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May 30, 2021May 29, 2021 andreweverett360

Goodhart’s Law Rules the Modern World

Peter Coy wrote an article for Bloomberg BusinessWeek titled Goodhart’s Law Rules the Modern World. Here Are Nine Examples.

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May 29, 2021 andreweverett360

I Bond – inflation-protected U.S. savings bond

Jason Zweig wrote an article for the Wall Street Journal titled The Safe, High-Return Trade Hiding in Plain Sight.

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May 25, 2021 andreweverett360

Microsoft Excel for Real Estate

Spencer Burton wrote an article for A.CRE (Adventures in Commercial Real Estate) titled The Definitive Guide to Microsoft Excel for Real Estate.

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May 24, 2021May 24, 2021 andreweverett360

It’s possible for start ups to have too much capital

Annanth Aravinthan wrote a Twitter thread about starting UBER Eats. “Reflecting at my time at UBER, I do think it’s possible for start ups to have “too much capital”. I personally fell into two traps in retrospect…”

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May 23, 2021 andreweverett360

Long Slide Looms for World Population

Damien Cave, Emma Bubola and Choe Sang-Hun wrote an article for the New York Times titled Long Slide Looms for World Population, With Sweeping Ramifications.

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May 23, 2021 andreweverett360

Linfield University refocuses to meet student demand

Allysia Finley wrote an article for the Wall Street Journal titled Rebellion in the Faculty Lounge.

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May 10, 2021May 9, 2021 andreweverett360

200,000 Fake Amazon Reviewers Exposed

Phil Muncaster wrote an article for Info Security titled Misconfigured Database Exposes 200K Fake Amazon Reviewers.

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May 9, 2021May 10, 2021 andreweverett360

Financial Analysis for Marketers

Northeastern University marketing professor Bruce Clark wrote an article titled Financial Analysis for Marketers.  He includes a diagram titled How We Get to Profit which pulls together all of the components he defines.

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April 29, 2021 andreweverett360

More Americans Are Leaving Cities

Marie Patino, Aaron Kessler and Sarah Holder wrote an article for Bloomberg, April 26, 2021 titled More Americans Are Leaving Cities, But Don’t Call It an Urban Exodus

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April 26, 2021April 26, 2021 andreweverett360

intellectual property in small and medium enterprises (IP for SME)

The US Patent and Trademark Office (UPSTO) hosted a webinar on April 26, 2021 for World Intellectual Property Day 2021. The theme was “small businesses taking big ideas to market.”

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