Remembering Art Cashin

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We lost one of the greats this week: Art Cashin passed away Sunday at the age of 83. CNBC’s Bob Pisani did a wonderful remembrance of Art: “In the intensely competitive and often vicious world of stock market commentary, Cashin was…

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Ripples in the Pond

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Next time you encounter a calm pond or lake with a nice, smooth surface, pick up a rock and toss it into the water. The result will be very predictable: concentric rings will expand out from where the mass disrupts the…

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Ask the Compound

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Fun conversation with Ben Carlson on various ways people make mistakes about Investing, Real Estate and our emotional decision making about all of the above. See also:Timing the Housing Market: When Should You Sell? (November 21, 2024)

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10 Sunday Reads

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Avert your eyes! My Sunday morning look at incompetency, corruption and policy failures: • How Google Spent 15 Years Creating a Culture of Concealment: Trying to avoid antitrust suits, Google systematically told employees to destroy messages, avoid certain words and copy the…

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Transcript: Peter Goodman

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The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Peter Goodman, How the World ran Out of Everything, is below. You can stream and download our full conversation, including any podcast extras, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and Bloomberg. All of our earlier podcasts on…

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ATM: Same as Ever

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SPOTIFY EMBED ATM: Title At The Money:   with Guest name, company affiliation  (Month Date Year) Is it better to blurb or not to blurb? That is the question? In this episode of At the Money, I speak with Guest. Full transcript…

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Who’s Gonna Win?

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Over the past few weeks, clients, reporters, friends, and family have frequently asked this. Who’s Gonna Win? is a loaded question for anyone. We all live in our happy little bias bubbles. I work in NYC, a Democratic stronghold, but I…

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MiB: Brian Higgins, King Street

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This week, we speak with Brian Higgins, co-founder, managing partner and co-portfolio manager of King Street. Higgins focuses on handling distressed securities, real estate investments and credit. He is chair of the Management Committee, Global Investment Committee, Real Estate Investment Committee,…

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10 Columbus Day AM Reads

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My back-to-work-because-Columbus-Day-is-no-longer-a-market-holiday morning reads: • If you think grocery prices take a big bite out of your paycheck in the US, check out the rest of the world: What’s more, it’s important to note that food prices in the U.S. — relatively…

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10 Monday AM Reads

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My back from vacay morning reads: • Pandemic Start-Ups Are Thriving, and Helping to Fuel the Economy: A record surge in new businesses has helped drive job growth, and could have longer-term benefits. (New York Times) • Fidelity: Twitter is worth 80%…

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Transcript: Kyla Scanlon

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Transcript: The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Kyla Scanlon on Vibecessions & Gen Z, is below. You can stream and download our full conversation, including any podcast extras, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and Bloomberg. All of our earlier podcasts on your…

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10 Weekend Reads

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The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of Colombia Tolima Los Brasiles Peaberry Organic coffee, grab a seat outside, and get ready for our longer-form weekend reads: • After Shark Tank, Mark Cuban Just Wants to Break Shit—Especially the Prescription…

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