A recent Wall Street Journal article, “Lessons from a Buffett Believer,” by The Intelligent Investor, Jason Zweig, told the story of the humble and very successful, Thomas Gayner, co-president and chief investment officer of Markel Corp. The piece highlights Gayner’s outstanding investment results over the last 15 years and notes some of the company’s largest […]
Month: May 2015
Shared Experiences Foster Friendship
Lucky me! I just returned from 10 days exploring Vienna, Austria, and Venice, Italy, with Marc. Among the many activities we participated in during our time in Europe was a wonderful Italian cooking class at the incomparable Acquolina Cooking School in Lido, a suburb of Venice. Nearly 40 of us took part in a half-day […]
Take Time to Listen
My friend, Kris Carlgren, recently handed me a copy of a 2007 article from U.S. News & World Report entitled, “The 18-Second Doctor.” It is a well-written piece in the form of an interview between journalist, Nancy Shute, and Dr. Jerome Groopman, M.D., a noted researcher on cancer and AIDS at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical […]