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From Hard Landing to Soft Landing to No Landing?

Investing Caffeine

As you can see from the chart belo w , sales of existing homes have plummeted at the fastest rate since the beginning of the 2008 Financial Crisis. We certainly could face the potential of turbulence and changing weather conditions, but that is always the case when you invest in the financial markets. Prosper.

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Top Compliance Challenges Financial Advisors Face

BlueMind

The Significance Of Financial Compliance Financial compliance requires all actions, procedures, guidelines, and business culture to abide by the rules and regulations set by the regulatory authorities of the financial market. However, what would happen if stringent regulatory measures didn’t exist?

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Recession Storm Fears Reign Supreme as Stocks Gain Steam

Investing Caffeine

Over the last 25 years, we have arguably experienced three 100-year floods (2000 Tech Bubble, 2008 Financial Crisis, and 2020 COVID pandemic), so investors have been bracing for another enormous financial hurricane. Slome, CFA, CFP ® Plan. www.Sidoxia.com Wade W.

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A Winding Road

Bell Investment Advisors

Forrest Bell, CFP®. Investor optimism carried the global stock market higher during the beginning of September. You have to go back to the peak pessimism during the COVID-19 market panic or to the global financial crisis of 2008 to find a time when they touched this ratio for even a brief period of time.

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New Year, New Clean Slate

Investing Caffeine

The bad news is last year turned out to be the 4th worst year in the stock market since World War II (1945) and also marked the worst year since 2008. Here’s a summary of the S&P 500’s worst years over the last eight decades: 2008: -38.5% Slome, CFA, CFP ®. 2022: -19.4%. Source: CNBC (Bob Pisani). www.Sidoxia.com.

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Consumer Wallets Strong, Rate Hikes Long, What Could Go Wrong?

Investing Caffeine

As you can see, the inventory of homes has dramatically collapsed from a peak of about four million homes, circa the 2008 Financial Crisis, to around one million homes today. Slome, CFA, CFP® Plan. www.Sidoxia.com Wade W. Subscribe Here to view all monthly articles.

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The Art of Maximizing Gains and Minimizing Taxes in a World of AI

Investing Caffeine

At Sidoxia Capital Management , we have experienced this marvel on many of our investments, including our exponential gains in Amazon.com, which we first purchased in 2008 at s split-adjusted price of about $2.95 Slome, CFA, CFP® Plan. This is why Albert Einstein called compounding the “8th Wonder of the World.”

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