Monthly Archives: August 2018

Concentrated risks glossed over by marketing wrappers

Posted on August 8, 2018 by Danielle Park

The first exchange-traded-fund (ETF) was launched in 1993 as a low cost, passive way to enter and exit exposure to the top 500 US companies by market cap (the S&P 500) without the work and cost of buying and selling … Continue reading →

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Understanding the history and future of human food

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Danielle Park

Hugely important big picture discussion in this podcast on the history and evolution of food (and excellent sound quality!). Understanding and personal discipline are power. Bruce Friedrich is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Good Food Institute or GFI, … Continue reading →

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Increasing government debt to enable share buybacks is dumb, it should be illegal

Posted on August 3, 2018 by Danielle Park

Another new study confirms what has been abundantly clear for years now: stock price manipulation via rampant share buybacks is weakening worker compensation, capital investment, innovation, productivity, corporate balance sheets, and future economic resilience.  See The Atlantic’s Are buybacks starving … Continue reading →

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