Eddie Bauer, and the Long Fade of a Once-Essential Brand

Eddie Bauer, and the Long Fade of a Once-Essential Brand

I was wearing an Eddie Bauer ski jacket last week.It’s still a good jacket. Warm, functional, familiar. The kind of piece you don’t think much about until you hear the news that the company behind it is once again on the brink of bankruptcy and closing down its store...
When People Believe Their Own Eyes

When People Believe Their Own Eyes

Outrage over the killing of Alex Pretti didn’t stay confined to the usual political corners. It jumped the fence. Athletes and influencers, people who normally avoid anything that smells like politics, started weighing in. Cable news ran the video on loop, dissecting...
Build-to-Rent Just Got a Political Tailwind

Build-to-Rent Just Got a Political Tailwind

President Trump’s latest housing order is being framed as a crackdown on Wall Street buying up single-family homes, and in spirit, that’s exactly what it is. But buried inside the policy is a carve-out that matters far more than most headlines are...
Davos 2026: The Signals Beneath the Soundbites

Davos 2026: The Signals Beneath the Soundbites

What this year’s World Economic Forum actually told us about capital, power, AI, housing, and the next decade of real asset investing.I’ve been to enough global conferences to know that Davos is not about what’s said on stage, it’s about what’s said quietly in hotel...