Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Welcome to the December 2024 issue of the Latest News in Financial #AdvisorTech – where we look at the big news, announcements, and underlying trends and developments that are emerging in the world of technology solutions for financial advisors!

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Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 4, 2024

Welcome to the March 2024 issue of the Latest News in Financial #AdvisorTech – where we look at the big news, announcements, and underlying trends and developments that are emerging in the world of technology solutions for financial advisors!

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

MAY 28, 2025

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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The Big Picture

JUNE 13, 2024

I wrote: It appears to me that the Journal got that number from BLS. Its numbers are fake. Barry adds: Two things to add to this discussion: It’s yet another reminder that investors must always be on guard for nonsensical claims from partisans who have zero concern for your portfolio. Its numbers are fake.

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Validea

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Buyback Yield : The benefit shareholders receive from the company buying back its own shares, which can increase the value of remaining shares by reducing the total number of shares outstanding. Here are Validea’s top 10 high shareholder yield stocks for November 2024.

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Welcome to the October 2024 issue of the Latest News in Financial #AdvisorTech – where we look at the big news, announcements, and underlying trends and developments that are emerging in the world of technology solutions for financial advisors!

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The Big Picture

APRIL 17, 2025

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. ” Ask the folks who loaded up on MBS for the extra yield how they did. ~~~ There is an endless assortment of ways to make mistakes that hurt your portfolio.

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Validea

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Buyback Yield : The value created when a company repurchases its own shares, effectively increasing each remaining share’s worth by reducing the total number of shares in circulation. Here are Validea’s top 10 high shareholder yield stocks for December 2024.

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Calculated Risk

MAY 15, 2023

From the MBA: Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Decreases to 0.51% in April The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) monthly Loan Monitoring Survey revealed that the total number of loans now in forbearance decreased by 4 basis points from 0.55% of servicers’ portfolio volume in the prior month to 0.51% as of April 30, 2023.

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Meb Faber, Cambria Investments (October 30, 2024) Dividend investing has a long and storied history, but it turns out dividends are only part of the picture driving stock returns. So it, it really captures a number of, of factors and characteristics. But, shareholder yield across categories right now in 2024.

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Validea

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Here are the top ten highest scoring stocks for November 2024. The number of stocks meeting 100% of the strategies tests has fallen significantly since last month. The primary reason is rising interest rates, which have made the earnings yield on stocks less attractive relative to bonds according to the strategy’s criteria.

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Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that while both the total number of RIAs and advisor headcount have seen significant gains in recent years, client assets remain concentrated among the largest firms, according to data from Cerulli Associates, with the 7% of RIAs (..)

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Calculated Risk

JULY 22, 2024

From the MBA: Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Increases to 0.23% in June The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) monthly Loan Monitoring Survey revealed that the total number of loans now in forbearance increased to 0.23% as of June 30, 2024. According to MBA’s estimate, 115,000 homeowners are in forbearance plans.

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Abnormal Returns

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Markets Should you care what Wall Street strategists have to say about 2024? wsj.com) Strategy Remember all that talk about how the 60/40 portfolio was broken? downtownjoshbrown.com) College-educated women with children under 10 are in the workforce at record numbers. axios.com) Q4 GDP is tracking around 1%.

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Nerd's Eye View

JULY 26, 2024

The study also identified attributes of "top performing" firms across a range of metrics, finding that they are more likely than other firms to have a clear ideal client persona, client value proposition, and marketing plan.

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Calculated Risk

MAY 20, 2024

From the MBA: Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Remains at 0.22% in April he Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) monthly Loan Monitoring Survey revealed that the total number of loans now in forbearance remained unchanged at 0.22% as of April 30, 2024. According to MBA’s estimate, 110,000 homeowners are in forbearance plans.

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Validea

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

When this number falls below 1.0, Here are the top ten highest scoring stocks for November 2024 for Validea’s P/E/Growth Investor strategy based on Peter Lynch. At its core, this strategy seeks companies offering growth at a reasonable price (GARP). it suggests the stock could be undervalued given its growth potential.

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Calculated Risk

OCTOBER 21, 2024

From the MBA: Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Increases to 0.34% in September The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) monthly Loan Monitoring Survey revealed that the total number of loans now in forbearance increased to 0.34% as of September 30, 2024. According to MBA’s estimate, 170,000 homeowners are in forbearance plans.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

JANUARY 17, 2025

WAAV seems Permanent Portfolio inspired which is why I threw in AQRIX and PRPFX along with VBAIX as a proxy for a 60/40 portfolio makes sense as a benchmark. Both the ACWI and SPY versions outperformed AQRIX which is sort of a risk parity fund and PRPFX which is the Permanent Portfolio. The results are a mixed bag.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Bonds with duration are now more volatile than they used to be and that volatility is less reliable than it used to be making them a less effective diversifier for the equity portion of a diversified portfolio. Where Portfolio 3 should zero out, it's pretty close to doing just that.

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Calculated Risk

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

From the MBA: Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Increases to 0.31% in August The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) monthly Loan Monitoring Survey revealed that the total number of loans now in forbearance increased to 0.31% as of August 31, 2024. According to MBA’s estimate, 155,000 homeowners are in forbearance plans.

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Calculated Risk

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

From the MBA: Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Decreases Slightly to 0.22% in January The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) monthly Loan Monitoring Survey revealed that the total number of loans now in forbearance decreased by 1 basis point from 0.23% of servicers’ portfolio volume in the prior month to 0.22% as of January 31, 2024.

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Calculated Risk

OCTOBER 16, 2023

From the MBA: Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Decreases to 0.31% in September The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) monthly Loan Monitoring Survey revealed that the total number of loans now in forbearance decreased by 2 basis points from 0.33% of servicers’ portfolio volume in the prior month to 0.31% as of September 30, 2023.

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Calculated Risk

MARCH 18, 2024

From the MBA: Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Holds Steady at 0.22% in February The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) monthly Loan Monitoring Survey revealed that the total number of loans now in forbearance remained unchanged at 0.22% as of February 29, 2024. Mortgage servicers have provided forbearance to approximately 8.1

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Portfolio Planning Taxes Numbers 162

The Big Picture

MARCH 13, 2024

At the Money: How To Know When The Fed Will Cut with Jim Bianco (March 13, 2024) Markets have been waiting for the Federal Reserve to begin cutting rates for over a year. Well, in 2024, now money market fund is yielding 5. It’s a number that’s put out every Thursday for the previous week. It’s a state program.

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Wealth Management

JUNE 12, 2025

Number 8860726. Diana Britton , Executive Editor June 12, 2025 3 Min Read MFS Investment Management is credited with introducing the first mutual fund, the Massachusetts Investors Trust, in 2024. John Davi, CEO and founder, Astoria Portfolio Advisors, encouraged advisors to use passive strategies in areas that can’t be beat.

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Carson Wealth

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

However, this shouldn’t be a big surprise because we knew Hurricanes Milton and Helene would weigh on the numbers. September payrolls were revised down by 31,000 to +223,000 jobs, and August was revised down by 81,000 to +78,000 (the first sub-100,000 monthly payroll number since December 2020). We just didn’t know how much.

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Calculated Risk

APRIL 22, 2024

From the MBA: Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Remains at 0.22% in March The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) monthly Loan Monitoring Survey revealed that the total number of loans now in forbearance remained unchanged at 0.22% as of March 31, 2024. According to MBA’s estimate, 110,000 homeowners are in forbearance plans.

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Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 25, 2023

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Calculated Risk

JUNE 24, 2024

From the MBA: Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Decreases Slightly to 0.21% in May The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) monthly Loan Monitoring Survey revealed that the total number of loans now in forbearance declined slightly to 0.21% as of May 31, 2024. Mortgage servicers have provided forbearance to approximately 8.2

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Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 13, 2025

With another strong year in the markets, most advisory firms are near or at record highs for their revenue, their numbers of clients, and the headcounts of their teams. Which is surprising to some, given that a decade ago, the emergence of so-called "robo-advisors" was supposed to displace human financial advisors and compress advisory fees.

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Validea

JUNE 13, 2025

Carlisle’s approach is built around a central insight: stocks aren’t just tickers or abstract numbers—they’re ownership stakes in real businesses. A concentrated portfolio of deeply undervalued, high-quality companies that could be attractive to strategic buyers, private equity firms, or activist investors. The result?

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Trade Brains

AUGUST 17, 2024

A Complete List of SEBI Registered Stockbrokers in India 2024: The Indian stock market has seen impressive growth following digitalization and the post-COVID period. Nithin Kamath, Co-Founder of Zerodha, reports that the number of unique investors has risen from 30 million in 2020 to over 100 million by 2024.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

MARCH 5, 2025

It is not intended to be a surrogate for a 60/40 portfolio, although it was close in 2024, and it clearly will not and is not intended to look like the US equity market. The correlation of the portfolio to the S&P 500 isn't that low at 0.64 Maybe it could be thought of as having some all-weather attributes.

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Carson Wealth

MAY 20, 2024

April inflation data confirmed there is no need to panic about the first-quarter numbers. On Track for Interest Rate Cuts in 2024 As Powell recently reiterated, inflation data has yet to make Fed members confident that inflation is headed back to their 2% target, which means they’re unlikely to cut rates at their June or even July meeting.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Brian Portnoy, Shaping Wealth (September 18, 2024) Can money buy you happiness? Brian Portnoy : So you’ve pointed accurately to a number of studies on this and maybe it’s 75,000 or 90,000 I’d also point out that a dollar spent in Manhattan NY versus Manhattan KS those are very different conversations.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 24, 2024

At the Money: How to Pay Less Capital Gains Taxes (January 24, 2024) We’re coming up on tax season, after a banner year for stocks. After-tax equity returns from your non-tax-exempt portfolios. So the benefit of a mutual funder and ETF is that you’re getting a diversified portfolio and professional oversight.

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