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Surprise! California’s 40 Qs of Rising Minimum Wage & Fast Food Industry Growth (Beating USA)

The Big Picture

” A bit of quick math: 726,600/0.987 = 736,170 (starting point). Journal (restaurant) reporter who inappropriately used non-seasonally adjusted numbers to make the following claim : “California had 726,600 people working in fast-food and other limited-service eateries in January [2024], down 1.3% 726,600 – 736,170 = -9,570.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (June 22-23)

Nerd's Eye View

Also in industry news this week: A recent survey indicates that financial advisors continue to move towards ETFs and away from mutual funds when it comes to client portfolio recommendations, though a majority of advisors continue to see a role for active management in the investment management process A former employee has filed a lawsuit alleging (..)

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Avoid the Unforced Investment Errors Even Billionaires Make

The Big Picture

The article suggests they were more interested in their own financial well-being than that of their clients. These two possibilities a 10-fold increase versus a 90% drop are roughly symmetrical in terms of math (but probably not probabilities). The Latin phrase Res ipsa loquitur comes to mind: The thing speaks for itself.

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What To Do When The Bitcoin Math Doesn't Math

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

That number is from a Bankrate article I found on a Google search. First, is the math right based on my numbers? That roughly two million Bitcoin is actually more than 10% because approximately 3.8 million Bitcoin are lost forever due to lost hardware or passwords. How much Bitcoin, if any, do you own.

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Know Thyself

Getting Your Financial Ducks In A Row

Even though it’s been decided that it was politically incorrect, one popular baby-boomer who is now age 63 once admitted that math is tough (Barbie, of the doll fame, who actually admitted that “Math class is tough”). There’s no shame in admitting that factor – for a lot of us, math can be very tough.

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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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At the Money: How to Change Careers 

The Big Picture

I couldnt figure out where it came from; so I worked out the canonical math. I mean, there was a, I saw a wonderful article in the journal a couple of weeks ago. (I I think it’s the same article you’re talking about. And you know, Jason and I just got absolutely flamed in the comment section of that article.