From  Meditations : You can discard most of the junk that clutters your mind—things that exist only there—and clear out space for yourself...

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This seemed relevant given what's going on with oil. From Lowenstein's Introduction to Part I of Security Analysis: Sixth Edition : ...

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Apollo Asia Fund: the manager's report for 4Q2014 ( LINK ) Amidst all these distractions, I omitted to post a link to GMO's 3Q re...

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