Posts by Andrew Stotz
Become a Better Investor Newsletter – 19 November 2022
Borrowing to keep up with the Joneses. The US gov’t has also borrowed to keep up. Rich nations continue to pay for others to reduce coal. ESG rating firm scores a fraud above fossil fuels. When you spot a virtue signaller, run!
Read MoreHow to Track Progress (Continued): Deming in Education with David P. Langford (Part 3)
In this episode, David and Andrew continue to talk about the thorny problem of tracking student progress – grading – and how to remove it from the classroom.
Read MoreBecome a Better Investor Newsletter – 12 November 2022
One of the largest crypto exchanges, FTX, goes bust. FTX founder got Sequoia funding by saying, “you can buy a banana”. Sequoia told its investors, “we are in the business of taking risk”. Creative destruction wipes out bad businesses. Tech stock prices are back at the covid bottom.
Read MoreHow to Track Progress: Deming in Education with David P. Langford (Part 2)
David and Andrew continue their discussion on how to track student progress when you don’t use grades or other conventional methods.
Read MoreA. Stotz All Weather Strategies – October 2022
Central bankers appear to be raising rates into a recession to stifle inflation; stagflation would be the worst outcome. Demand for necessities (food and energy), inflation, and supply-chain disruptions can drive Commodities higher.
Read MoreYour Wealth Engine – 7 November 2022
The show that helps you create, grow, and protect your wealth through the power of free-market Capitalism.
Read MoreBecome a Better Investor Newsletter – 5 November 2022
Fed hiked 0.75% as expected by the market. Central banks have been loading up on gold. Biden disincentivizes energy investments. Hundreds of new mines are needed to meet battery demand. We could see an OPEC-style cartel for battery metals.
Read MoreMy Worst Investment Ever October 2022
In October 2022, we published 13 new episodes of the My Worst Investment Ever podcast. Listen to all of them here.
Read MoreYour Wealth Engine – 31 October 2022
Fed interest rate hiking cycle sweeping across the world. EM rates have been higher but kept low by China; FMs suffer the most Rate rise reduced global earnings by 6.2%; in DM US and UK hit hardest.
Read MoreBecome a Better Investor Newsletter – 29 October 2022
Elon Musk now controls Twitter. Snap shows that analysts aren’t great at predicting the future. Meta (Facebook) is so bad that even Jim Cramer apologized. ESG is not going that well at the moment. ESG has also meant increased dependence on China.
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