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Imitation

Humanity learns by imitation…right from our double-helix inception. Therefore, it is interesting how we fight over who owns “innovation”.

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Gold priced to soar

It all begins with an idea.

I believe gold will continue to soar for the foreseeable future given economic uncertainty and fiscal issues worldwide

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Fiscal prudence…is dead

It all begins with an idea.

We are in economically uncertain times world over. China, Europe, Japan, the Middle East, the US are hurting. They have taken on too much debt at the sovereign level or running large annual fiscal deficits. In the US, personal savings rate is a myth. Even the well to do upper middle class (with double incomes) seem to be living in a world that is only filled with happy scenarios. I know of folks with 800K homes, a Tesla model Y, home renovations…all financed by your friendly neighborhood bank. What happens when even one of them loses their job?

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US Corporate Excellence

It all begins with an idea.

Here is a priceless nugget: the top 500 US companies performed just about at the same rate as the entire 3561 companies publicly traded in the US. For that to happen the bottom 3061 companies are performing at the same rate as the top 500! That tells you the depth of excellent execution.

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Health Premium

It all begins with an idea.

Exercise is the lowest health premium one can pay

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