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The “Art” of Market Timing

The Big Picture

When you get it wrong, it crushes your retirement plans. My own track record at making big calls is pretty damned good, but none of our clients wants me slinging around their retirement monies based on my gut instinct. The dotcom top, the double bottom in Oct 02-March 03; the highs in 2007, the lows 2009. More on this later.

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At the Money: Meb Faber on Tax Aware ETFs

The Big Picture

Listeners think to 2009, the bottom, at the bottom, um, stocks have almost been a 10 bagger. And the way math works, you end up with a stock that goes up a bunch. We’ve done the math on some of these high-yield portfolios and taxable accounts. And that’s the broad market.

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Finally, a Stock Market Crash!

Mr. Money Mustache

Even Mr. Money Mustache, as a person who retired 17 years ago, is still in this boat for the simple reason that my retirement income from dividends and hobby businesses is still greater than my annual living expenses (which still hover around $20,000 per year). 3) Okay, but I really am retired and trying to live off my investments now.

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What Might Happen if You Invest $100 in Bitcoin Today?

Good Financial Cents

Bitcoin was created in 2009 by a mysterious figure who goes by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. When it first launched in 2009, a single bitcoin was only worth a few cents, but at its peak, it was worth around $60,000. But while Nakamoto is known as the currency’s founder, it is not controlled by any single individual.

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Transcript: Tom Hancock, GMO

The Big Picture

I’d say management consulting is any of the other thing that least at that time was the other career trajectory, just my personality, more of a math oriented introvert. And that a bit of that cult, Dick and Ike are both retired now. And I very much get the sense he has no interest in retiring. Learn math, learn history.

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Pain is Part of the Process

The Better Letter

percent (2009). Many – probably most – investors who cash out when negative volatility rears its ugly head will see their chances of investment and retirement success decrease significantly. This is the best thing I read this week (it combines magic, music, mystery, and math); this is the best thing I saw.

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Transcript: Luis Berruga, Global X ETFs

The Big Picture

It has to be such a different set, the retirement planning is different, the safety net is different. People in Spain when I was growing up in the ‘80s and ‘90s, they expect to just retire and have the government give them like a paycheck every month. I mean, one of our first ETF was our China Consumer ETF that we launched in 2009.

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