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May62019
I WILL BE RE-OPENING SELECTED POSTS FROM THE PRIVATE ARCHIVES(STICKY)
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Joshua Kennon May 6, 2019166 Comments
I have decided that one of my personal projects is going to be revisiting the thousands of posts we put into the private archive prior to launching our asset management firm and, to the extent reasonably possible, release them back to the public blog if we feel they might be useful from an academic, entertainment, and/or historical perspective. NOTE THAT THIS POST WILL BE FEATURED AT THE TOP OF THE BLOG HOMEPAGE WHILE THE PROJECT IS ON-GOING. NEW POSTS WILL APPEAR BEHIND IT UNTIL THEN.Read more__
Apr72020
A BEHIND-THE-SCENES PREVIEW OF KENNON-GREEN & CO.’S NEW OFFICESMy Businesses
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In Pictures
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Joshua Kennon April 7,2020 14 Comments
Given that so many of our family and friends can’t travel to see us during this pandemic, Aaron and I wanted to share an early access glimpse into our asset management firm’s new home. It’s not the same as seeing it in person but it should at least give you an idea of where we will be spending a lot of our time in the coming years as we allocate capital and scale operations.Read more__
Mar302020
U.S. COVID-19 PROJECTIONS SLASHED TO 100,000 TO 200,000 DEATHSIn the News By
Joshua Kennon March 30,2020 22 Comments
The expected death toll from COVID-19 in the United States has been reduced dramatically to 100,000 to 200,000 people. While that may be a scary number, it’s actually good news because in a “normal” year, around 2,813,503 Americans die from a wide range of causes. While tragic, these numbers are not civilization-ending.Read more__
Mar272020
WHAT PRICE SHOULD WE PAY TO FIGHT COVID-19?In the News By
Joshua Kennon March 27,2020 100 Comments
We need to have a hard conversation. These conversations are not natural, or even comfortable, for a lot of people but at this time, in this moment, it is necessary. To that end, I am going to be candid and may even offend several of you. That is not my intention. Rather, I think it is important for us to be honest about what we are facing, the trade-off calculations that are going to have to be made sooner rather than later, and the political and social ramificationsof those decisions.
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Mar272020
SHELTERING-IN-PLACE NEWPORT COAST STYLEMy Day In Pictures
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Joshua Kennon March 27,2020 16 Comments
Along with 1 out of 2 Americans, including the entirety of the rest of the State of California, Aaron and I have been sheltering-in-place and practicing social distancing. Given that we spent a vast portion of our lives together living semi-retired, this is not a significant change for us. If anything, it feels like a return to our Missouri days, especially considering that after two years in the heart of Newport Beach, we decided not to renew the lease on our existing place and, instead, move up to Newport Coast so we can decide if that might be where we ultimately want to buy a house once our kids are born.Read more__
Oct252019
ANTIQUE FURNITURE PRICES HAVE COLLAPSEDCollectibles
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Joshua Kennon October 25,2019 17 Comments
I’ve been watching, with increasing interest, the catastrophic market decline that has been playing out in antique case goods, furniture, decor, and other related historical items. This category of assets, which had been on a steady, upward climb for nearly thirty years prior to the Great Recession, has been in a free-for-all, nosediving with such violence that the implosion is breathtaking in both scope and severity.Read more__
Oct212019
OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, I’LL BE SHARING SOME OF THE JOURNEYYOU’VE MISSED
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Joshua Kennon October 21,2019 13 Comments
One of the things I’ve most disliked over the past three years since starting our asset management firm is that I’ve had little to no time to show you what is going on in our lives. Entire trips, events, special occasions, holiday celebrations, birthday parties, concerts … things that would have been documented have fallen by the wayside because the time it would take to prepare the photos, write the post, and publish the results required precious daylight (or sleep) I couldn’t spare as we were in the midst of spinning up a highly regulated entity. To us, personally, this meant the momentary absence of a valuable journal of our own life; a chronicling of our experiences that helped keep our timeline in order.Read more__
Sep162019
THREE QUESTIONS THAT CAN DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE YOUR LIFE – THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS ON MY 37TH BIRTHDAYLife Strategy ,
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Joshua Kennon September 16, 2019 16 Comments As we celebrated my 37th birthday today, I thought about three questions that Aaron and I have used in managing our lives that help us live better, avoid mistakes, and improve our outcomes. I wanted to share them so they might help you in your own journey.Read more__
Aug82019
A ROUND-TRIP FLIGHT FROM CALIFORNIA TO KENTUCKY AND READING MIDDLEMARCH, A STUDY OF PROVINCIAL LIFE BY GEORGE ELIOT Book Recommendations,
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The masterpiece Middlemarch, a Study of Provincial Life is considered by many literary critics and academics to be the greatest novel written in the history of the English language. A work of historical fiction, the story is set during the years 1829-1832 and follows the lives of the inhabitants of a fictional town, Middlemarch, as threads, both visible and invisible, weave the fate of their their homes, marriages, businesses, fortunes, happiness, and misery together.Read more__
Jul192019
SOON, AARON AND I WILL BE BIKING THE PATHS AND PARKS OF SOUTHERNCALIFORNIA
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Joshua Kennon July 19,2019 7 Comments
So many of our clients, friends, and acquaintances bike, including for pleasure, exercise, and/or commuting to work, and we had grown so accustomed to seeing people on their bikes all the time out here given the near year-round perfect weather, Aaron and I decided that one of these days we were going to visit a nearby bike store in Costa Mesa, California. Yesterday, we finally checked this off our task list and we’re so happy that we did.Read more__
Jul82019
CROQUE MADAME AND COTTON CANDY GRAPESFood and Beverages
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Walk into a French café and you might discover a dish called Croque Monsieur, which translates as “Mr. Crunch”. Add a sunny-side up egg on top and it becomes a Croque Madame, or “Mrs. Crunch”, the gender shift occurring because the egg resembles the sort of hat women would frequently wear in a by-gone era. Croque Monsieur and Croque Madame can range from the easy and convenient to the rich and decadent depending on the money, time, and calories you are willing tosacrifice.
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These days, we spend our time running and growing the firm, as we plan on it being the institution through which we pass on our own family’s wealth to our future children and grandchildren. The experience, particularly meeting such incredible people, has been one of the most rewarding of our lives. It’s a rare thing to have a career that allows you to not only do what you love for a living, but to do it with people you admire, respect, and like. We feel like two of the most blessed guys in the world. This personal blog is a place where I talk about some of the things that interest me – cooking, finance, entrepreneurship, politics, history, economics. I’m really proud of the community we’ve built, in no small part because the typical reader around here isexceptional
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