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Government Spending Is Out of Control! LOL

The Big Picture

Let’s delve into a case in point of Coase’s theorem: If you wanted to peddle the narrative that government spending is out of control, you might present a chart like the one above, which is an exact replica of a chart that appeared recently in a piece of research from a major Wall St. investment firm. Both the Wall St.

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Math Problems

The Better Letter

Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead presents Shakespeare’s Hamlet from the bewildered point of view of two of the Bard’s bit players, the comically indistinguishable nobodies who become headliners in Stoppard’s brilliant play. The maths are exactly the same. Thanks for reading.

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Saturday links: hospitality and sophistication

Abnormal Returns

(apnews.com) Travel There is a growing number of hotel brands. popsci.com) Science Google DeepMind solved a previously unsolvable math problem. npr.org) Don't let your past accomplishments bring you down in the present. slate.com) Chronic fatigue A better estimate of the number of people with chronic fatigue syndrome in the U.S.

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50% Risk-free Annual Returns

The Big Picture

emphasis added) The red flags were there for anyone who could put their greed aside and simply focus on the math. Which institutions, banks, VCs have you presented this? It was obvious to a small number of analysts in this space that this was not viable. What other borrowing facilities have you investigated?

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#FA Success Ep 325: Building Success In The Financial Advice Business From A Financially Challenged Upbringing, With Brenda Hiscock

Nerd's Eye View

What's unique about Brenda, though, is how she not only came to the financial services industry without any financial background, but did so despite a very financially challenging upbringing, and while navigating challenges of homelessness, bankruptcy, and alcoholism in her 20s, through which she not only persevered and rose through the ranks as a (..)

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Know Thyself

Getting Your Financial Ducks In A Row

Lack of Understanding of the Numbers – when presented with the outcome of financial calculators, many of us consider whatever calculations were done in the background to be tantamount to magic. There’s no shame in admitting that factor – for a lot of us, math can be very tough.

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Chart of the Week: House Prices vs Rents

Discipline Funds

Of course, this data is highly localized and we generally measure “inventory” by the number of units that are actually for sale. And that’s where the math on renting comes into play. Or, at least, that’s true at present. But from an aggregated market perspective there is no shortage of places to live.

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