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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is one of the most well-known charitable organizations in the world... The Gates Foundation has donated more than $55 billion to date to various areas and needs across the globe. When thinking about the Gates family, many folks bring up its donations in the world of health care. While […]
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Last week, I presented at Northeastern University... I always find these events refreshing. As regular Altimetry Daily Authority readers know, many interns have come through our doors thanks to Northeastern's co-op program, and we've gone on to hire plenty of these young folks full-time. Altimetry Director of Research Rob Spivey – a Northeastern alum – […]
While working at home has some negatives, it's important to keep the positives after the pandemic recedes... The coronavirus pandemic has affected workers across the globe, in every industry. If companies had the capability, they shifted legions of employees to remote work. Spending so much more time at home has driven a huge change in […]
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The press loves to report on fortunes won and lost by entrepreneurs... This is why the story of Lex Greensill's meteoric rise and fall has been making the rounds over the past few weeks. Despite the mind-boggling amount of money made and lost, this swift change in fortune comes in a sleepier industry than most. […]
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Here at Altimetry, we spend a lot of time thinking about our corporate culture... It drives the success within companies, as it dictates attracting and retaining employees. It's what gives any business its identity. In particular, we focus on inclusiveness along with an open-door policy. This allows all employees within Altimetry to be aware of […]
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After recently gaining the spotlight, Japanese whisky is changing... Until recently, liquor connoisseurs would point to Scotland as the undisputed home of fine whisky (spelled without the "e" in Caledonia and places that seek to mimic the Scots' flavor profile). However, over the past 20 years, the popularity of Japanese whisky has exploded onto the […]
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For years, investors used a simple rule of thumb to determine whether the market was cheap or expensive... It's a matter of adding the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of the market to the current inflation rate. If the number was less than or equal to 18, the market was cheap. If the number was greater than […]
Wall Street research is terrible... And here at Altimetry, we aren't the only ones who feel that way. As Benjamin Graham, the father of value investing, once said, "People on Wall Street learn nothing and forget everything." Here's another on-point remark from billionaire hedge-fund manager David Tepper: "I'd rather work at McDonald's than on the […]
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For those folks lucky enough to keep their jobs in 2020, there may be another hurdle to cross as tax season approaches... April is never fun for working out how much to pay the government, and this year promises to add new complexities. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, millions of employees are now working from […]
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It didn't take long for the political fallout to start hitting... One of the more surprising takeaways from the GameStop (GME) chaos – which we discussed in the February 2 Altimetry Daily Authority – had to do with the actions carried out by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), or lack thereof. The agency […]
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