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My New ETF: 100% of Upside + 0% of Downside

The Big Picture

The offering comes from Innovator Capital Management, which launched the first so-called buffer ETFs, also sometimes referred to as defined-outcome funds, in 2018.” – Bloomberg Let’s get this out of the way: I dislike any product that exchanges a portion of your potential gains in exchange for downside protection.

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NOW 2018 | China and the Race for Artificial Intelligence

Brown Advisory

NOW 2018 | China and the Race for Artificial Intelligence achen Thu, 05/31/2018 - 09:20 The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the top technology stories in recent years. Not surprisingly, AI has also permeated public policy discussions, especially with the U.S.

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NOW 2018 | China and the Race for Artificial Intelligence

Brown Advisory

NOW 2018 | China and the Race for Artificial Intelligence. Thu, 05/31/2018 - 09:20. The race is on to lead the world in AI innovation, and a panel of experts at NOW 2018 offered insight on the competitive dynamics between the two global superpowers driving progress in AI.

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Math Problems

The Better Letter

The maths are exactly the same. These sorts of math problems are the focus of this week’s TBL. Math Problems As this TBL goes live, just 16 games and one day of the NCAA Tournament are in the books, yet my bracket is a mess. We notice the unlikelihood of 100 in a row because of the pattern. Thanks for reading. quintillion.

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Did Barron's Just Undercut Every Article It Has Ever Published?

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

In the case of real estate a 2.29% weighting and for "private equity" companies it's about 17 basis points (looked at XLF holdings and then did a little math), that's just not going to move the needle. You may agree with Jack about not needing those things, that's valid, my point is that owning an index fund isn't a proxy for them.

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Looking At The Smartest ETF In The Room

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

There's other math about outperformance but also the observation that momentum is prone to crashes. The momentum funds also did not provide early warning for the downturn in late 2018. One interesting nugget from the paper is that dramatically improving momentum only resulted in an increase to beta of 0.2%. Here's the last year.

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The Better Letter: So What?!

The Better Letter

For math, she teaches the advanced class — the top students in the school. The class had a party recently as a reward for winning a national math competition. – to stay in and play math games at the party instead of more traditionally “fun” activities, inside or out. It is a very bright group.

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