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the subsequent language she used - "the *ascent* of populist movements* - as well as her previous comments in munich on income inequality suggest she is discussing much longer-term trends rather than fixating on the runup to 2024. but maybe my interpretation is wrong?
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"The Ascent of populist movements is telling us that governments have have strayed too far from being responsive to the working class"
This is probably the only area where AOC agrees with JD Vance and Josh Hawley.
This is probably the only area where AOC agrees with JD Vance and Josh Hawley.
February 15, 2026 at 10:31 PM
the subsequent language she used - "the *ascent* of populist movements* - as well as her previous comments in munich on income inequality suggest she is discussing much longer-term trends rather than fixating on the runup to 2024. but maybe my interpretation is wrong?
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this is like writing a column all about how if you love dogs you should get a Pomeranian because they make sweet, fun, and obedient pets, and then at the end of the column you add this photo of a "Pomeranian" so the readers know what to look for at the pet store
February 15, 2026 at 9:39 PM
this is like writing a column all about how if you love dogs you should get a Pomeranian because they make sweet, fun, and obedient pets, and then at the end of the column you add this photo of a "Pomeranian" so the readers know what to look for at the pet store
he also makes a gigantic mess of his source - a brochure from Fidelity on its Multi-*Strategy* Credit Fund, which is *also* not a multisector bond fund like he thinks it is, but rather a very-risky boutique product that is tailored only to rich people and institutional investors
February 15, 2026 at 9:33 PM
he also makes a gigantic mess of his source - a brochure from Fidelity on its Multi-*Strategy* Credit Fund, which is *also* not a multisector bond fund like he thinks it is, but rather a very-risky boutique product that is tailored only to rich people and institutional investors
the quick summary: a multisector bond fund is a somewhat risky collection of bonds. except then almost all the examples the author gives of "multisector bond funds" that he loves are actually not multisector bond funds at all but *core* bond funds - which are significantly less risky.
February 15, 2026 at 9:33 PM
the quick summary: a multisector bond fund is a somewhat risky collection of bonds. except then almost all the examples the author gives of "multisector bond funds" that he loves are actually not multisector bond funds at all but *core* bond funds - which are significantly less risky.
that piece is so bad that i emailed the editors about the errors. they promptly fixed a few numbers in the article's table without addressing any of the absolutely howlers that make the whole article incoherent
February 15, 2026 at 9:13 PM
that piece is so bad that i emailed the editors about the errors. they promptly fixed a few numbers in the article's table without addressing any of the absolutely howlers that make the whole article incoherent
these writers are especially clueless about the unsexy world of fixed-income investing. here's one where the guy does not understand what a multisector bond fund is at all and yet writes an entire article around the premise that multisector bond funds are the future www.dividend.com/fixed-income...
Dividend.com
Multi-sector credit offers investors a more flexible, income-focused alternative to traditional core bond portfolios, delivering higher and more consistent returns by actively allocating across market...
www.dividend.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:13 PM
these writers are especially clueless about the unsexy world of fixed-income investing. here's one where the guy does not understand what a multisector bond fund is at all and yet writes an entire article around the premise that multisector bond funds are the future www.dividend.com/fixed-income...
and yeah, i get that this stuff is all clickbaity slop designed to boost traffic and ad/subscription revenue but jesus, they could at least make the slop free of errors that are *this* bad!
February 15, 2026 at 9:09 PM
and yeah, i get that this stuff is all clickbaity slop designed to boost traffic and ad/subscription revenue but jesus, they could at least make the slop free of errors that are *this* bad!
it's wild that a writer for one of the world's major financial information websites does not know this extremely basic fact and instead just says "buh well $2 is bigger than $1". is an LLM just writing this garbage for them?
February 15, 2026 at 9:07 PM
it's wild that a writer for one of the world's major financial information websites does not know this extremely basic fact and instead just says "buh well $2 is bigger than $1". is an LLM just writing this garbage for them?
if Fund A has a price of $100/share and Fund B has a price of only $25/share, but Fund A pays out $2/share in distributions and Fund B pays out $1/share, then Fund B is a *much* better choice if we're purely looking at the payouts because you can buy 4x as many shares for the same amount of dollars!
February 15, 2026 at 9:07 PM
if Fund A has a price of $100/share and Fund B has a price of only $25/share, but Fund A pays out $2/share in distributions and Fund B pays out $1/share, then Fund B is a *much* better choice if we're purely looking at the payouts because you can buy 4x as many shares for the same amount of dollars!
this writer does not even understand that the whole reason you use yield percentages to compare ETFs is that the absolute dollar-amount-per-share of an ETF's distribution payout is an incredibly stupid way to measure anything.
www.fool.com/coverage/etf...
www.fool.com/coverage/etf...
February 15, 2026 at 9:07 PM
this writer does not even understand that the whole reason you use yield percentages to compare ETFs is that the absolute dollar-amount-per-share of an ETF's distribution payout is an incredibly stupid way to measure anything.
www.fool.com/coverage/etf...
www.fool.com/coverage/etf...
that's really what he means. not the irish per se but the scots-irish. the main purpose of including them here is not because they contributed some unique element to an idea of american civic virtue, but rather that they are the ancestors of many, many racist southern rednecks
February 15, 2026 at 7:48 PM
that's really what he means. not the irish per se but the scots-irish. the main purpose of including them here is not because they contributed some unique element to an idea of american civic virtue, but rather that they are the ancestors of many, many racist southern rednecks
...but a little bit, i think, is that there's a built-in contradiction: to be newsworthy, something has to *not be routine*.
except the main conceit of crime panic reporting is that crime is not unusual at all, but rather *is* routine and its ubiquity is what makes it intolerable!
except the main conceit of crime panic reporting is that crime is not unusual at all, but rather *is* routine and its ubiquity is what makes it intolerable!
February 15, 2026 at 10:43 AM
...but a little bit, i think, is that there's a built-in contradiction: to be newsworthy, something has to *not be routine*.
except the main conceit of crime panic reporting is that crime is not unusual at all, but rather *is* routine and its ubiquity is what makes it intolerable!
except the main conceit of crime panic reporting is that crime is not unusual at all, but rather *is* routine and its ubiquity is what makes it intolerable!
it was reported (mostly in the British press) around the time of the shooting and also when the grand jury refused to indict the guy.
best guess: maybe the police or prosecutor purposely biffed the case (weird that it took months to get a result from a grand jury)
www.ladbible.com/news/uk-news...
best guess: maybe the police or prosecutor purposely biffed the case (weird that it took months to get a result from a grand jury)
www.ladbible.com/news/uk-news...
Mum of Lucy Harrison, 23, shot dead in US outraged as killer won't face charges
Lucy Harrison, 23, was shot dead at her father's home in Texas in January.
www.ladbible.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:52 PM
it was reported (mostly in the British press) around the time of the shooting and also when the grand jury refused to indict the guy.
best guess: maybe the police or prosecutor purposely biffed the case (weird that it took months to get a result from a grand jury)
www.ladbible.com/news/uk-news...
best guess: maybe the police or prosecutor purposely biffed the case (weird that it took months to get a result from a grand jury)
www.ladbible.com/news/uk-news...
also i have to imagine that there are also effects on the supply side: because of all these consumer trends, a higher percentage of ad spending has shifted to non-TV media, and that means companies aren't paying big bucks to auteur creative directors for high-quality TV spots as frequently
February 9, 2026 at 7:49 PM
also i have to imagine that there are also effects on the supply side: because of all these consumer trends, a higher percentage of ad spending has shifted to non-TV media, and that means companies aren't paying big bucks to auteur creative directors for high-quality TV spots as frequently
when your south african buddy Gerrit owns a 10-employee, 60-customer payment processor startup and they're still a decade or so out from figuring out support for other currencies
February 8, 2026 at 9:32 PM
when your south african buddy Gerrit owns a 10-employee, 60-customer payment processor startup and they're still a decade or so out from figuring out support for other currencies
i mean i get falling in love with a place and idly wondering "what if i just moved right here, to this specific lovely neighborhood, right on the water?"
but then i don't whine and cry like a child when south beach, venice, dubrovnik, marbella, or st bart's turn out not to pencil out
but then i don't whine and cry like a child when south beach, venice, dubrovnik, marbella, or st bart's turn out not to pencil out
February 8, 2026 at 9:21 PM
i mean i get falling in love with a place and idly wondering "what if i just moved right here, to this specific lovely neighborhood, right on the water?"
but then i don't whine and cry like a child when south beach, venice, dubrovnik, marbella, or st bart's turn out not to pencil out
but then i don't whine and cry like a child when south beach, venice, dubrovnik, marbella, or st bart's turn out not to pencil out
they did, but even though the size of the position was over $400 million it still represented less than 1% of the total portfolio
February 8, 2026 at 8:19 PM
they did, but even though the size of the position was over $400 million it still represented less than 1% of the total portfolio
"no, see, the fact that i engage in randomly frothing over zionist conspiracies everywhere whether or not they have any basis whatsoever in fact just makes me VERY SERIOUS about anti-zionism! how could you ever think that being so confidently loudwrong about this topic suggests i'm anti-semitic??"
February 8, 2026 at 6:11 AM
"no, see, the fact that i engage in randomly frothing over zionist conspiracies everywhere whether or not they have any basis whatsoever in fact just makes me VERY SERIOUS about anti-zionism! how could you ever think that being so confidently loudwrong about this topic suggests i'm anti-semitic??"
all of these things can be true:
-bill ackman should not be managing harvard's money
-hedge fund-type strategies are usually ripoffs for their investors
-benchmarking the returns of a risk-attuned institutional investor like an endowment, pension fund, etc against the stock market is dumb
-bill ackman should not be managing harvard's money
-hedge fund-type strategies are usually ripoffs for their investors
-benchmarking the returns of a risk-attuned institutional investor like an endowment, pension fund, etc against the stock market is dumb
February 8, 2026 at 3:31 AM
all of these things can be true:
-bill ackman should not be managing harvard's money
-hedge fund-type strategies are usually ripoffs for their investors
-benchmarking the returns of a risk-attuned institutional investor like an endowment, pension fund, etc against the stock market is dumb
-bill ackman should not be managing harvard's money
-hedge fund-type strategies are usually ripoffs for their investors
-benchmarking the returns of a risk-attuned institutional investor like an endowment, pension fund, etc against the stock market is dumb
i think you could fairly argue that SF *is* unique for the proximity and accessibility that the main hotel district has to historically blighted neighborhoods. miami, boston, manhattan, vegas, DC, even LA don't really have it.
the point is still silly for other reasons, though
the point is still silly for other reasons, though
February 7, 2026 at 11:07 PM
i think you could fairly argue that SF *is* unique for the proximity and accessibility that the main hotel district has to historically blighted neighborhoods. miami, boston, manhattan, vegas, DC, even LA don't really have it.
the point is still silly for other reasons, though
the point is still silly for other reasons, though