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Ingredients of a 100-Bagger
September 21, 2022 | Investing in one or two 100-baggers can be life changing. It’s worth it to take the time and energy to analyze the characteristics that Mayer says are common to companies with these kinds of returns.
Cheap Bonds
September 20, 2022 | In a recent article, Zweig explores the nuances of municipal bonds, their tax-free allure, and their illusory cheapness. Bonds and taxes are seldom a sexy topic, though we think that for investors and those managing their own money, the takeaways are enlightening.
Blitzkrieg Attack
September 19, 2022 | Central banks globally are preparing to launch a blitzkrieg attack on inflation this week. In total, interest rates over three days and several countries will rise by 500 basis points (5%).
Oil Seizure
September 16, 2022 | Germany seized control of local units of a Russian oil company, Rosneft, to take greater command over its energy industry, secure supplies, and sever its dependence on Russian fuel.
Good to Great Lessons
September 15, 2022 | Good is the enemy of great, and few people or companies manage to achieve greatness because they settle too quickly for a comfortable life.
Investing For Freedom
September 14, 2022 | While investing dogma, of course, encourages diversification, this comes today at a time particularly sensitive to geopolitical risks.
How To Invest Like Li Lu
September 13, 2022 | I’ve been going down the Li Lu rabbit hole lately. An investing friend had mentioned a documentary called Moving the Mountain, which I had never heard of, but is about the investing legend’s life as a student leader in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing, China.
The Merge
September 12, 2022 | A long-awaited software upgrade to the Ethereum blockchain, intended to slash its energy consumption, is scheduled for this week, and it’s projected to occur in the early hours of Thursday morning. The event has been delayed several times previously, though.
Borderline Fraud
September 9, 2022 | The market in so-called voluntary carbon credits has enabled corporations globally to, in theory, offset their carbon emissions by funding projects elsewhere in the world that plant trees, invest in renewable energy, save endangered forests, etc.
International Bestseller
February 18, 2024 | The great American author Stephen King rejected himself. King had written his first story, ‘Carrie,’ but threw it in the trash because he felt it was inadequate. The next day, his wife pulled the story draft out of the trash.
Chocolate Block
February 17, 2024 | A heartwarming story out of the nation’s capital: After her father was diagnosed with cancer, a young woman began collecting and donating books for kids undergoing their own cancer treatments.
Share the Wealth
February 16, 2024 | Private equity (PE) doesn’t exactly have a stellar reputation for treating employees well. Instead, buyout deals usually spur strict cost-cutting and layoffs, providing strong returns for investors in PE funds.
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