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10 Friday AM Reads

The Big Picture

The platform had punched above its weight in pure user numbers thanks to an unrivaled ability to both distribute real-time information and make expertise available. In 2021, banks tried to kill remote work. Wall Street Journal ) see also Is Coffee Bringing People Back to the Office? Now, remote work is trying to kill banks.

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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.

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A Billion Dollars isn’t Cool

The Irrelevant Investor

These numbers, which felt crazy at the time, seem quaint compared to today. This number comes from Crunchbase , who just published a report showing that the number of newly minted decacorns hit a record high in 2021. Today there are 1,000 of 'em. A private company with a billion-dollar valuation used to be special.

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How Do Higher Interest Rates Push Inflation Down?

Discipline Funds

This meant that there was very little demand for debt and so increasing the supply of potential loans was like an apple cart salesman increasing the number of apples he sells with the hope that more supply would create its own demand. This is the basic math behind what’s happened to every consumer who owns these bonds.

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RIA Net Organic Growth is Practically Non-Existent

Steve Sanduski

Charles Schwab just released their 2022 RIA Benchmarking Study and I decided to crunch the numbers and see what the data shows. Crunch the Numbers. The S&P 500 total return for the 5 years ending December 2021 was 112.9%. The total US Government Bond market total return for the 5 years ending December 2021 was 19.5%.

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50% Risk-free Annual Returns

The Big Picture

emphasis added) The red flags were there for anyone who could put their greed aside and simply focus on the math. Previously : How to Avoid Financial Disasters (January 26, 2023) If It Sounds Too Good To Be True… (September 18, 2022) All the Ways You Can Get Defrauded (July 8, 2021) Advice for Rich Uncles and Others.

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TikTokInvestors

The Big Picture

I doubt he’s run the real numbers of being invested in the stock market tax deferred with an additional company match. The Math Doesn’t Add Up ( Rolling Stone , January 24, 2024) How TikTok Is Wiring Gen Z’s Money Brain ( WSJ , May 4, 2024) _ 1.

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