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16 Jun 2022

Posted at 17:56h in The Friday Brief by

In Frank Herbert's 1965 science fiction novel Dune, there is a phrase—really a mantra or incantation—used by the main character and his mother at various times when they are facing particularly challenging circumstances:  "Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will...

09 Jun 2022

Posted at 20:24h in The Friday Brief by

If you’re on any form of social media, you most likely saw pictures and videos circulating from last weekend's Platinum Jubilee celebrations for Queen Elizabeth. My favorite image of the bunch is of 4-year old Prince Louis making faces at his mom, the beautiful Kate...

02 Jun 2022

Posted at 16:51h in The Friday Brief by

I graduated from college in 1995 with a degree in economics and finance. At that time, only about 14% of Americans used the web (and only 20% of them went online every day), Amazon had just opened for business and the most popular web destinations...

26 May 2022

Posted at 16:55h in The Friday Brief by

We all want the investment that does this: A smooth and steady march up-and-to-the-right. The challenge is the stock market actually does this: Where things get interesting is when you take the blue line from my hypothetical investment and overlay it onto the second chart showing the actual...

18 May 2022

Posted at 19:39h in The Friday Brief by

Several years ago, a friend called me “book-ish” – which felt like an insult at the time. It may have been said both in trust and in jest, and I may have also given the strong reaction that they were hoping to get – but...