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At the Money: Austan Goolsbee, Chicago Fed President on Tariffs, Inflation and Monetary Policy

The Big Picture

How should investors view the relationship between trade policy and inflation in the current economic environment? Gwinn Professor of Economics Masters in Business (coming soon) ~~~ Find all of the previous At the Money episodes here , and in the MiB feed on Apple Podcasts , YouTube , Spotify , and Bloomberg. What was it about?

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Are Bonds Safe During a Recession or Market Crash?

Darrow Wealth Management

Swings in the financial markets also highlight the benefitsand limitationsof diversification. During times of economic, financial, and political uncertainty, investors often wonder where to invest or what changes to make to their portfolio. Again, every recession or economic downturn is different. treasuries.

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How Much Do You Really Know About Stock Market Indexes?

Yardley Wealth Management

These indexes provide a broader and more nuanced measure of the stocks and have become an integral part of financial markets, impacting investment strategies and providing crucial performance benchmarks. economy and stock market over time. 9 Unlike the price-weighted DJIA, the S&P 500 is market-cap weighted.

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Nouriel Roubini Enters The ETF Fray

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

From the fund page : the goal is seeking stable returns across a variety of economic and financial market conditions, consistent with the preservation of capital. It did decline about 5% in the 2020 Pandemic Crash and in 2022 it was up 1.36%. The backtest runs from the start of 2011 to the end of 2020.

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Turn Off TV – Emperor Media Has No Clothes!

Investing Caffeine

Issues are More Gray Than Black or White Journalists – most of whom have little investing experience – like to authoritatively paint economic issues in black-or-white terms. To claim the media offers a balanced view of both the positives and negatives of complicated financial topics would be disingenuous.

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Past Elections Status Quo Means No Need for Woe

Investing Caffeine

Consider the following tailwinds benefitting the new president: Strong Economy: The broadest measurement of economic activity, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), registered a healthy +2.8% growth rate for Q3 Resilient Jobs Market: The just-reported unemployment rate of 4.1% today is representative of a strong but slowing job market.

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2024 Forecasting Follies

The Better Letter

That’s because, at best , complex systems – from the weather to the markets – allow only for probabilistic forecasts with very significant margins for error and often seemingly outlandish and hugely divergent potential outcomes. Morgan Stanley’s Chief Economic Strategist blew her call , too.