Pebble Notes
Thoughtful takes on markets, money, and everything in between from people who actually pay attention.
The Pink Can That Just Sold for $1.95 Billion
If you have a daughter, a wife, or a niece between sixteen and thirty-five, there is a ninety percent chance a pink can of Poppi is sitting in your fridge...
The Free Steak Dinner and Other Tells
Nineteen years of doing this and I can tell within about four minutes whether the person across the table is being advised or being closed. You sit down across from...
Beethoven’s Quiet Pebbles
The Man Who Couldn't Hear His Own Greatest Work (And Threw a Party Anyway) 5 min read Picture this: Vienna, 1824. A deaf man stands with his back to a...
We Have a Type (And It’s Chicken Salad)🐔
Confession: when the Million Pebbles team picks a lunch spot, healthy wins. Not in a sad desk salad way. In a "we'd actually like to feel awake at the 2...
Saying Yes On Purpose 🐷
4 min read Almost half of Americans don’t have a budget. Not because they’re bad with money. Because the word “budget” has a branding problem. It sounds like a diet....
The Connoisseur’s Vault — No. 1: Pokémon Cards 🐝
4 min read | Part one of our ongoing series on luxury collecting and alternative assets. "Up Next No. 2: Twin Turbo Power" 💫 There's a cardboard rectangle sitting in...
Hidden in Plain Sight: The $38,000 Gift the IRS Lets You Make Every Year 💚
4 min read There’s a quiet door in the tax code most families walk past without ever opening. It doesn’t require a trust, a lawyer, or even a form —...
The 1-in-50-Million Lobster: A Lobster’s Lesson on Rare Events
2 min read Somewhere off the coast of Maine, a fisherman pulled up a lobster that looked like it had a serious identity crisis. One side was the usual moody,...
The Quiet Math Behind The Curtain