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The author disembarks almost

by Garrison Keillor | Jul 18, 2022 | The Storyteller, zOtherDiversions

A beautiful summer day, sitting on a porch in Connecticut, looking at boats anchored in the cove, grateful that I don’t own one. It’s one foolishness I’ve avoided in my life: most of the other numbskull boxes I have checked, and as I sit here enjoying the breeze off...

Real estate slowbalisation, not deglobalisation

by Mark Unsworth | Jul 15, 2022 | The Economist, zLead Article

It’s more than a case of semantics Deglobalisation, as a concept, has been mentioned quite a bit recently (along with the topics of onshoring and nearshoring), but the evidence of it happening on a significant scale thus far is scant, at best. Instead, key economic...

Confessions of a valuer, chapter 24

by Norman Harker | Jul 14, 2022 | Investor's Notebook

The end is nigh, prepare to meet thy doom. The last in a very special series of exclusive articles for The Property Chronicle, in which Australian property legend Norman Harker reflects on his extraordinary 50-year life in real estate. He will pull no punches partly...

Shinzo Abe’s killing: the history of political violence in Japan

by Hugo Dobson and Kristian Magnus Hauken | Jul 14, 2022 | The Historian, zEditor's pick

Our reaction upon hearing the news of the shooting of former prime minister Shinzo Abe was one of shock and incredulity in equal measure. What followed was a frenzy of trying to piece news reports and gossip together to make sense of events, until his eventual death...

Why staying liquid is wrong

by Andreas Calianos | Jul 13, 2022 | Golden Oldie, The Fund Manager

Originally published October 2021. If there’s one thing you hear constantly in finance and investing, it’s stay liquid. That bit of advice is so common that most investors, from the smallest to the largest, tend not to question it. But what if it’s misleading or...