The Irrelevant Investor

AUGUST 9, 2018

The Atlantic asks Are Stock Buybacks Starving the Economy ? They cite a study that looked at share buybacks in the restaurant, retail, and food industries from 2015 to 2017. They'll cite the fact that companies are going to buy back $1 trillion in stock this year, due to the excess cash provided by the tax cuts.

Economics 52

Economics Distribution Investing Investments 52

The Big Picture

JULY 31, 2023

Burger King Tim Hortons, I remember very clearly because it was in the middle of those waves of kind of tax dodgy, those inversion deals. And it was day by day from the seat of, it was the month that the economy shut down. And it’s two dozen CEOs, investors, policy makers from like all across the economy. RITHOLTZ: Right.

Retail 130

Retail Government Economy Economics 130

Good Financial Cents

APRIL 19, 2023

Betterment is great at reducing any taxes you have to pay on your investments, and they work with you to give you the best financial advice through their algorithms. Thanks to the likes of Airbnb and others, these sharing economy services have shown us it’s not so scary! So let me ask – how do you feel about renting out your car?

Accounting 105

Accounting Investing Investments Media 105

The Big Picture

MARCH 12, 2024

That includes all of its changes in its property taxes, it’s, it’s depreciable life for the improvements of the assets. They 00:38:39 [Speaker Changed] Price insensitive, they 00:38:41 [Speaker Changed] Right, they cared what the lower mortgage rate did to the economy. And this is proprietary data. They cover everything.

Banking 144

Banking Investing Investments Marketing 144

The Big Picture

APRIL 2, 2024

So when I was at this very fancy private school that I was at as a kid, I did math because it gave me a huge amount of free time to do the things I really cared about. But when I got to Cambridge, you know, the math was sort of serious there. So, you know, I took my math into statistics and things. Am I getting right?

Healthcare 144

Healthcare Medicine Economics Numbers 144

The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

I would say the thing that connects them is just voracious curiosity about the world of politics and, you know, economies and trying to make sense out of it. So here’s the math, Barry. Do the dogs want to eat the dog food? You take it out tax free as well. You know, all of these things. Completely.

Investing 246

Investing Investments Startup Accounting 246

The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Hey, show me companies where the board has at least two women on it, or you could tilt towards value, or you could tilt towards small cap, or you can use it for tax loss harvesting or philanthropy. NADIG: So the reason is because, you know, when we look at how the corporate economy works, there are investments that you have to make.

Management 273

Management Assets Portfolio Investing 273

The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

And health tech, sports tech, food and again, these are sectors where there’s some regulations, and entrepreneurs need to understand that, investors need to understand that. The math never seems to work out. RITHOLTZ: You raise an interesting policy question. RITHOLTZ: Tell us about these pitch competitions.

Startup 167

Startup Investing Investments Numbers 167