The art world is getting even busier. I recently attended one of the most popular art fairs, Frieze, which debuted contemporary works in Los Angeles recently. The best pieces were bought by local celebs, collectors, and gallerists on the first night, invite/super-VIP entry only. A work by Mark Grotjahn was notably sold for $600k and of other pieces by Henry Taylor and Avery Singer sold in a price range of $100k-495k.^1 A collection of former UBS head-banker was presented that

You wouldn’t know it by going to a coffee shop but coffee prices are actually freefalling. In the L.A. coffee shop that I frequent, an espresso costs $4.11, including taxes. I have it in mind to explain to them that the wholesale cost of their coffee should be low enough that they should pleasantly pass those savings on to the consumer - wishful thinking. But what are coffee futures and why are prices falling? Coffee is the world’s second most traded commodity, after oil, and