The Falling Knife
Harvey SawikinWelcome to my Substack, where I will write about investing, marriage and family, culture, and random topics. All subscription money will be donated to The Human Fund (sorry, that's for Seinfeld fans). Really, to a good cause.
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Should You Fire an Employee the Minute You Even Think of It?
Someone I know was agonizing over a firing, and I passed on a piece of advice I’d once received: “If you ever think seriously about firing an employee, do it immediately.” I felt bad saying it, since it sounds harsh, but in my experience —...
My Obsolete Jobs
Sometimes I think back on my first two corporate jobs out of college in the 1980s, and that 50-90% of how I spent my days would now be done by computers in seconds.1 I can sort of understand that about my first job, assistant media planner...
Actually, What Is an Art Investment?
In my last post, I argued that art can be a good investment, and even if it doesn’t keep up with the S&P 500, its psychic pleasures may make up for the underperformance. I got some pushback in the comments from older people who’ve accumulat...
Is Art a Bad Investment?
Last week, a piece in artnet caught my attention.1 The author, Katya Kazakina, looked at the recent art auctions, focusing especially on a Jackson Pollock, “Number 7a,” which was sold from the estate of Si Newhouse for $181 million. A stunn...
AI Is a Nerd and a Hack
Last week was the annual dinner of the Stieglitz Society, the friends group of the Metropolitan Museum’s photography department, and as co-chair I felt I ought to make a toast. Some people hate the idea of public speaking or being the cente...
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Fund manager, ex-lawyer, ex-novelist, art collector, writing about investing, family, culture, and random topics.
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