Weekly Briefing

It’s been quite a year and thank you for following with me. I hope that this newsletter brought a small dose of joy and insight to your week. I’ll be taking a few weeks off to enjoy the holidays and regroup. I’ll let you know when I’m back. Hope you all have a wonderful rest of 2022!

Money & Crypto

• SBF (of FTX implosion) was arrested in the Bahamas this week and will be extradited (CNBC).

• Fed raises rates again, this time only by 0.5% (CNBC)

• The Elon & Twitter reality show continues to have drama. The latest is controversy about banning and the reinstating a few journalists on the platform (NYT)

• Goldman Sachs preparing for job cuts (BBC)

Best of 2022: Money & Crypto

Here were your most clicked stories this year:

• Cities at risk of real-estate bubbles (Visual Capitalist)

• “If the Price Ended in 99, You Probably Overpaid” (WSJ)

• Charlotte’s 2 minute tasks (things you can do to get started on your finance in under 2 min)

Etc.

• Well…that was a World Cup final to remember. The emotional roller coaster was wild. As a French fan, the end was painfully heartbreaking, but if you’re a Messi fan, what a game!

• All you need to know about this clip is it involves Lizzo, Seth Meyers & lots of alcohol. Cheers! (Watch to the end.)

Best of 2022: Etc.

Lastly, here’s a look back on your favorite Etc. posts of the year:

• “A parent’s typical day, as envisioned by my child’s preschool”

• Why everything looks the same?

• Songs with 1B+ streams on Spotify

2022 Book roundup: 📖 With so many year end lists circulating, here were my favorite books I read in 2022.

• If you want to change the way you think about the COVID pandemic: The Premonition by Michael Lewis

• If you want to change the way you think about addiction: Chasing the Scream by Johann Hari

• If you’re a history nerd: A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell, The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston

• If you want a great biography: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (I know this has already been out for a while, but I had never read it. It’s fantastic)

• If you’re looking for royal gossip: The Palace Papers by Tina Brown

• If you’re a true crime or mystery junkie: All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers

• If you like rom com’s: In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer, Thank You for Listening by Julia Whelan, or any books by Abby Jimenez

• Any book by Colleen Hoover (start with It Ends With Us)

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