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11 Investment Must Reads for This Week (June 17, 2025)

Wealth Management

Third-party model portfolios had $646 billion in assets under management as of March 31—an increase of 62% since June 2023, according to Morningstar. While more than 60 asset managers have filed for dual-class share structures, many firms may never launch them, Ignites reports.

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Be Like You

The Big Picture

Own Broad Indexes as a Core Portion of your Portfolio Thats it! Recognize why he was able to do what he did, and how incredibly difficult it was. And listen to the advice he poured forth for Mom & Pop investors: 1. Bet on America 2. Manage Your Own Behavior 3. Thats all but impossible. Be like you.

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Avoid the Unforced Investment Errors Even Billionaires Make

The Big Picture

All costs impact your returns, but high or excessive fees have an enormous impact as they compound or, more accurately, lessen your portfolios compounding over time. In 2023, he tweeted a list of overlooked facts. This was just before an 81% collapse that bottomed in December 2023. This is classic performance-chasing behavior.

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FDIC: Number of Problem Banks Decreased in Q4 2024

Calculated Risk

percent) from 2023. The increase primarily occurred due to one-time events in 2023 and 2024 that led to lower noninterest expense (down $8.5 The increase primarily occurred due to one-time events in 2023 and 2024 that led to lower noninterest expense (down $8.5 percent, down 8 basis points from 2023. billion, up $14.1

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MiB: Velina Peneva, Swiss Re Chief Investment Officer

The Big Picture

Peneva joined Swiss Re in 2017, becoming co-head of client solutions & analytics, before being named Group Chief Investment Office and member of the Group Executive Comittee in 2023. She explains the importance of matching your assets to your future liabilities, and why liquidity and quality are so important.

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A Great Portfolio That No One Would Want

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

Which portfolio result would you rather have? Portfolio 1 is the only choice. The Portfolio 1 has the same longer term result at the S&P 500 but with only 58% of the volatility. You can see just by looking that Portfolio 1 has actually taken a very different path to a similar result as the S&P 500. A little quiz.

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Lawler: Some Observations on the Federal Reserve’s Balance Sheet Wind-Down and Reinvestment “Strategy” (Still in Quantitative Easing Mode, Just Less So)

Calculated Risk

a 10-year Treasury purchase at the end of February 2023 would be have an 8 year maturity at the end of February 2025). trillion) Agency MBS portfolio with an estimate weighted average life of 8 - 9 years to just slowly roll off adds even more to this private-sector maturity transformation. And by letting its still sizable ($2.2

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