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Saturday links: hospitality and sophistication

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(apnews.com) Travel There is a growing number of hotel brands. popsci.com) Science Google DeepMind solved a previously unsolvable math problem. slate.com) Chronic fatigue A better estimate of the number of people with chronic fatigue syndrome in the U.S. wsj.com) How to ship your baggage ahead of your flight.

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Tuesday links: eighteen months ago

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calculatedriskblog.com) A doubling of the mortgage rates radically changes housing math. abnormalreturns.com) Adviser links: more than the numbers. abnormalreturns.com) Are you a financial adviser looking for some out-of-the-box thinking? Markets Lumber prices are back down to pre-pandemic levels.

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Saturday links: restaurant identity

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vox.com) The air travel mess has a number of explanations. axios.com) Pizza math, illustrated. abnormalreturns.com) Are you a financial adviser looking for some out-of-the-box thinking? (time.com) How Formula E is driving battery innovation. protocol.com) How a Ford ($F) F-150 Lightning powered a rock show.

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Jan 08, 2023 Culture US birth rates are at record lows – even though the number of kids most Americans say they want has held steady [link] There is no mystery here. If you don’t have children while young, odds decrease that you will have children, and a higher number of them. Jan 10, 2023 CFP?

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Transcript: Dave Nadig

The Big Picture

The advice part of being a financial adviser is the hard part. I have lots of different ways I can get that number to go up. It’s still a fairly small number. So as much as I’m personally still a pretty strong skeptic of active management, I mean, I understand the math, and the odds are not in your favor.