It takes good grace to play the second fiddle well

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It has got to that moment on Christmas Eve when it is time to wish everybody a Merry Christmas, turn off the computer, and remember that #DieHardIsAChristmasMovie (and if you need to remember why it is such a brilliant film then watch...) youtube.com/watch?v=4kXMaToM…
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Out of the 145 S&P 500 companies that have reported so far in the earnings season, 84% have managed to beat analyst forecasts, while 14% have missed: BBG
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#FallFriday Recorded 42 years ago today Peel Session no.6 Smile | Garden | Hexen Definitive - Strife Knot | Eat Y'self Fitter youtube.com/watch?v=kPAiOLd-…
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2024, the year of 'The Great Rebalancing'? (chart via @asr_london)
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The different Americas.
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Ben Jennings imagines Father Christmas being sent to Rwanda – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.c…
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On this day in 1974: the first successful personal computer was released. It inspired Bill Gates and Paul Allen to launch Microsoft.
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Eurozone HCOB Manufacturing PMI Dec P: 44.2 (est 44.6; prev 44.2) - HCOB Services PMI Dec P: 48.1 (est 49.0; prev 48.7) - HCOB Composite PMI Dec P: 47.0 (est 48.0; prev 47.6)
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Can we just call it The TikTok Effect?
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Prosus, the Dutch branch of Naspers, the biggest shareholder of #Tencent, sold 513,500 Tencent common shares on December 7, reducing its stake in Tencent to 24.99%.
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the crisis of american healthcare, in two charts:
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That hurts 😂
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One iconic artwork from every country in Europe - a thread 🧵 1. Germany: "Wanderer above the Sea of Fog" - Caspar David Friedrich (1818) 🇩🇪
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Visual of the Week 🏅 In 2022, we reached the mark of 8 billion living on Earth 🌎️ Our new interactive map, illustrating the world’s population as only 1,000 people, captured our audience's attention highlighting it as our spotlight visual. visualcapitalist.com/all-the…
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December In Art: 1. The Magpie by Claude Monet (1869)
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Eye opening chart, just amazing each time I see it. Ht @DanielKral1
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Visualizing the Metals You Can Buy with $1,000 💵 elements.visualcapitalist.co…
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British Companies Most Confident Since February 2022 - Lloyds lloydsbankinggroup.com/media…
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RIP Charlie Munger I'll always remember him for this talk he gave on the Psychology of Human Misjudgement. If you have an hour, it's well worth the time:
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