The Many Uses of Danny Meyer's Saltshaker Theory
Danny Meyer is a superstar in the restaurant world. Starting with Union Square Cafe in 1985, Meyer's stable of restaurants now includes...
Introducing the Grab Bag
Michel de Montaigne is often referred to as an essayist, but that word did not have much meaning before Montaigne. Sarah Bakewell notes,...
Grab Bag (5 Nov 2016)
Finance 1) Some savers and politicians blame central banks for low rates. They're at least partially right. Investors earn returns as...
How boring & excellent made Vanguard an investing behemoth
You don't get to manage $3.5 trillion in assets (that's trillion, with a T, folks!) without doing something special. Patrick...
Visionary or Foolish Wanderer?
One of the interesting things about blogging is trying to understand which posts become popular and why. Some of my favourite posts end...
Building A Muscular Portfolio
Any investor worth his salt spends as much time thinking about portfolio construction as he does about security selection....
How Hard That Must Be!
Dimitar Berbatov scored a goal for Monaco a few years ago - you know the one I'm talking about - that perfectly encapsulated his...
Little Bets, Big Breakthroughs
I woke up a few weeks ago to an email from Amazon.com. The company was announcing the launch of Amazon Vehicles, a new "car research...
Harmony, Control and the Midfield Conundrum
There are some problems money can't solve. That fact was all too apparent yesterday as Manchester United were outplayed by local rivals...
2016 Book Recommendations
My reading goals in 2016 were simple: 1) Read as much as possible 2) Read a variety of things. I mainly read non-fiction, but tried not...
