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Wealth Inequality Starts at the Top

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It shows “Share of Total Assets Held by the Bottom 50% ( red line ) versus the Share of Total Assets Held by the Top 0.1% ( green line ). Consider the chart at top, created by Invictus via FRED. That spread is currently just about as wide as its ever been. And, it has accelerated over the past few decades.

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At the Money: Matt Hougan on Crypto Technology

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Fulltranscript below. ~~~ About this weeks guest: Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise Asset Management discusses the best ways to responsibly manage crypto assets. His firm runs over $10 billion in client crypto assets. He’s the chief investment officer at Bitwise Asset Management. Gox in 2014.

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Why Is the Fed Always Late to the Party?

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If only the Fed didn’t do X, our portfolio would have been much better” seems to be a terrible approach to managing assets for clients. How Greenspan Became the ex-Maestro (August 11, 2014). All too often, Fed criticism is thinly-veiled excuse-making for underperforming alpha chasers. “If Blame the Fed For Everything!

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The Fingerprints of History

The Irrelevant Investor

One of those moments was in 2014 (15?) At the time, Scott was running an asset management company, but the thing that hit me had nothing to do with his day job. There are a handful of times in my life where the first encounter with somebody stayed with me forever. when I met Scott Krisiloff.

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Do Magazine Covers Contain Market Signals?

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Barron’s cover coincided with reports that demand for the new iPhone X may be weaker than expected. I would love to identify the original author of this quote; the history seems inconclusive.

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Bitcoin Historical Annual Returns (10 Years, 5 Years, 3 Years, 1 Year)

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The creator(s) of this first-of-its-kind asset developed the cryptocurrency in response to the Great Recession of 2007-2009 , spurred by a distrust of the traditional banking system and concerns about its stability. Read on for insights on Bitcoin milestones, historical returns, and how its returns compare to those of other assets.

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10 Weekend Reads

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Marcus is also co-chair of the board of directors of RealAssetX , PGIM Real Estate’s innovation lab aimed at accelerating advancement in the real assets industry. Finance in 2023 The Periodic Table of Commodity Returns (2014-2023) Source: Visual Capitalist Sign up for our reads-only mailing list here. ~~~ I am still on book leave!