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10 Tuesday AM Reads

The Big Picture

Schroders ) • The Exact Age When You Make Your Best Financial Decisions There’s a magic number for when your expertise and cognitive powers align. The leading economic indicators show the U.S. 2000-2003 Dotcom implosion 6. Savings rates have rocketed and UK savers can earn over 5% on deposits. With the 10 year at 4.2%

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The Economy vs. Interest Rates

Bell Investment Advisors

The economic backdrop to these losses, however, stands out. That’s occurred alongside an impressive number of jobs still unfilled. To be sure, the number of unfilled job openings has declined to 9.6 A report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis showed that gross domestic product grew at an inflation-adjusted annual rate of 4.9%

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Growth Will Speed Up 7% Over Next Half Century

Validea

are in the top one percent and number one in their categories. And the Baron Partners Fund is the number-one performing mutual fund in the U.S. since its inception in 2003. While it may go lower at times, it won’t stay low, because “it’s part of our economic program,” Baron told CNBC.

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Market Commentary: Stocks Are Quite Resilient

Carson Wealth

There are certainly more questions than answers right now, and yes, the odds of a recession have increased as banks will tighten lending, which could lead to an economic slowdown. Still, economic data is improving. Recent sentiment polls show a high number of bears while worries about the economy and earnings continue to expand.

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5 Charts Showing the Strength of the Labor Market

Carson Wealth

But make no mistake: These are robust numbers, and the big picture is that 3.8 The highest it got to during the 2003–2007 expansion was 80.3%. Reach out to your advisor if you’d like to discuss what current economic conditions might mean for your unique situation. million jobs were created over the first nine months of 2022.

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Small Cap Value: Waiting for the Jumpstart

Validea

By Justin Carbonneau ( Twitter | LinkedIn | YouTube ) — Over the past few weeks, I’ve seen a number of charts highlighting the opportunity in small-cap stocks given their absolute and relative valuations. There are a number of risk-based drivers that explain some of the valuation spreads that currently exist.

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Yes Bank vs IDFC Bank – Financials, Future Plans & More

Trade Brains

Yes Bank vs IDFC Bank : Banks are the economic engine. Yes Bank Company Overview Rana Kapoor founded the company in 2003 in Mumbai, India. According to the FY23 report, the total number of employees was 27,517. The higher the asset quality of banks, the better the state of the economy. Price to Book Value 1.06

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