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Field Notes

Mentoring At Scale. Each entry takes one thing I read that morning, teaches one concept from the practitioner library, references the chapter and section, and links to a free tool you can use on your own numbers.

A Field Note is a four-part unit: the news anchor, the concept taught in 100 words, the chapter-and-section reference for the deeper read, and the free hands-on tool to test the concept. This is where I weigh in on the subjects worth a practitioner read. New notes go up when a moment in the market deserves one — not on a fixed calendar.

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22
MAY
2026
FO PE Succession (EPD) DRAFT

HALO Trade: Why Family Capital Is Buying Dealerships and Fisheries to Underwrite the AI Cycle

Source: Family investors turn to old-economy businesses like dealerships and fisheries to avoid AI disruption · Hayley Cuccinello · CNBC Inside Wealth, May 15, 2026

EGI buys John Deere dealerships and bluefin tuna fisheries on a 10-12 year hold. The trade has a new name (HALO) but the structural edge is old — permanent capital out-bids the sponsor fund on asset-heavy cash flow. The succession architecture for it is a separate conversation most families have not started.

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12
MAY
2026
AWP DRAFT

Florida's Teen-Sports Pipeline Is Already a Family-Office Conversation

Source: Florida is the Future Of Elite Teen Sports · Harriet Ryan · The Wall Street Journal, May 12, 2026

NIL money, year-round training academies, and Florida's tax/climate concentration have turned high-school athletics into a wealth-planning problem most families are not staffed for. The advisor seat is being created in real time.

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11
MAY
2026
AWP FO DRAFT

What Happens After the Peak: Brooks Koepka and the Athletes' Wealth Long Game

Source: A Five-Time Major Champ Takes a Humbling Road After Leaving LIV Golf · WSJ Sports Desk · The Wall Street Journal, May 11, 2026

The career-arc question is the harder one. The rookie contract gets the headlines; the second contract and the post-peak phase determine whether the wealth survives the career.

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