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We all need regular vacations to recharge our batteries. I just took a week’s vacation in Arizona last week. It feels good to think about something other than stocks and disconnect!
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The COVID Backlash
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A problem and a possible solution
My team and I are regularly confronted with a problem concerning the securities that we have...
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The Sometimes-Unjustified Attraction of Dividends
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My recommendation this week
By Michael R. Bloomberg, 256 pages, 2019, editions Wiley
Born of the middle class, this computer pioneer, mayor of New York, great philanthropist and respected activist on many social issues has risen among the richest men in the world, all after being fired at age 39! In his book, he offers a candid portrait of his journey marked by courage and hard work, through a narrative punctuated with personal stories, perspectives on business and technology, and his unique approach to management. One of those simply inspiring reads!
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Recommended by Phillipe
By Michael R. Bloomberg, 256 pages, 2019, editions Wiley
Born of the middle class, this computer pioneer, mayor of New York, great philanthropist and respected activist on many social issues has risen among the richest men in the world, all after being fired at age 39! In his book, he offers a candid portrait of his journey marked by courage and hard work, through a narrative punctuated with personal stories, perspectives on business and technology, and his unique approach to management. One of those simply inspiring reads!
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Recommended by Phillipe
By Willis Johnson, 188 pages, 2014, editions WestBow Press
This is a book that should be read by any investor looking to learn about top entrepreneurs and companies that have had great market success over a long period of time. Copart founder Willis Johnson shares his journey from humble beginnings to unimaginable success as a multi-billion-dollar company that became the world’s largest salvage auctioneer. He tells the story of the main lessons he learned from his experience as an entrepreneur, through which we can identify many of the qualities that the best entrepreneurs share.
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Recommended by Phillipe
By James A. Michener, 2002, editions Dial Press Trade Paperback
In this historical epic, the author transports us back thousands of years and recreates, through the discoveries of modern archaeologists, the history of the Jewish people who inhabited the Holy Land. The lives of these men and women are portrayed in vivid detail during critical periods of their existence, including the persecutions, the Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, through to the founding of the state of Israel in 1948 and the modern conflict in the Middle East. A fascinating journey that allows you to understand the genesis of the great religions of the world.
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By Jack Weatherford, 352 pages, 2005, editions Random House
This beautifully told portrait of Genghis Khan shows us how the army he led managed to conquer more territories and peoples in 25 years than the Romans in 400 years. The Mongol Empire sparked an explosion of civilization with its progressive approach. This brilliant work of revisionist history is nothing less than the epic story of the creation of the modern world. A new light in a very well written book.
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