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Wealth Inequality Starts at the Top

The Big Picture

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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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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21 Top Income Producing Assets to Help You Grow Wealth

Good Financial Cents

Having enough income-producing assets working in your favor can make it possible to “live rich” – or at least get by – without ever having to clock in for an employer again. These people have income-producing assets spinning off profits or dividends, and they use those funds to pay for their bills and lifestyle.

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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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10 Weekend Reads

The Big Picture

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!

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10 Tuesday AM Reads

The Big Picture

That exodus marks a notable shift for a fund that had consistently drawn investor cash since its 2014 inception. Once the largest actively managed ETF with nearly $30 billion in assets under management, the fund has shrunk to roughly $9 billion, mostly due to investment losses.”

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10 Friday AM Reads

The Big Picture

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