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Some Day This Will All Be Yours

Life Opens UpOctober 1, 2026Phil Shaw5 min read

What looks like a story about paintball guns and a classic Mustang becomes something deeper: a reflection on family, legacy, and why the best investments are often the people we spend our time with.

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Ideas, insights and stories about investing wisely, living fully and strengthening the communities we share.

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Investor InsightsSep 2026

When markets return to fundamentals

As the AI investment cycle matures and interest rates remain in focus, investors are paying closer attention to fundamentals once again. Jack McGowan explores why cash flow, valuation, and the cost of capital may matter more than ever for long-term investors.

Life Opens UpSep 2026

Ceci n’est pas un cigare.

A cigar by the putting green. An orange ball beneath a windmill. A Friday-night ritual among friends. Phil Shaw reflects on the unexpected ways ordinary objects become vessels for memory, connection, and meaning.

Life Opens UpAug 2026

The Inheritance of Memory

The most meaningful inheritances aren’t always financial. Matt Smythe explores the memories, traditions, and family lessons we carry forward.

Life Opens UpAug 2026

A Date with Batman

Kate Sonnick's witty account of a Bumble date with "Batman" explores expectations, first impressions, and the often-comical reality of modern dating.

Life Opens UpAug 2026

Literacy Crisis? What Crisis?

We're told we're living through a literacy crisis. But what if we're asking the wrong question? Phil Shaw reflects on reading not as a measure of achievement, but as a source of curiosity, connection, and time spent with others.

Life Opens UpJul 2026

Small Things, Big Possibilities

Armed with little more than a fly the size of a grain of sand and some hard-earned patience, Matt Smythe discovers a new perspective on fishing—and life.

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Life Opens UpJul 2026

Finding Beauty in the Broken

When a favorite bowl shatters, Kate Sonnick finds an unexpected lesson in wabi-sabi — proof that some broken things are more beautiful whole.

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Life Opens UpJul 2026

No Place Like Home

Leaving Park City on a cross-country road trip to Rochester, New York, it’s impossible not to think there’s no place like home. The new one you’re leaving or the old one you’re returning to.

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Life Opens UpJul 2026

The Connection Era

What interests me is the steady and surprising rebirth of vinyl records and how a new generation of music lovers are opening, literally and figuratively, a material connection with music.

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Some Day This Will All Be Yours

The Two Point Perspective

When markets return to fundamentals

Ceci n’est pas un cigare.

The Inheritance of Memory

A Date with Batman

Literacy Crisis? What Crisis?

Small Things, Big Possibilities

Finding Beauty in the Broken

No Place Like Home

The Connection Era

When life opens up

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