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Adam Smith, author of "The Wealth of Nations"
Book Reviews Finance & Economics

The Wealth of Nations: A Non-System of Spontaneous Order

June 8, 2024June 25, 2024 Bryce Pointer

Smith hardly had in mind the creation of any new economic “system” or framework when he wrote. The actual word “capitalism” does not appear in the book.

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Finance & Economics

Retirement Models, “Secure” Assets & Lurking Opportunity Costs

January 28, 2024January 28, 2024 Bryce Pointer

Retirement planning applies the same concept: save a piece of your income every year, invested in some financial asset (usually stocks/bonds), and collect…

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A Boeing 737 MAX 9.
Finance & Economics

Boeing and the Terrible, No-Good, Very Bad Quality Issues

January 21, 2024January 21, 2024 Bryce Pointer

Prior to the MAX/COVID double whammy, Boeing did roughly $100 billion in annual sales, split roughly 60/30/10 between their three main business lines…

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Finance & Economics

Value and Growth: A Tale of Two Styles

October 1, 2023December 23, 2023 Bryce Pointer

As we’ve discussed before, equity investing strategies come with plenty of variety. A key strategic—even philosophical—dimension of investing style is value vs. growth. In practice

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Finance & Economics

Our New Analyst, Artificial Intelligence

September 24, 2023December 23, 2023 Bryce Pointer

In many ways, 2023 is shaping up to be a year of AI hype. Generative AI and large language models have become hot buzzwords, and

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Finance & Economics

Deere: Planting Precision, Reaping Reversion?

September 17, 2023December 22, 2023 Bryce Pointer

It’s common for investment job interviews to have some stock pitching component—this can take many forms. This is one I’ve used in the past. While

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Book Reviews Finance & Economics

The Renaissance Reader’s Library – Finance & Economics

September 10, 2023December 31, 2023 Bryce Pointer

While a key goal of the blog is to talk in depth about particular books and ideas, I want to start with some very quick

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Finance & Economics

CFA: Chartering a New Course

September 4, 2023December 22, 2023 Bryce Pointer

In thinking about ways in which my personal experience can add value to readers, my experience with the CFA program often comes to mind. Given

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Finance & Economics

What Makes for Good Business? Part 4: Not So Fast, My Friend!

August 27, 2023December 22, 2023 Bryce Pointer

We’ve covered a lot of ground—accounting, capital costs, and competitive advantages that help companies earn economic profits. But if we want to invest, we ultimately

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Finance & Economics

What Makes for Good Business? Part 3: Competitive Advantage: Sources and Symptoms

August 20, 2023December 22, 2023 Bryce Pointer

In our last post, we covered a concepts like cost of capital and economic profit to consider as a yardstick when evaluating performance of different

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