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Resilient Growth Masks Debt

April 15, 2024 | Few areas of markets and economies are as black and white as textbooks portray them. Often, they’re a mixed picture full of gray areas and surprise. That’s most definitely the case about economic growth and avoiding a major recession.

Buy Right, Sit Tight

April 14, 2024 | That’s how Clay Finck would describe his investment motto. Finck, the host of We Study Billionaires, has brought the goods for the podcast, analyzing companies like Copart and Constellation Software and interviewing brilliant guests such as Morgan Housel, Dr. Robert Cialdini, Aswath Damodaran, Chris Mayer, and more.

Leading with Humility

April 13, 2024 | Tune in to "Leading with Humility" with Simon Sinek. More insights and lessons in just 2 minutes to read.

Margin Compression

April 12, 2024 | Welcome to earnings season, folks. Per usual, the big banks kicked off the onslaught of Q1 corporate earnings reports that will come in the next few weeks. How’d they do?

No Rate Cuts?

April 11, 2024 | The unthinkable is now thinkable. That’s the prospect of no rate cuts this year. Predicting no cuts just a few months ago would’ve left you all alone on Wall Street, excluded from the cool kids’ table, which was betting on at least three rate reductions this year.

VC’s Cultural Moment

April 10, 2024 | If you’re an individual investor, you probably don’t have access to investing in hot startups. In recent years, a trendy business model in finance has been trying to change that, “democratizing” access to more types of companies, not just those trading on stock exchanges.

Rearmament Reckoning

April 9, 2024 | War is, unfortunately, a big business. Despite tribal conflict seeming outdated in the 21st century, it remains an enduring aspect of the human experience. This means, unsurprisingly, that the “military-industrial complex” holds significant but often overlooked sway over economic activity.

New Gold Standard

April 8, 2024 | Long struggling to get inflation under control after money printing wrecked the Zimbabwe dollar’s value, the country of over 16 million is taking notes from the past, opting for a new gold-backed currency to restore economic order.

Empowering Investors

April 7, 2024 | Today, we're sharing our interview with Kyle Grieve, our esteemed podcast host and investor. We discuss investing, markets, lessons, life, and more. Spoiler: He doesn’t recommend meme stocks.

The Joys of Compounding

September 8, 2024 | Few individuals have studied the art of investing and the good life more than Gautam Baid. We chat with Baid about his writing, investing approach, life lessons, and more.

Clearly Cooled

September 6, 2024 | On Friday, the August jobs report showed the U.S. economy added 142,000 jobs last month, less than expected. This rebound from the soft July data that prompted a market selloff is more evidence that the labor market is a far cry from what it was circa 2021.

Index Boom

September 4, 2024 | Chances are, you own an index fund. And most of us know that the index-fund revolution has showed few signs of slowing down.

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