John Arnold
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John Arnold
@johnarnold
Co-chair of Arnold Ventures. Reality is more nuanced than the headline.
- Cat 1 to Cat 4 in less than 12 hours. This is why insurance companies are exiting the Gulf and Atlantic Coast regions as quickly as possible, either through massive premium increases or refusing to write new policies. The impact of this is just starting to be felt.
- NYC doesn't require vaccination, but makes it very hard to participate in public life without one. Hence the adult vax rate is nearing 90% and COVID mortality rate is very low.
- It’s been 48 years since a presidential general election didn’t have a Bush, Clinton, or Biden on the ticket.
- 2 guys and a bulldozer on site to dislodge a ship stuck in the Suez Canal.
- It's stunning how dominant the American economy has become. The US has just 4% of the world's population but: - 26% of the GDP - 31% of the household wealth - 46% of the VC investment - 61% of the 100 most valuable companies
- At $125k+, the car wash manager at a (very large) gas station in rural Texas makes more than most doctors in Europe.
- Your subscription will renew at $399 annually unless you cancel. - cancel How about $80? Will you pay $80? - ok
- Can confirm this story. As head trader at Enron when it filed for bankruptcy, I received many calls from firms that were recruiting. I was busy trying to close out the trading book and wanted to take some time to decide my future so didn’t take any meetings. But Citadel was by
- Santa Clara is one of the first law schools to publish 2026-27 tuition. Historically, Grad PLUS loans have had no limits. Starting next year, professional school borrowing will be capped at $50k/year. Notice anything about the trend in tuition? I expect many schools to copy this.
- You should be 1000x more concerned with Chinese control of the primary news source for young people in the US than the Japanese owning some steel mills on American soil.
- My Kroger's has roughly 170 options for pasta sauce. 210 sparkling water SKUs. 40 syrups. 100 sizes & brands of bottled water. For what? It's choice overload and the logistics of all this raises prices. Aldi is going to crush it in the US. The concept of smaller footprint,
