The Leyendecker View Blog
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» The Leyendecker View: A $2T Stimulus Not From the Government
- May
- 22
- 2020
The Leyendecker View: May 22, 2020
“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
- Benjamin Franklin
SOME GOOD NEWS
100 year old is knighted
For his $40 million fundraise for UK doctors and nurses.
Animals that have staged a comeback
Blue whales, bees, and wolves are back from the brink.
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» The Leyendecker View: Navigating Deglobalization
- May
- 15
- 2020
The Leyendecker View: May 15, 2020
“I cannot judge what he did because I did not have his information.”
- Lee Kuan Yew, former Prime Minister of Singapore
SOME GOOD NEWS
Chef Guy Fieri to battle it out with Bill Murray
In a live nacho-making contest for charity.
Elders around the world surviving Covid
Some of their stories.
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» The Leyendecker View: The Restart
- May
- 08
- 2020
The Leyendecker View: May 8, 2020
“I cannot judge what he did because I did not have his information.”
- Lee Kuan Yew, former Prime Minister of Singapore
SOME GOOD NEWS
Spinning the globe the wrong way
John Krasinski gets schooled, plus grad speakers the SGN way.
Man assembles his own antibody test
And beats Big Science to the punch.
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» The Leyendecker View: Radical Ideas From a Hedge Fund Manager
- May
- 01
- 2020
The Leyendecker View: May 1, 2020
“Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.”
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
SOME GOOD NEWS
Supermarket Publix buying excess food from farmers
And donating to food banks.
Some Americans donating their stimulus checks
If it’s not material to you, then here’s what you can do.
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» The Leyendecker View: A Remarkable Leap Forward
- April
- 24
- 2020
The Leyendecker View: April 24, 2020
“Ignorance more often begets confidence than knowledge.”
- Charles Darwin
SOME GOOD NEWS
A remarkable leap forward
It took only a few months to develop a point-of-care rapid test for Covid-19.
99-year-old veteran raises $30MMish for UK’s National Health Service
By walking laps in his garden. You go, bro!
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» The Leyendecker View: Investment Banking Consolidation Coming?
- April
- 17
- 2020
The Leyendecker View: April 17, 2020
“We learn from history that man can never learn from history.”
- George Bernard Shaw
SOME GOOD NEWS
Safe, clean, next-gen nuclear is coming
If we’re willing to accept it.
Plastic recycling about to experience a positive step change
So suggests a French company.
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» The Leyendecker View: East Coast Media Backs Trump??
- April
- 10
- 2020
The Leyendecker View: April 10, 2020
“Free markets are an aspiration during economic expansions but of no interest in a contraction. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. But if it’s broke, fix it IMMEDIATELY!”
- Doug Leyendecker
SOME GOOD NEWS
Faster Internet on the way
Thanks to Trump’s FCC Chairman, Ajit Pai.
Carbon emissions may fall over 5%
Staying home is an easy peasy fix to climate change, eh?
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» The Leyendecker View: Four Timelines to the Next Normal
- April
- 03
- 2020
The Leyendecker View: April 3, 2020
“The larger and more complex any system gets, the more systemic risk builds.”
- Doug Leyendecker
SOME GOOD NEWS
Possible smart phone COVID-19 test
Houston-based company claims it’s created one.
J&J could have vaccine approved by early 2021
Hope we’re not locked down until then.
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» The Leyendecker View: This Too Shall Pass
- March
- 26
- 2020
The Leyendecker View: March 26, 2020
“No one is taking the word ‘cycle’ out of the dictionary any time soon.”
- Doug Leyendecker
THE VIEW FROM OUR SERVICE MARKETS
The Wall Street Crash of 1929
If you find yourself wanting to learn about it.
The corporate credit market is chock full of default risk
The Fed is going to save investment grade debt, but there’s a whole lot more out there.
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» What the World Needs Now…is Some Levity
- March
- 13
- 2020
Leyendecker on Levity: March 13, 2020
“I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.”
- Albert Einstein
We interrupt this regularly scheduled Leyendecker on Careers to bring some lightness, levity, and a much needed reprieve from ALL THAT. You deserve it.
IN CASE YOU FIND YOURSELF WITH EXTRA DOWN TIME...
NASA releases stunning 1.8-billion-pixel photo of Mars
Watch the video. It’s remarkable.
WeCrashed: The rise and fall of WeWork
The stunning, bizarre, and surreal story of one of the greatest grifters of our time.
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» The Leyendecker View: How Private Equity Became a Beta Play
- February
- 28
- 2020
The Leyendecker View: February 28, 2020
“Much of the social history of the Western world the last three decades,
has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good.”
- Thomas Sowell
THE VIEW FROM OUR SERVICE MARKETS
Banking
BofA stages a quiet comeback
CEO Brian Moynihan does good.
Goldman Sachs and Amazon talk middle market lending
Maybe the banking oligopoly will find a challenger.
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» Leyendecker on Careers: Tiny Habits, Big Changes
- February
- 14
- 2020
Leyendecker on Careers: February 14, 2020
“Intelligence is something we are born with.
Thinking is a skill that must be learned.”
- Edward de Bono
NEWS YOU CAN USE
Lead & Manage Better
Burnout is about your workplace, not your people
To treat the person for burnout is to treat the symptom, not the disease.
Manager and machine: The new leadership equation
How AI is changing the leader’s role.
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