David’s Articles

This week's highlights: The Masochist Marathon, the evolution of private equity, and how AI finally beat checkers. Fifteen on Friday - 07/28/17 - Issue 246 Food for Thought: Esquire - The Masochist's Marathon.  Since 1986, the world’s top ultrarunners have fought to...

This week's highlights: The Fyre Festival Fiasco, Cult of the Big Green Egg, and the bacteria in your Water Bottle . Issue 244 A hot, humid Friday greeting from Nashville. A number of interesting articles in store this week - but the real highlights this week are 3...

This week's highlights: Micro-aggressions, "Accessible Luxury," and the cost of a good bottle of wine. Issue 243 We published our Q2'17 market commentary this week entitled "Resilience at its Finest".  If you want a quick, four page take on what is going in the...

This week's highlights: 5 laws of human stupidity, the origin of the iPhone, and why investor relations matters. Issue 242 A number of interesting reads this week - including the longer-read on the making of the iPhone.  Fifteen on Friday is taking a summer break next...

This week's highlights: Why You Should Retire in Ecuador, the Success of Burger King, and the Queueing Professional. It's Hot Here Down South Summer has come to Nashville with 90 degree temps and 80% humidity.  As happens every summer, this means that about half the...

This week's highlights: Quitting youth sports, short selling as bounty hunting and a prescription to help with autism. And we're back My apologies for missing last week - I was swamped in final preparations for the CFA exam on June 3rd and on a self-imposed...

This week's highlights: Fat startups, monogamy in a swipe world, and a $600 dollar dinner worth every penny. Let's Welcome Lord Stanley's Cup to Nashville The Nashville Predators wrapped up the Western Conference Championship - and are on to face an exhausted...

This week's highlights: Raising an American Adult, colleges start the discounting game, and where did Jack Sparrow put $650MM? Go Preds! All of Nashville's attention was focused last night at one place, Bridgestone Arena, where the Nashville Predators came from behind...

This week's highlights: Finding dinner reservations, a 7 month sprint to profits, and Pistol Pete Maravich. Greetings, eh Happy Friday from the Detroit airport and a long week spent studying for the Chartered Financial Analyst examination at the University of Windsor,...

This week's highlights: Vertical vs. Horizontal Wealth, the future of work, and the Collapse of Google? April Showers...continue into May Cold and dreary greetings from Nashville.  It's a good weekend to stay indoors and read - and a lot of thought provoking articles...