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Tuesday links: paying for the news

Abnormal Returns

Fund management There is no escaping the math on leveraged ETFs. techcrunch.com) Musk SpaceX could soon be the world's most valuable startup with a $350 billion valuation. techcrunch.com) Musk SpaceX could soon be the world's most valuable startup with a $350 billion valuation. Well, you should.

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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. My advice was not based on fear of a bubble or the (over)valuation of Yahoo; rather, I suggested employing a regret minimization framework.2 The Latin phrase Res ipsa loquitur comes to mind: The thing speaks for itself.

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Q&A: Your Money Map

The Big Picture

Compounding, Denominator Blindness, Survivorship Bias all affect our abilities to make good decisions about the future when even basic math is involved. I wrote two posts recently based on what clients where asking. I looked at Recession, Profits, Valuations, US Dollar, Geopolitics, Market crashes.

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Transcript: Heather Brilliant, Diamond Hill

The Big Picture

00:12:42 [Speaker Changed] I think it absolutely should be the norm because it is generally what our clients are seeking. And I think a lot of investors have figured out how to effectively make money for their clients with shorter term time horizons, otherwise they wouldn’t be doing it. Tell us a little bit about that.

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At the Money: Benefits of Quantitative Investing

The Big Picture

As it turns out, there are ways you can use data to your advantage, even if you’re not a math wizard. Barry Ritholtz : So let’s break that into two halves, starting with valuation. Explain why P/E isn’t the best way to measure valuation. People did whatever was working based more on gut feelings than data.

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Transcript: Tom Hancock, GMO

The Big Picture

I’d say management consulting is any of the other thing that least at that time was the other career trajectory, just my personality, more of a math oriented introvert. And ev all the sort of compliance, client service, legal, kind of, everything was done sort of on the side by investment people. So I was at Harvard.

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What Triggers an IRS Audit?

Harness Wealth

They receive copies of W-2s from employers, 1099s from clients, and other income-reporting documents. Math errors and typos Minor mathematical errors and typos can disrupt the IRS’s automated processing systems and can result in discrepancies that can flag your return for manual review.