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How to make your Mark
In my 20s, I was fiercely independent, often to my detriment. I believed no one cared about me, a sentiment rooted in my childhood...
Tiffany Kent
Dec 15, 20233 min read
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Wildcats
When we moved to Texas, I quickly learned folks who prospect for oil are called Wildcats. They are excited to explore. They keep digging...
Tiffany Kent
Jul 20, 20232 min read
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You’ve got a Friend in Finance 🎵📉
Inflation, Debt Ceiling, Layoffs! But there is beauty in the chaos. And it's the Taylor Rule. I’m here as a friend to help explain....
Tiffany Kent
May 12, 20232 min read
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Boss Baby
A group of us were at the office at 7:30 am, a few hours before the US market opened. We gathered in the conference room to discuss the...
Tiffany Kent
Mar 17, 20232 min read
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Big Brain Thoughts on 2023
🎄Happy New Year, everyone 🎄 I hope this holiday season brings you joy and peace. I am grateful for each and every one of you and for...
Tiffany Kent
Jan 2, 20236 min read
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It's a bird, it's a plane, it's gratitude
Last year Thanksgiving 2021, the stock market was on fire, businesses, people were feeling confident about the economic recovery, and it...
Tiffany Kent
Nov 25, 20222 min read
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Fall forward
A few years ago, my daughter wanted to become an actor. She loves to read and is passionate about understanding the characters. Until one...
Tiffany Kent
Nov 10, 20222 min read
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Suits vs Dresses
#GabrielMacht was one of the hottest guys at our high school, Beverly Hills High School. After a few years of small parts, Gabe landed...
Tiffany Kent
Nov 4, 20223 min read
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He's Just Not That Into You
He's Just Not That Into You My mom moved us to Beverly Hills so I could attend Beverly Hills 90210 (the show was based on my high...
Tiffany Kent
Oct 6, 20222 min read
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G Love G Money
At Harvard Business School, we have class sections. Section G was having a party. The game being played was called G Love G Money. I...
Tiffany Kent
Sep 16, 20223 min read
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My 50 shades of gray hair
Every morning during the summer, my email inbox was filled with negative headlines. Inflation, War, Lockdowns in China, stagflation, and...
Tiffany Kent
Aug 12, 20223 min read
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Thrifty in the City
One of the things I hate most about being a busy working mom is going to Costco. - Can’t find parking. - I have to dig out of my purse...
Tiffany Kent
Aug 4, 20222 min read
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Bear market made me run barefoot
My knee gets dislocated - sometimes, when I’m walking or - when I jerk around too quickly. When my knee pops out of place, - it swells...
Tiffany Kent
Jul 28, 20222 min read
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Experts Only
We had poor timing buying our Old Greenwich house in 2007. Housing was really depressed given the Great Financial Crisis. In 2010 things...
Tiffany Kent
Jul 8, 20222 min read
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How fat on my body is like inflation
And now it's time to tighten my belt. We just returned from summer vacation. We ate cheese and meat, drank wine and shopped. And so...
Tiffany Kent
Jun 24, 20222 min read
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Tough Love
Last weekend, I cleaned out my son’s bedroom, reviewed Nerdwallet articles, and did normal mom organizing and planning stuff. Meanwhile,...
Tiffany Kent
Jun 3, 20222 min read
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Working Girl vs Party Girl
In 2003, I was in the right seat at the right time. China was aggressively building out its infrastructure. Everything that China was...
Tiffany Kent
May 26, 20222 min read
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Dirty, Sexy, Money
Making money on money can be both sexy and dirty. You remember the show. Filthy-rich Darling family sucks in Nick George to be their...
Tiffany Kent
May 12, 20222 min read
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A Queen of Riches
Why is it so much easier to be negative? Living in: - SF during the Dotcom bubble (2001 - NYC during the Great Financial Crisis bubble...
Tiffany Kent
May 6, 20222 min read
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How to see the beauty in chaos
It was painful to have worked and lived in so many different bubbles: - Worked in SF during the dot.com bubble burst. - Worked in NYC...
Tiffany Kent
Mar 25, 20222 min read
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