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Monthly NFPs Are Rounding Errors

The Big Picture

That is a significant number to recall whenever people posit we either are in, or just were in, or are about to tumble into a recession. but most months, the specific number is more or less a rounding error. It was that 157.087 million people are employed full-time in the United States.1 This is not a popular opinion.

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The Importance Of Diversifying Your Diversifiers

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

Mutiny Funds put out a paper on the hows and whys of using alts for The Cockroach Portfolio that they manage and that we've looked at a few times. Looking back, 2014 is the only year (available to backtest) where equities and managed futures were up similar amounts. There are expectations embedded in these numbers.

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India’s IPO Revolution: Bullish Boom or Bearish Backlash?

Trade Brains

India’s IPO market has made a strong comeback this year, making it the global leader in the number of IPOs so far in 2023 and attracting investors to take advantage of the renewed interest in public offerings on Dalal Street. What do the numbers tell about IPOs? 2014 5 0.14 Is India experiencing an IPO boom? 2015 21 1.63

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The CAPE Ratio is Very High

The Irrelevant Investor

Let's travel back in time to June 2014. A lot was made of this arbitrary number at the time. A lot was made of this arbitrary number at the time. But in the 7 years since the CAPE ratio hit 25 in 2014, the S&P 500 has compounded at ~14%. I don't care how you measure things, 37 on the CAPE is a high freakn number.

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Financial Market Round-Up – Jul’23

Truemind Capital

At this stage, we strongly recommend minimizing exposure to small & mid-cap portfolios on the back of excessive valuations driven by the retail craze. We are maintaining 5-10% portfolio exposure to Asian stocks (China, Singapore, Taiwan, etc.) We continue to prefer a portfolio duration of around 1-1.5

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CIO Perspectives: Goldilocks Economy and Opportunities Outside the Magnificent Seven

Brown Advisory

market for several years, but there are a large number of significant geopolitical and regional matters that are impacting investments all over the globe. He used case studies of portfolio holdings Taiwan Semiconductor and AIAA in a discussion of opportunities and risks. Mick joins the podcast at an especially timely moment.

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CIO Perspectives: Goldilocks Economy and Opportunities Outside the Magnificent Seven

Brown Advisory

market for several years, but there are a large number of significant geopolitical and regional matters that are impacting investments all over the globe. He used case studies of portfolio holdings Taiwan Semiconductor and AIAA in a discussion of opportunities and risks. Mick joins the podcast at an especially timely moment.

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