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Sunday links: too many theories

Abnormal Returns

institutionalinvestor.com) Amazon Amazon ($AMZN) is increasing the number of same-day shipping options. forbes.com) The pros and cons of a four-day workweek for startups. theatlantic.com) Economy Menzie Chinn, "Strong labor market, spending and income numbers all suggest no recession in place yet." slate.com)

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Psychology, Purpose, People: How Female Founders Are Building New Ventures

Brown Advisory

Psychology, Purpose, People: How Female Founders Are Building New Ventures ajackson Thu, 07/05/2018 - 11:49 Women wield more economic power and influence in the U.S. According to PitchBook, female-founded startups raised $10.5 Failure is a very possible outcome for a startup; but she reframed what failure meant to her.

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Psychology, Purpose, People: How Female Founders Are Building New Ventures

Brown Advisory

Women wield more economic power and influence in the U.S. According to PitchBook, female-founded startups raised $10.5 billion in venture funding in 2017—a healthy number but still just a small fraction of the $85 billion raised overall. Psychology, Purpose, People: How Female Founders Are Building New Ventures.

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Global Leaders Investment Letter: August 2022

Brown Advisory

The expected competitive forces don’t materialise, and we believe that superior economics can be maintained for a lot longer than our standard microeconomics mean-reversion frameworks would suggest. Behavioural economics has a lot to say about these cycles, we will come back to this another time. Recently governments in the U.S.,

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The Other 95%

Brown Advisory

The concept of ethical screening in portfolios is not new—religious institutions have screened their portfolios for years. Private funds can provide equity capital to startups in renewable energy or other targeted areas. All charts, economic and market forecasts presented herein are for illustrative purposes only.

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The Other 95%

Brown Advisory

The concept of ethical screening in portfolios is not new—religious institutions have screened their portfolios for years. Private funds can provide equity capital to startups in renewable energy or other targeted areas. All charts, economic and market forecasts presented herein are for illustrative purposes only.

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Transcript: Benjamin Clymer & Jeffery Fowler, Hodinkee

The Big Picture

But there were a lot of other purveyors of watches that really were not super, super ethical folks. FOWLER: Yes, I was at LVMH for a number of years, mostly with Louis Vuitton for the first few years. The number one response every single time to this day is for Hodinkee to sell things because they trust us. FOWLER: Yes.

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