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  This week, we speak with John E. Schlifske CEO of Northwestern Mutual. The 160-year old firm underwrites over $2 trillion in life insurance, and has about $300 billion in client assets; they are ranked #102 on the Fortune 500. Schlifske joined Northwestern Mutual in 1987 as an investment specialist, and climbed through the ranks, becoming CEO 11 years ago. The firm announced a record $6.2 billion dividend in 2021. We  discuss how he began scraping paint off of trucks for his father’s small trucking business, and it made him want to go to college ands work in an office. Northwestern was...

Restaurant wining and dining is back in the Bay Area. But please don't BYOB Restaurant wining and dining is back in the Bay Area. But please don't BYOB Why bringing your own wine bottle to a restaurant right now is just rude, in this week's Drinking with Esther newsletter FacebookTwitterEmail A selection of Italian wines at Uva Enoteca in the Haight, seen in February 2020 before the pandemic.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle 2020 Lately, I’ve been returning to a ritual that I’d practiced only sparingly since the start of the pandemic: going out to restaurants. It’s been wonderful. T...

by Tyler Durden Update 3/17/2021 1245EST: VW OVERTAKES SAP AS LARGEST DAX MEMBER AMID ELECTRIC-CAR PUSH -- It was inevitable that  some reversion to the mean would have to happen between names like Tesla and, well, the rest of the auto industry. While Tesla shares are lower on Wednesday in early trade, VW might be the leading frontrunner to meet the mean from the other direction. Shares of VW common and preferred have continued to scorch higher, adding to yesterday's gains.  This extends yesterday's monster gains which saw VW shares climb over 30% at one point. And, as you can see below, V...

Premium Content Volkswagen Shares Soar As It Declares War On Tesla By ZeroHedge - Mar 16, 2021, 11:00 AM CDT Look out, Tesla. There could be another mainstream FOMO electric vehicle stock coming. VW common shares soared as much as 29% this morning - the most since the company's historic 2008 short squeeze - and VW preferred shares were up 6% after the company upgraded its profit guidance laid out plans for expanding the company's EV offering out through 2030 which also includes dethroning Tesla as the reigning EV world champ. VW hosted its "Power Day" yesterday and revealed plans ...

After too many years in financial markets I’ve realised its themes and narratives, rather than the actions of central bankers, or the ebb and flow of interest rates, that dominate the sentiment that drives markets. I can talk all day about how the Fed distorting interest rates by a few basis points will have enormous consequences on the relative value of stocks versus bonds, or fuel a junk bond feeding frenzy, but all it takes is one clever analyst to proclaim a “disruptive” new concept. That can drive a massive rise in some new stock I’ve never heard of – and suddenly the market is...