Abnormal Returns

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

wsj.com) Sketchy products keep showing up for sale on Amazon ($AMZN). Sentencing Commission show judges rejected more than 80% of compassionate release requests filed from October 2019 through September 2022. npr.org) Occupational licensing is out of control. arstechnica.com) No one talks about 'voice-as-a-platform' any more.

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Trade Brains

MAY 14, 2024

Full-Stack Insurers are insurance firms that are fully licensed and controlled by a regulatory authority and perform sourcing, underwriting, and servicing in-house. The RedSeer report was commissioned by Go Digit for the sole purpose of creating this RHP. As of FY23 Go Digit reported a commission ratio of Rs. as of CY22.

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Sara Grillo

AUGUST 14, 2023

The standard, however, is often used haphazardly, invoked as a sales tool by dual-registered advisors who want to virtue signal, only to be abandoned in a legal context by those same advisors who backpedal into being “just a salesperson.” Commissions are opaque. Let’s talk about it. This is where the confusion comes in.

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ClearMoney

JANUARY 4, 2022

Coming out of a volatile 2020, investors sought signals as to which way the global economy was headed. Value stocks, or those with lower relative prices, began the year strong as the economy reopened and interest rates were rising. But growth stocks rallied later in the year. Please read the prospectus before investing.

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ClearMoney

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

We believe current market prices quickly incorporate expectations about the effects of these events on economies and companies. It does not constitute investment advice, recommendation, or an offer of any services or products for sale and is not intended to provide a sufficient basis on which to make an investment decision.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 24, 2023

So you sell a lot of houses and you get commission on what you sell. So I mean, in ’07 and ’08, you know, what killed the economy in ’07 and ‘08 were mortgages going down. RITHOLTZ: — and having the guy — the attendant asked me, do you have an even number or odd number license plate? You control it. RITHOLTZ: Right.

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Brown Advisory

JANUARY 1, 2023

There are many disturbing parallels in today’s global economy. It is a “scale economies shared” business model where customers, the company and shareholders can all win. Recently, Microsoft has seen the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voice opposition to its pending $69bn acquisition of gaming company Activision Blizzard.

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