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A Historic Missed Opportunity

The Big Picture

I’m on the road visiting our new office in Chicago and then heading to meet clients in San Francisco. 2014 : Even with the U.S.’s Bloomberg, May 5, 2014 Big Picture mirror The Bonds That Can Cure America’s Ills A lot of what ails the U.S. But the era of cheap credit may be nearing its end. The hunger for U.S.

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Summer Reading List Of “Best Books” For Financial Advisors – 2025 Edition

Nerd's Eye View

2025 has had a tumultuous start for most advisory firms, as tariffs-driven market volatility has increased client anxiety and the amount of required hand-holding, forcing advisory firms to manage their own expenses a bit more closely in the face of greater revenue uncertainty.

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Collapse in Prospective Home Buyer Traffic

The Big Picture

At the beginning of each quarter, I prepare a short but in-depth conference call for RWM clients. This brings us to the chart: The one above shows the traffic of prospective buyers looking at a new home (2014- 2022); the one below goes back to the 1980s. The team & I put together the most revealing and informative slides.

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Why Is the Fed Always Late to the Party?

The Big Picture

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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Summer Reading List Of “Best Books” For Financial Advisors – 2024 Edition

Nerd's Eye View

client retention rates remaining robust, and at least a bit of client referral growth trickling in. It quickly became a perennial favorite on Nerd's Eye View, and so I've updated it every year, with new lists of books in 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019 , 2020 , 2021 , 2022 , and a fresh round last year in 2023.

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Avoid the Unforced Investment Errors Even Billionaires Make

The Big Picture

The article suggests they were more interested in their own financial well-being than that of their clients. Since its 2014 inception, the fund has returned 9.7% The Latin phrase Res ipsa loquitur comes to mind: The thing speaks for itself. The inevitable mean-reversion soon follows. on average per year.

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Birinyi’s Axioms

The Big Picture

He was one of the market’s most insightful observers and served clients with great distinction. Previously : MiB: Laszlo Birinyi (September 13, 2014) How News Looks When Its Old (October 29, 2021) The post Birinyi’s Axioms appeared first on The Big Picture. Predicting rain doesn’t count; building arks or selling umbrellas does.

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