Where Does Crypto Fit?
There are many potential investments, from stocks to art, from race horses to land, from…
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No system is perfect; they all have the vices associated with their virtues. The profit motive drives much of our medical system, but it…
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Where Does Crypto Fit?
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Why The Stock Market Is Inefficient
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I’d dreamed for decades of building a house adjacent to my grandparents’ land in North Shrewsbury, VT. But we put building off until we…
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Since my late teens, I’ve read sports car magazines and thought about what I’d like to have. While I was in my last year…
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My Experiences With Vitamins
I began thinking about vitamins after I quit smoking in my late 20s. (I was sick and away from home – and decided that…
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Our Precious and Fragile Democracy
July 15, 2020 Dear Friends: I have sent this letter to classmates and other friends. I hope you will read it and understand my…
Sports Cars: MGA & Sunbeam Alpine
Since I started reading sports car magazines in my mid teens I’ve been interested in cars. We lived on the Navy base in Long…
Investing In An Inefficient Market
Twenty-five years ago, after I learned that the stock market had become inefficient, I began to think about investing in an inefficient market. Together…
First Real Jobs And Masters Degree
When I returned home to look for a job after graduating from Case, my father talked about my studies with one of his friends….
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I had selected Case Institute of Technology because my uncle was on the faculty. Our family had moved from Long Beach, California to McLean,…
Growing Up: Age 5-8; Isle Of Palms, SC
Why Market Efficiency Is Important
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We moved to Fall Church from South Carolina (see my Age 5-8; Isle Of Palms, SC post) because my father, a naval officer, was…
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I grew up with stories of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as my father had grown up nearby and he received his masters degree…
Harvard Business School Doctorate
HBS found me an apartment within walking distance of campus. It wasn’t a nice part of Cambridge and there were cockroaches. I moved in,…