The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

My Turkey Day reads: • The Wild World Inside Your Gut : We tackled everything from heartburn, stress, spicy foods and colon cleanses to antibiotics and more. So grab a kombucha, get comfortable and read on for everything you’ve wanted to know about the wild world inside your gut. ( New York Times ) • These People Are Responsible for Thanksgiving’s Most Polarizing Food : How did a berry synonymous with one day of the year become the crown jewel of a billion-dollar business cooperative?

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Abnormal Returns

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Books An excerpt from "Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature" by Dan Sinykin (newrepublic.com) An excerpt from "The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos" by Mark Chiusano. (nymag.com) An excerpt from Richard C. Cytowic’s book "Synesthesia." (thereader.mitpress.mit.edu) Business The big consulting firms have, at the very least, an image problem.

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Calculated Risk

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Here are five economic reasons to be thankful this Thanksgiving. (Hat Tip to Neil Irwin who started doing this years ago) 1) The Unemployment Rate is Below 4% The unemployment rate was at 3.9% in October. The unemployment rate is down from 14.7% in April 2020 (the highest since the Great Depression). The unemployment rate is up from 3.7% a year ago (October 2022).

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Trade Brains

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Best RK Damani Portfolio Stocks: Investing in the stock market can be a daunting task, given the sheer number of stocks available to choose from. To simplify things, many investors follow the portfolio of successful investors such as RK Damani, who has amassed a fortune through stock investments. In this article, we will take a closer look at the Best RK Damani Portfolio Stocks and analyze their business, financials and more.

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Join us for an enlightening webinar as we delve into the transformative realm of modern accounting practices. In today's digital age, the convergence of outsourcing and automation has revolutionized how businesses manage their financial operations. In this webinar we will explore the synergistic potential of these two strategies to streamline processes, enhance accuracy, save cost and drive strategic decision-making.

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The Better Letter

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Happy Thanksgiving! What has rivers but no water, forests but no trees, and cities but no buildings? A map. This edition of TBL examines Alfred Korzybski’s famous metaphor: the map is not the territory. If you like The Better Letter , please subscribe, share it, and forward it widely. Subscribe now Share The Better Letter Get more from Bob Seawright in the Substack app Available for iOS and Android Get the app NOTE TO SUBSCRIBERS: Some email services may truncate TBL.

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The Irrelevant Investor

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

On today’s Compound and Friends, we are joined by Morgan Housel to discuss his new book, Same as Ever: Tweets: A good bet in economics: the past wasn’t as good as you remember, the present isn’t as bad as you think, and the future will be better than you anticipate. — Morgan Housel (@morganhousel) November 19, 2023 A good test when reading the news is to constantly ask, “Will I still care about this stor.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

A couple of interesting retirement-related reads that I want to try to weave together. First was a very long read titled The End of Retirement written by Cathrin Bradbury. Bradbury is a retired journalist in Canada. If you read the whole thing, you might pick up some different attitudes, culturally, toward retirement and aging. The tone of the article is very negative on people's financial ability to have a traditional retirement and also hammers on the idea that retirement is a short path to gr

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Trade Brains

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Best Futures Trading Courses : Stock markets are a great place to start the financial journey as an investor or trader. Derivatives are secondary markets where the performance of an instrument is dependent on an underlying asset or a group of assets. Futures are a type of derivative contract agreement to buy or sell a specific security at a set future date for a set price.

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Integrity Financial Planning

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Winter is a magical season filled with frosty landscapes, cozy fires, and the promise of the holiday season. While the cold weather might encourage some to stay in, there’s a myriad of activities that can keep you entertained throughout the season. Here are five engaging winter activities you can try. Craft a Gingerbread House Gingerbread houses and winter go hand-in-hand.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2023

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NOVEMBER 23, 2023

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NOVEMBER 23, 2023

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