Posts by Andrew Stotz
Become a Better Investor Newsletter – 1 April 2023
Commercial real estate could be hit next. The first yuan-settled LNG trade happened. Still, US$ remains the reserve currency. Turns out DB is better than CS (at getting fines). Passive investing is not necessarily that diversified.
Read MoreWhat is the Critical Mass for Transformation?
How many people need to be “on board” in order to start implementing Deming ideas in an organization? Andrew and David P. Langford discuss Dr. Deming’s answer and what that means for folks trying to make changes.
Read MoreISMS 12: CPI Racing Across the Globe
Is global CPI going to follow the US CPI slowdown?
Read MoreISMS 11: US Banking Crisis and Fed Rate Cut
Did the Fed finally break something with its aggressive rate rises? I’ve been repeating in my investment strategy that the Fed will eventually break something, and yes, they did. They did.
Read MoreISMS 10: US CPI Could Decline to 4% By YE23; Unless QE Revs Up
Is US CPI going up or down by yearend 2023?
Read MoreBecome a Better Investor Newsletter – 25 March 2023
Another 0.25% hike from the Fed. Deposits leave US banks due to Fed rate hikes. US housing market is getting hit. Debit Suisse appears to be a great deal…not. Xi and Putin teams up to challenge the US.
Read MoreThe Role of Meaning: Cultivating Intrinsic Motivation Series with David P. Langford (Part 6)
Your “meaning network” of neurons includes the subjects (like math wizzes) and relationships (like friendships) that are important to you. In this episode, Andrew and David talk about helping folks find the “why?” that intrinsically motivates them to do something.
Read MoreISMS 9: Saving Silicon Valley Bank Brings New Risks
The Silicon Valley Bank crisis started when the US government shut down its economy.
Read MoreBecome a Better Investor Newsletter – 18 March 2023
According to KPMG, everything was chill at SVB 2 weeks ago. SVB could have been avoided if regulators were actually doing their jobs. Saving SVB was a bailout of Silicon Valley. Then there’s Debit Suisse. The “king of chemicals” needed for the green switch and food.
Read MoreApplying the Neuroscience of Cooperation: Cultivating Intrinsic Motivation Series with David P. Langford (Part 5)
Cooperation is built into the human condition – we don’t survive without it. In this episode, Andrew and David talk about the connection in our brains between intrinsic motivation and cooperation – and how you can use that to help cultivate intrinsic motivation in an extrinsic world (and even make your organization more competitive!)
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