The tension between price and value is familiar. We want the $14k Ford Fiesta price but the Tesla Model S product. We usually get what we pay for. Employers promote generous healthcare benefits, ones with little advertised friction (e.g., low deductibles ...
Josh Umbehr, MD is the founder of AtlasMD, Wichita-based direct primary care (DPC) clinics with over 3,000 patients, and a software business with over 500 clients and 10 years of operating history. DPC is an insurance-free monthly cash membership model fo ...
In 2006 Countrywide Financial financed 20% of mortgages in the US--loan volume equal to 3.5% of GDP. Two years later, early in the financial crisis of 2008-09, Bank of America swooped in and bought them the stock had dropped over 75% from its 2007 levels ...
It's an odd meeting, the Daily Journal Company ($DJCO) shareholders' meeting, where global crowds come to listen to Chairman of the Board, Charlie Munger (born 1924). The event covers a few minutes of lackluster company results with a bunch of other old d ...
A new year and a new decade call for a refresh of the monthly index of interesting stats and blurbs on healthcare and finance. Inspired by the Harper's index. Enjoy. The estimated median % increase in earnings per share an S&P 1,000 firm by saving 10 ...
