This week’s highlights: Dolly Parton, Value Investing, and the First Tee Jitters

Issue 390

by David Wells – Nashville TN

Happy Friday –

No deep thoughts today – have a great weekend!

Best,

Food for Thought

• Billboard – Dolly Parton Steers Her Empire Through the Pandemic – and Keeps It Growing
• Rory Sutherland – The danger of following ‘the science’ There is, after all, a good reason why humans have evolved decidedly unscientific instincts for decision-making: in the messy world we inhabit, the facts that are available are usually not important, and the facts that are important are usually not available.
• Hedgeye – OK Boomers… Let’s Talk About Socialism.  Demographer Neil Howe looks at the difference between the generations in starting conditions and how that may be manifesting in political dialogue.
• JamesClear – This Coach Improved Every Tiny Thing by 1 Percent and Here’s What Happened

Business

• TwoCenturies  – Value Investing: Even Deeper History
• TheRealDeal – The Littmus test: Veteran activist investor on his office shorting strategy  Armed with a modest checkbook but a big pulpit, Jonathan Litt is going after Big Office. Can he prevail?
• S&P – Is high-yield pricing fundamentals or liquidity?
• McKinsey – Building a digital New York Times: CEO Mark Thompson
• AC – All S&P 500 Sectors and Industries, by Size  Neat infographic of the S&P 500

Culture / Tech / Science

• WashPo – Flu was all but eliminated in South Africa this year. Coronavirus is to thank.
• TXG – First Tee Nerves  How often do you hit a bad shot on the first tee? In this video Matt works with world-renowned coach Gareth Raflewski to manage his nerves
• ArtTechnica – SpaceX Starlink speeds revealed as beta users get downloads of 11 to 60Mbps
• Contemporist – This Tiny House Community Feels Like Living In A Small Village
• CNN – New saliva-based Covid-19 test could be a fast and cheap ‘game changer’