Joel Stevens

Folk songs, and essays on investing and living.

Home recordings of covers and originals — and a decade of essays on markets, value, and living.

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The songbook

Music

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Covers and originals, by album and era — press play, or take the chords with you.

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The albums

Covers album cover Covers Solo acoustic · 2014–2024 Saiti album cover Saiti Yawanawá songs · chords ready, recordings coming Langsjoen album cover Langsjoen w/ the Langsjoen brothers · 2009–2012 Lauren album cover Lauren Lauren Langsjoen · 2009–2011 Video Game Addiction album cover Video Game Addiction joelly · 2010 The Charles Sessions album cover The Charles Sessions w/ Charles Wagner · 2006–2009 Eclectic album cover Eclectic joelly · 2007–2008 Early Recordings album cover Early Recordings Solo · 2005–2006

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Essays

Two collections, written over a decade of running a value fund and the years since.

Financial

Value, markets & the honest arithmetic of returns

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Personal

Rational Awakening — attention, desire, and meaning

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