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10 Thursday AM Reads

The Big Picture

Why anyone would lend credence to economic projections that get revised on average nearly every other month is a mystery. ( That points to the question: Why do economists get these things so consistently wrong? And to a corollary: Why pay any attention to their forecasts? New York Review of Books ) • What Do We Owe the Octopus?

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Monkeys Go Home

Inside Information

If you’re as old as Methuselah, like I am, you might remember a pivotal moment in the evolution of the planning profession, when Forbes magazine noticed that brokers, life insurance and tax shelter salespeople were starting to call themselves ‘financial planners.’ I’m meeting all the highest ethical standards. Pandemonium!

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41 Top Influencers for Financial Advisors in 2023

Indigo Marketing Agency

He also runs a successful blog, The Reformed Broker , where he uses facts, statistics, satire, and pop culture to discuss markets, finance, and economics. As a CFP® professional and CFP® Board Ambassador, Marguerita also helps educate the public, policymakers, and media about the benefits of competent, ethical financial planning.

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Transcript: Ramit Sethi

The Big Picture

So, I was sitting there reading Industry Standard, remember that magazine? And I was learning about money, reading all the books, all the magazines, watching the shows, and I was also studying social psychology. SETHI: Well, everybody thought they were a genius including me in 1999, 2000. RITHOLTZ: Sure. So… RITHOLTZ: Forever.

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2018 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting

Brown Advisory

Buffett and Munger celebrate good business and investment practices, the potential for human achievement, high ethics and decency to one’s fellow man. political and economic system, wondered if the divisions among people had grown in the last 50 years and if Buffett had any words of wisdom to help narrow the political divide.

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2018 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting

Brown Advisory

Buffett and Munger celebrate good business and investment practices, the potential for human achievement, high ethics and decency to one’s fellow man. political and economic system, wondered if the divisions among people had grown in the last 50 years and if Buffett had any words of wisdom to help narrow the political divide.

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Transcript: Eric Balchunas

The Big Picture

And in order to graduate from Cook you had to have at least a minor that was related, and I thought — I took an econ class and I kind of liked it, so I minored in environmental economics. I — because obviously, I’m like journalism, economics, I’m in Rutgers. RITHOLTZ: … stumbles across a magazine. RITHOLTZ: Oh, sure.

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