Friday, October 28, 2022

Corruptible

We wonder why our leaders are often such terrible people. Everybody knows that "Power Corrupts", but there's much more to power's effect on society, as explained in Brian Klaas' Corruptible

Friday, October 7, 2022

Karsan Value Funds: 2022 Q3 Results

Karsan Value Funds (KVF) is a value-oriented fund, as described here. Due to securities regulations, the fund is not open to the public at this time. Should that change in the future, there will be an announcement on this site.

Monday, October 3, 2022

Ways and Means

The US Civil War was a big deal. The violence, the effect on families, and the eventual emancipation of the slaves are the oft-discussed themes. But the financing of the war played an underrated role in determining not only the winner but the trajectory of the country following the surrender. In Ways and Means, author Roger Lowenstein describes the money situation for both sides during the war, and does so without making it boring!