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Wall Street's Best-Kept Secret: The Depression-Era Stock Trick That Still Beats the Market

Somewhere between the bread lines and bank runs of the 1930s, a handful of investors quietly stumbled onto a stock-picking method that modern Wall Street rarely mentions. It's called the Small Dogs strategy, and decades of data suggest it has quietly outpaced the S&P 500 more often than most people would believe. Here's what it is, why nobody talks about it, and how any everyday investor can use it today.

Mar 13, 2026

Tech & Culture

The Career Habit That High Achievers Swear By — And Almost Never Mention Out Loud

A quiet practice used by some of America's most accomplished executives, venture capitalists, and researchers involves deliberately recording every failure, rejection, and misstep they've ever experienced. It sounds counterintuitive, even masochistic. But the psychology behind it — and the real-world results — are hard to argue with.

Mar 13, 2026

Tech & Culture

The Rise, Fall, and Stubborn Comeback of Digg: The Site That Almost Killed Reddit

Before Reddit became the self-proclaimed front page of the internet, Digg was the undisputed king of social news. This is the story of how one of the most visited websites in America threw it all away — and why it keeps trying to come back.

Mar 12, 2026