22 Jun 2018

Posted at 13:15h in The Friday Brief by

This year, some 45.5 million Americans will receive $63 billion in retirement benefits, according to the Social Security Administration. Of these recipients 65 years or older, 50% of married couples and 71% of unmarried persons depend on Social Security for more than 50% of...

15 Jun 2018

Posted at 08:33h in The Friday Brief by

Charlie Munger, Warren Buffet's famed right-hand man at Berkshire Hathaway, is fond of using the phrase, "Invert, always invert." While Munger is often credited with the origination of the quote, he is borrowing from 19th century German mathematician Carl Jacobi, who coined the phrase as...

08 Jun 2018

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Allure motivates us far more than thought or logic. Abstract ideas just don't change our behavior like longings and desires do. In his book You Are What You Love, James K.A. Smith says, “We adopt ways of life that are indexed to such visions of the...