Blend #3 | 04.11.17
Good things come to those who wait. Like a smooth, bold French Press — best brewed with a bit of patience and quality grounds. Enjoy the spread.
US Politics — Check your twitter feed.
What’s All the Fuss About? — Across the Pond
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/03/28/eu-referendum-article-50-charts-show-uks-economy-has-performed/
“Boring is sexy in a world where you have more volatility and political risk”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/europes-new-safe-haven-german-real-estate
Excellent Long Read (best for a DMV-esque wait line)
http://www.vogue.com/article/british-prime-minister-theresa-may-interview-brexit-political-views
Waitin’ on A Tax Return — Finance / Business
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a market pop?
http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2017/04/05/u-s-companies-expected-to-post-strongest-quarter-since-2011.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-06/consumer-comfort-in-u-s-rises-for-fifth-time-in-last-six-weeks
Short Humans, Long Machines
http://fortune.com/2017/03/30/blackrock-robots-layoffs-artificial-intelligence-ai-hedge-fund/
Does this make my debt look big?
http://www.investopedia.com/partner/reuters/tpgs-j-crew-part-bad-retail-lbo-pattern/
Return Policy…No Bueno
https://www.wsj.com/articles/no-buyout-rescues-are-coming-for-battered-retailers
Follow-Up: Startups Leave Scars
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gillette-bleeding-market-share-cuts-prices-of-razors
MM Exclusive: The Department Store Saga — 60K+ Retail Jobs Reportedly Lost Feb-March
The Downfall
https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/news-analysis/americas-retailers-are-closing-stores-faster-than-ever
The Victim
https://www.buzzfeed.com/coralewis/america-lost-more-than-60000-retail-jobs-in-two-months
The Culprit
https://www.recode.net/2017/3/9/14872122/amazon-millennials-online-clothing-sales-stitch-fix
Snap it or it Didn’t Happen — Tech
Live Streaming- the Stock Market
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/06/spotify-may-go-public-without-ipo-report.html
There’s More to the Story…
https://www.fastcompany.com/3062593/clone-wars-why-instagram-will-legally-get-away-with-copying-snapchat-stories
http://mashable.com/2017/03/18/facebook-stories-vs-snapchat/
Progress Is Not Linear — Life / Strategy
The Key is the Point
http://www.inc.com/quora/elon-musks-surprising-strategy-for-thinking-about-everything.html
Subjective Success
https://hbr.org/2017/03/stop-reading-lists-of-things-successful-people-do
Make Mistakes, Take Chances….
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-power-of-learning-by-doing-1484772179
Don’t Quit Your Daydream
http://www.vogue.com/article/top-travel-destinations-2017
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/travel/places-to-visit
The Last Sip:
Happiness Country in the World? Norway! (Runner-Up: Denmark. US #19)