Model trains
The Unsexy, boring, yet highly effective business model of the rail industry
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Highly social science with Beakerhead
Science and engineering meet art on display.
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Postcards from Singapore
This is the first post in our Postcard from Singapore series with Mawer Chief Investment Officer, Paul Moroz, about his initial impressions and thoughts on relocating from Calgary to Singapore.
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Memento mori
In life, there is much to be gained by remembering we will die.
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Judging history
It’s easy to look back on historical events and claim that we would’ve known better or done things differently. But more often than not, we’re just kidding ourselves.
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Drawing the negative space
Drawing the negative space is also a useful mental model in investing. In this case, the mental model is used as a way of approaching a problem from a new angle.
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Mi casa es su casa: Sharing thoughts on the sharing economy
For a price. Collaborative Consumption (CC), the umbrella concept behind what has come to be known as the sharing economy or access economy, describes the shift in consumer values from ownership to access.
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The million dollar lesson
Our Deputy CIO is calling me from Indonesia, where he is looking for new investment ideas, in order to talk about his most memorable investment mistake: Krispy Kreme.
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Stewards of the jersey
In 2004, the troubled All Blacks adopted a new team philosophy—one that would eventually contribute to their 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cup championships.
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Keeping your fixed-income fire extinguisher within reach
Bonds are boring. They’re supposed to be.
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Gluten-free…and who knows why? On our relationship with scientific studies
How we interpret the studies and statistics we encounter in the world matters.
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Artificial intelligence: from checkmate to teammate
Evolution usually progresses gradually over many years, but sometimes it makes a giant leap.
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Model trains
The Unsexy, boring, yet highly effective business model of the rail industry
September 21, 2016
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Highly social science with Beakerhead
Science and engineering meet art on display.
September 13, 2016
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Postcards from Singapore
This is the first post in our Postcard from Singapore series with Mawer Chief Investment Officer, Paul Moroz, about his initial impressions and thoughts on relocating from Calgary to Singapore.
August 24, 2016
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Memento mori
In life, there is much to be gained by remembering we will die.
August 18, 2016
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Judging history
It’s easy to look back on historical events and claim that we would’ve known better or done things differently. But more often than not, we’re just kidding ourselves.
August 10, 2016
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Drawing the negative space
Drawing the negative space is also a useful mental model in investing. In this case, the mental model is used as a way of approaching a problem from a new angle.
July 28, 2016
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Mi casa es su casa: Sharing thoughts on the sharing economy
For a price. Collaborative Consumption (CC), the umbrella concept behind what has come to be known as the sharing economy or access economy, describes the shift in consumer values from ownership to access.
July 14, 2016
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The million dollar lesson
Our Deputy CIO is calling me from Indonesia, where he is looking for new investment ideas, in order to talk about his most memorable investment mistake: Krispy Kreme.
June 30, 2016
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Stewards of the jersey
In 2004, the troubled All Blacks adopted a new team philosophy—one that would eventually contribute to their 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cup championships.
June 23, 2016
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Keeping your fixed-income fire extinguisher within reach
Bonds are boring. They’re supposed to be.
June 16, 2016
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Gluten-free…and who knows why? On our relationship with scientific studies
How we interpret the studies and statistics we encounter in the world matters.
June 8, 2016
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Artificial intelligence: from checkmate to teammate
Evolution usually progresses gradually over many years, but sometimes it makes a giant leap.
May 26, 2016
