It’s a blog.

It’s educational.

It’s hopefully entertaining.

It’s not investment advice.

How to think about investing.

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S’mores

What flavors of pie do investors like? If you change the name, will they still like it? Evaluating opportunities

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Frame Store

What kind of frame should you use for a Rembrandt? Should you use that same frame for an investment? How to think around investment ideas to build what works for your portfolio.

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Shorts Story

What’s the right attire for doing financial research? What’s the point of short reports anyway? How to think about “the shorts” when they take shots at your shares.

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Paint by Numbers

Can you create a masterpiece painting by numbers? What does painting have to do with investing? How to find investment opportunities when numbers paint a bad picture.

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A Pound of Feathers

How many feathers does it take to get a pound? How do weights and measures mix up investors? How to evaluate the different ways a company earns money.

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Mechanical Turk

What do luxury bags have to show us about financial companies? How many people does it take to run a financial service company? How to stich an investment from a business built on people.

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Copy Cat

How do banks make money? Could they make more doing the same things but not be a bank? How to evaluate opportunity in financial companies that aren’t banks.

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