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Ten Economic Questions for 2025

Calculated Risk

We can assume the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) will be extended. 8) Residential Investment: Residential investment (RI) was slightly positive through the first three quarters of 2024. That larger tariffs will be imposed on some imports, and there will be some deregulation. in 2024 (around 2.6% Q4-over-Q4).

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MiB: Velina Peneva, Swiss Re Chief Investment Officer

The Big Picture

This week, I speak with Velina Peneva , group chief investment officer at insurance giant Swiss Re. While she was there, she worked with fund managers and investors, became a leader in the private equity practice in Zurich and became a member of the firm’s global investment committee.

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“Nobody Knows Anything,” Wall Street Strategist Edition

The Big Picture

In “ How Not To Invest ” (coming March 18!) This is especially true for those made by analysts who are not working to provide you with good investing advice but rather are hoping to drum up business for secondaries and IPOs. . ” It’s a blunt observation about our inability to forsee the future.

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Talking How Not to Invest with Prof G

The Big Picture

I have known Scott Galloway since way before his first book, The Four , came out in 2017. market is overvalued, and if the alternative investment industry is one of the biggest grifts in economic history. He had been on MiB prior, and it was my pleasure to intro it at NYU Stern when it first was published.

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The Critical Importance of Process Over Outcomes in Investing

Validea

The first involves a day trader who experienced remarkable success during the cryptocurrency boom of 2017. When investment managers post strong returns over one, three, or even five-year periods, they often see significant inflows of capital. So what constitutes a sound investment process?

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Innovative CPA Group Launches RIA To Capture Client Wealth Management Demand

Wealth Management

based accounting firm, is taking a page from large registered investment advisors by bringing together taxes and wealth management. Minopoli, who is also a partner in the new RIA, had previously been the chief investment officer of a team managing a $30 billion portfolio for the Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors.

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AMT: One Big Beautiful Opportunity in the Municipal Bond Market

Wealth Management

12, 2025) 11 Investment Must Reads for This Week (Aug. However, within the municipal bond market, AMT-designated bonds are quietly offering one of the most attractive opportunities in today’s investment-grade sector. According to the Tax Policy Center, AMT filings fell from over 5 million in 2017 to just 200,000 in 2018.