November 30, 2017

Perspective

WSJ – Daily Shot: BMO Wealth Management – How I met your Mother 11/28

Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice

Business Insider – It takes $1.7 million to get your kid into an elite college, according to rich people – Abby Jackson 11/28

  • Clearly this is not the only, or even necessarily the best way. But some people take it to this level.
  • “American families pay more to send their kids to college than anywhere else in the world. “
  • “But for wealthy families, the costs start long before that very first college-tuition payment, according to Town & Country.” 
  • “T&C published a list of expenses for getting a child from birth through college based on education costs. The story was a refresh of a 1973 article where the magazine conducted the same analysis and came to a figure of  $300,000.”
  • “The 2017 version tallied to an eye-popping $1.7 million per child. The analysis aimed to show how wealthy families approach the competition to get their kids into the Ivy League.”

Real Estate

WSJ – Daily Shot: BMO Wealth Management – US Cities Housing Price Change from Pre-Crisis Peak 11/29

Tech

FT – Uber accused of running secret competitive intelligence unit – Chloe Cornish and Leslie Hook 11/28

  • “Judge says ride-hailing group withheld evidence in Waymo trial.”

South America

FT – Venezuela accused of ‘systematic’ abuse of prisoners – Gideon Long 11/28

  • “Human Rights Watch says severity of crackdown under Maduro is unprecedented.”

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