to the Miami Beach Convention Center. (the daily beast) see also Guns, Earnings, and God: Four Days in Miami with Crypto’s Biggest Fans. The forum is also an opportunity for the crypto rich to show off the huge fortunes suddenly created by cryptocurrencies. (Bitcoin alone has surged in value by about 1,100% since the 2019 conference began.) They have the opportunity to do so in a city that offers plentiful opportunities to show off and spend, a place that deliberately positions itself as crypto enthusiasts and techies A sanctuary for nonconformists. (Forbes)

• The fake artist problem is much bigger than you think: A recent revelation from an alleged industry insider paints a disturbing picture (honest broker)

• You are still being tracked on the internet, just in a different way Apple and Google are pushing for privacy changes, but the shift to digital tracking is giving some platforms a bigger advertising advantage. (New York Times)

• Surprisingly large particles that could disrupt physics? What is the W boson, why is it important, and what happens next? (slate) see also Fermilab says newly measured particle is heavy enough to break Standard Model A new analysis of W bosons shows that these particles are much heavier than predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics. (Quanta Magazine)

• Unsinkable Molly Shannon In new memoir, “Hello, Molly!,” Saturday Night Live alum Shannon talks about her comedy career and the devastating family tragedy that changed her life. (New York Times)