These Are the Goods

Articles

The Fed sets the interest rate (the price of money), not the quantity of money. (By James Montier and Philip Pilkington)

Life is easier, but deciding is more complex. (By Packy McCormick)

On one hand the excitement is infectious, on the other hand the participation in absolute terms is nowhere even close to what we saw in 2017. (By Justin Paterno)

I have lost my confidence as a blogger. (By Phil Huber)

As long as people are having fun and making money who cares? (By Ramp Capital)

Figuring that all out was like unlocking an ancient door carved into the side of a mountain. (By Josh Brown)

Someone once told me abundance is the enemy of appreciation (By Ben Carlson)

All else equal, rich parents are the best advantage you can have if you want a career in investment management. (By Nick Maggiulli)

Podcasts 

When you hate money, you will make very bad decisions (With Ramit Sethi)

Startups are impossible (With Patrick O’Shaughnessy and Max Simkoff)

All of these trends within them contain seeds of their own undoing (With Me, Josh Brown, and Cardiff Garcia)

You have to pay for journalism somehow (With Ryen Russillo and Matt Taibbi)

Books

Neumann was obsessed with valuation (By Eliot Brown and Maureen Farrell)