Groceries Independent grocers are a drying breed. The story of Honor Family Market. (nytimes.com) Trader Joe’s is skating by on its prior reputation. (fastcompany.com) White papers On the many implications of an aging global population....

Markets Historical returns are a ‘billboard for diversification.’ (awealthofcommonsense.com) Venture capital Colossal Biosciences is now valued at $10.2 billion. (techcrunch.com) Intel Capital is spinning off from Intel ($INTC). (axios.com)...

Podcasts Khe Hy talks with Christine Benz author of “How to Retire: 20 Lessons for a Happy, Successful and Wealthy Retirement.” (youtube.com) Dan Haylett talks with Dr. Jordan Grumet author of “The Purpose Code: How to Unlock...

Strategy Vanguard investors are letting their equity allocations drift higher. (jeffreyptak.substack.com) It’s counterintuitive, but frictions can make for better investors. (behaviouralinvestment.com) The markets are a mirror....

C-suite Narcissistic CEOs take unnecessary risks. (on.ft.com) Why some female CEOs get downgraded by investors. (klementoninvesting.substack.com) The bigger a firm gets, the more it spends on lobbying. (papers.ssrn.com) Research How much of the...

Markets Luke Kawa, “The idea that the stock market is always and everywhere rooting for lower interest rates, even if it requires outright weakness in the US job market to get them, is not consistently borne out by the data, to say the...

Podcasts Christine Benz talks with Dr. Jordan Grumet author of “The Purpose Code: How to Unlock Meaning, Maximize Happiness, and Leave a Lasting Legacy.” (morningstar.com) Michael Kitces talks sustainability with Peter Krull, the Director...

Markets How to deal with the issue of mega-cap market dominance. (awealthofcommonsense.com) From the ten largest market cap companies in 2000, only Microsoft ($MSFT) remains. (betterletter.substack.com) The purpose of predictions isn’t...

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EVs EVs are getting cheaper and better, no matter who is in office. (nytimes.com) Why your EV should have a heat pump to help extend range in cold temperatures. (arstechnica.com) Battery manufacturing plants are going up as a new administration comes...