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Lessons from the Ultra-Wealthy
"Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me." F. Scott Fitzgerald
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January 2024

Reflections: The Lessons of 2023
Let the arc of life bend towards sharing.
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December 2023

Farewell to Charlie Munger
The outspoken polymath will be dearly missed.
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November 2023

Marshmallow Mind
“Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday—but never jam today.”
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Ed Thorp: Survival of the Fittest Mind
“When you begin to think for yourself, the whole world changes and becomes much clearer.” — Ed Thorp
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October 2023

11 Things I Learned About Investing
You don’t become a great investor by reading about great investors. But it's Friday. Why not indulge a little?
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The Roman Empire Fallacy
The unbearable pain of seeing too far into the future.
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September 2023

Five lessons from Peter Brown, CEO of Renaissance Technologies
"I continue to love the process of showing that human intelligence, intuition, creativity, and finesse are nothing more than computation."
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August 2023

High Roller: Lessons from America's Richest Banker
"Why do people not do the great deals and do all the stupid ones? It's crazy." Andrew Beal
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July 2023

The Pritzkers: Buffett's Blueprint
Your only immortality is the impact you have on your successors. - Nicholas Pritzker
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Filtering The Idea Funnel
The people who have a lot of opportunities tend to make better investments than people that don’t have a lot of opportunities. — Munger
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June 2023

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