Vanguard and BlackRock Dominate

Source: Morningstar     The question that I have been getting a lot this year is this: “Why do you spend so much time writing about Vanguard?” I heard it after I wrote several columns…

You 2.0: Tunnel Vision

  NPR: Have you ever noticed that when something important is missing in your life, your brain can only seem to focus on that missing thing? Two researchers have dubbed this phenomenon scarcity, and they…

10 Thursday AM Reads

My morning train reads: • The 21 Most Powerful Women in the Business of Sports (Worth)• Value Finally Replaces Growth. But Will This Hate Rotation Last? (Barron’s)• Stock Pickers Are Just Imagining an Index Bubble…

Trade War Farm Bailout

Source: Reuters     I missed this over the summer: According to Reuters, “the U.S. government will pay American farmers hurt by the trade war with China between $15 and $150 per acre as part…

Sharp Decline in Childhood Mortality

The default setting on modern humanity is for things to continually get better. Here is the New York Times: “Two decades ago, nearly 10 million children did not live to see a 5th birthday. By…

1971 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 “Daytona”

Officially it is known as the Ferrari 365 GTB/4, but after the 365 swept the Daytona 24-Hour Race in 1967, racing to victory by taking the 1-2-3 spots, the car became known simply as The…

10 Friday AM Reads

My end of week morning train reads: • Why Hasn’t Wall Street Ever Had a Woman CEO? (Fortune)• Jim Grant Is a Wall Street Cult Hero. Does It Matter If He’s Often Wrong? (Institutional Investor)•…

MIB: Psychologists & Behavioral Economists

The Masters in Business pod turned 5 this summer, and I wanted to update how people could access the archives in more interesting ways. One request we get all the time is to organize the…