The Big Picture

AUGUST 26, 2023

This week, we speak with Vanguard’s chief investment officer Greg Davis. We discuss how his career took a series of unexpected turns, including beginning by studying insurance and working as the CIO / director of Vanguard Australia and Asia-Pacific, before taking over all of fixed income worldwide.

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The Big Picture

MAY 3, 2023

At the same time, however, the study also shines a spotlight on just how powerful AI is, how disruptive it might be, and suggests that this new, astonishing technology could have economic effects that change the shape of income inequality going forward. ( The party’s over, and Hollywood is waking up with a splitting headache.

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The Big Picture

JULY 18, 2023

I’m studying all the time. And so I had a mentor on the desk who was a few years ahead of me and said why don’t you start coming in and doing research for me on the side, you know, we’ll pay you some nominal sum, I mean, I don’t know, it wasn’t minimum wage, but it wasn’t a lot more than that.

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Aleph

MARCH 25, 2023

Mar 24, 2023 Researchers did DNA testing on strands of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair and found answers to questions about the composer’s health and family history [link] A temperamental genius who was a wreck as a man. Offices are in trouble, Malls less so. Used carefully, it can do amazing things. And, it’s still about location.

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