David’s Articles

This week's highlights: Essential Oils, CEO Pay, and the Future of Agriculture. Fifteen on Friday - 10/06/17 - Issue 256 Happy Friday and Fall Break to many!  We published our Q3'17 market commentary this week entitled "The Beat Goes On".  If you want a quick, four...

This week's highlights: Sorority Rush Consultants, Hot Chicken and the Secret of Online Ad Spending Fifteen on Friday - 09/29/17 - Issue 255 Food for Thought: Eater - Burned Out - Credit SF - Hot chicken was the Prince family legacy — then Nashville transformed it...

This week's highlights: Suits, Investing with Patience, & the NFL's PhD Candidate at M.I.T. Issue 254 Food for Thought: NYMag - America Wasn’t Built for Humans  Tribalism was an urge our Founding Fathers assumed we could overcome. And so it has become our greatest...

This week's highlights: The Perils of Free Speech, private aircraft, and what makes Britain British. Fifteen on Friday - 09/15/17 - Issue 253 Food for Thought: BI - A study of 36,000 students just backed Bill Gates' favorite style of education Vulture - In...

This week's highlights: Nature and Kids, Beyond Amazon, and Running with Strava Fifteen on Friday - 09/08/17 - Issue 252 Food for Thought: NYT - The Urban Revival Is Over.  As it turns out, the much-ballyhooed new age of the city might be giving way to a great urban...

This week's highlights: chronic pain, day trading, and the 'fleece of the century.' Fifteen on Friday - 09/01/17 - Issue 251 A quick word of welcome to a number of new subscribers, and thanks to the folks who forwarded along last week's email.  In case you are new to...

This week's highlights: french fries, the problem with low interest rates, and billion dollar basketball. Fifteen on Friday - 08/25/17 - Issue 250 In April of 2012, I sent a list of 8 articles to 22 friends, family and colleagues with a quick note saying that I was...

This week’s highlights: Singing Technique, The Fall of Sears, and a 50-year old watch still in production. Issue 249 Food for Thought: The Atlantic – The Road to Radicalism in Charlottesville.  Violent extremism—whether in jihadist or white supremacist form—is often...

This week's highlights: Cheaper healthcare, Brands strike back, and the importance of body language. Fifteen on Friday - 08/11/17 - Issue 248 Food for Thought: NYT - On Health Care, Who Needs Congress?  Regardless of whether Congress enacts health care reform, the...

This week's highlights: Smartphones, Palantir, and 100-year old Pyrex. Fifteen on Friday - 08/04/17 - Issue 247 One of life's true joys in my opinion is when someone who is an expert at a particular field explains to you what is actually going on in something that you...