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“In a way the philosopher and the barber are of the same guild; the barber cuts hair and the philosopher splits hairs.” - José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish Philosopher This week’s quote again looks...
Read More →"A black swan is an event with three attributes: it is an outlier, it carries extreme impact, and it is retrospectively predictable." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author, The Black Swan This week’s...
Read More →“Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future” - Niels Bohr, physicist (and comedian, it seems) This week’s quote is one about the subject matter of the deep dive - it is t...
Read More →“I was an advocate of the deregulation movement and I made - along with a lot of other smart people - a fundamental mistake. The financial industry undergirded the entire economy and if it is made ris...
Read More →“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.” - Martin Luther King Jr., no intro need...
Read More →“Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it” - origins from Aesop’s Fables. This week’s quote is one about caution and consequences - and you will see just why in the deep dive. Before...
Read More →“Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen pounds nineteen shillings and sixpence, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result ...
Read More →“It all comes down to interest rates. As an investor, all you're doing is putting up a lump-sum payment for a future cash flow..” - Ray Dalio, macro investor of note. This week’s quote is one a...
Read More →“Use a picture. It’s worth a thousand words.” - Arthur Brisbane, newspaper editor This week’s quote pertains directly to the deep dive and the diagram I’ve shared this week about the impact of ...
Read More →“The next Labour Government will deliver the biggest boost to affordable, social and council housing for a generation… we’ll start by rebuilding the dream of a safe, secure, affordable home.” - Angela...
Read More →"The downside of coming off junk was I knew I would need to mix with my friends again in a state of full consciousness." - Mark Renton, character from “Trainspotting”, the movie This week’s quo...
Read More →“Don't be afraid of looking down, sometimes that's where you find your strength” - Unknown This week’s quote takes us all the way into the deep dive, and finding money - a lot of it - down the back of...
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