Clever Girl Finance

APRIL 22, 2025

Recessions can bring layoffs, reduced hours, and shrinking markets. But while the economy slows, certain businesses remain steady, and some even thrive. Lets dive into 15 of the best recession-proof business ideas you can start today, even in a bad economy. Thats where recession-resistant businesses come in.

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The Big Picture

MAY 1, 2023

The Federal Reserve is struggling to cool inflation further without damaging the economy. Barron’s ) • The Bear Market’s Survivors Share Their Biggest Lessons : With the S&P 500 in the longest bear market since 1973, individual investors maneuver differently from just months ago. The Risk of a Misstep Is Growing.

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A Wealth of Common Sense

JUNE 20, 2023

You need to understand how math, statistics and probabilities work. You need to understand corporations and the global economy generally function over the long haul. You also need a deep understanding of financial market history from booms to.

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The Big Picture

JULY 24, 2024

Morgan Housel Finance types tend to focus on attributes like intelligence, math skills and computer programming. You can know everything about math and data and markets, but if you don’t control your sense of greed and fear and you’re managing uncertainty in your behavior, none of it matters. None of it matters.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 24, 2023

You need to understand how math, statistics and probabilities work. You need to understand how corporations and the global economy generally function over the long haul. You also need a deep understanding of financial market history from booms to busts.

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Mr. Money Mustache

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

As one reader recently asked me in an email: The market seems to be in a huge bubble right now due to all sorts of hype around Artificial Intelligence. To answer this question, lets take a closer look at our current somewhat unprecedented financial world and stock market. Now back to the stock market. Its just basic math.

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Abnormal Returns

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Markets T-bill yields are approaching 4%. barrons.com) Bond math looks a lot different from a year ago, let alone six months. morningstar.com) Don't be fooled but short term results, beating the market is really difficult. nytimes.com) Economy Bill McBride, "Housing is the main transmission mechanism for Fed policy."

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Vox ) see also If You Have to Have a Recession, Make It a Rolling One Mild slumps that ripple through the economy can slow inflation without putting too many people out of work. Businessweek ) • The Super Bowl’s Most Reliable Stock Market Indicator? Businessweek ) • The Super Bowl’s Most Reliable Stock Market Indicator?

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Abnormal Returns

MARCH 5, 2023

Markets Defensive sectors have underperformed this year. noahpinion.substack.com) Some math behind putting Social Security back on solid footing. armoxon.substack.com) Economy Given everything, why aren't home prices lower? theirrelevantinvestor.com) It's no wonder U.S. investors have shunned international stocks.

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

JANUARY 8, 2024

Weekly Market Insights : New Years Blues Stocks retreated in the first trading week of 2024, struggling a bit after a celebratory end to last year as investors second-guessed Fed signals and fretted over lingering inflation concerns. The return and principal value of investments will fluctuate as market conditions change.

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Discipline Funds

MARCH 1, 2023

COVID created an incredible disequilibrium in the housing market where house prices surged 40%+ and rents are only just playing catch-up. But this chart is interesting because the discrepancy has a fundamental impact on the future of home prices and the economy. Now that’s a bear market in real estate.

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The Big Picture

AUGUST 29, 2023

My Two-for-Tuesday morning train WFH reads: • Stock Pickers Never Had a Chance Against Hard Math of the Market : In years like this one, when just a few big companies outperform, it’s hard to assemble a winning portfolio. Businessweek ) but see With cash earning 5%, why risk money on the stock market? Can a New One Succeed?

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

She really has an incredible background in everything from capital markets to derivatives, to wealth management. You’ve been involved with capital markets for your entire career. It’s a town of about 4,000 people, so exposure to markets or investment banking or any of the careers in finance was not something that you really envisioned.

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Discipline Funds

MARCH 6, 2024

In fact, because QE reduces interest income it might have a marginally deflationary impact on the economy, all else equal. Interest rates are different and have a much more meaningful impact on the economy by damaging banks and credit markets. Not nothing, but certainly not enough to move the needle of a $30T economy.

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David Nelson

OCTOBER 31, 2022

stock investor knows the communications sector has been under siege, significantly underperforming the rest of the market. All companies face the challenges of a slowing economy, rising inflation and a born-again Fed that is determined to bring inflation under control even if it means pushing the economy over the edge.

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Discipline Funds

MARCH 28, 2025

And it’s a principle that has been disproportionately beneficial to the USA as we’ve become the wealthiest and most innovative economy in human history over the last 50 years during the free trade era. They are anti-free market and anti-Capitalist! Anyhow, I wrote a brief cheat sheet about tariffs. CR: The govt makes $2.5T

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Clever Girl Finance

OCTOBER 4, 2022

This is because consumers become concerned about the economy or have lost their jobs and means of income. Recession-proof businesses are usually in industries that are not severely impacted by a decline in the economy. Digital Marketing. Here are 14 good businesses to start in a bad economy: 1. Healthcare. Technology.

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Harness Wealth

APRIL 30, 2025

In today’s dynamic economy, millions have embraced a diverse portfolio of income streamsfrom traditional employment to creative side hustles, equity compensation, and investment ventures. While RSUs dont represent actual ownership until they vest, the IRS treats their fair market value at the time of vesting as ordinary income.

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Mr. Money Mustache

MAY 20, 2022

In the three months or so since we last spoke, the world has become an entirely different place – at least for those of us who keep up with any sort of international, financial or stock market news. The bottom line is that the overall US stock market is down about 20% over the past three months. Data source: S&P market data.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 16, 2024

I was always good at math, but I really, I just didn’t relate to things that were more esoteric bonds options. So we really hit all the major markets and all the major geographies. And you know, in private markets the repricing always takes a lot longer than public markets. I have no family history.

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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 6, 2022

I did in 2013 the largest banking transaction that the market had seen since the financial crisis, it was a $2.4 First of all, I think the amount of investors that participate in the financial markets is much smaller than it is in the U.S. I had the chance to be part of some very interesting transactions in the banking space.

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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. That companies were gonna scale faster, that there was gonna be a lot of information flow that you could extract out of venture into the public markets and vice versa.

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The Irrelevant Investor

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

It's important that investors learn about market history and have a basic understanding of math, but beyond that, less might actually be more. In the 19 years from 1950 to 1968, the stock market took investors on a mostly serene walk down Wall Street. In only six months, the stock market lost a third of its value.

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Investing Caffeine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

T he stock market has been like a rocket ship over the last three years 2019/2020/2021, advancing +90% as measured by the S&P 500 index, and +136% for the NASDAQ. Math Matters. I did okay in school and was educated on many different topics, including the basic principle that math matters. Source: Calafia Beach Pundit.

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The Better Letter

MARCH 18, 2025

Duke math professor Jonathan Mattingly claimed the average college basketball fan has a far better chance of achieving bracket perfection than one in 9.2 NARRATOR: “Next time you are tempted to make a market prediction, you might recall that the global economy has a few more than 52 variables.” quintillion.

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Good Financial Cents

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Become a Facebook Marketer 11. Affiliate Marketing 18. If you have just about any marketable skill, there’s a good chance you can monetize it as a freelancer. You can become a tutor in almost any subject, but science and math are two of the most profitable niches. Become a Facebook Marketer Did you know?

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Clever Girl Finance

JULY 13, 2022

They help keep the economy running while improving their own lives and innovating new ways to make the world better. Or you can take another route and start your own business as a private teacher if you have the marketing chops or connections. Marketing isn't just for big corporations. trillion dollars in sales per year.

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Steve Sanduski

AUGUST 4, 2022

It’s been clear for quite some time from industry data and personal experience that net organic revenue growth of RIA firms is quite low when you, by definition, exclude market movement. Organic growth is the lifeblood of a business and without it, you are at the mercy of volatile financial markets. Crunch the Numbers.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

One, one is true and I’ve always said is that I wanted people to stop, ask if I could doing math. And no one asked me if I can do math anymore with a degree from Booth, particularly in econometrics and statistics. So people really ask you, you take French and can you do math. Two reasons. Everything associated there too.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

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. We hear a lot about Jeremy Grantham thoughts on markets, but much less on how the firm is managed, how this growth came about and the culture as a business.

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The Big Picture

JULY 19, 2022

He is the author of a new book, “Investing Amid Low Expected Returns: Making the Most When the Markets Offer the Least.” The passion came when I went to invest the country’s foreign exchange reserves there and it was very much global government bond markets. And in general, I’ve had other market timing calls.

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Clever Girl Finance

JANUARY 29, 2023

With the economy reeling from the impact of the most recent pandemic and racial injustice at the forefront of many conversations, we cannot ignore the student loan crisis and its impact on black women. The math for this adds up over years of work and can cost quite a bit of income.

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David Nelson

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Let’s stop pedaling the same old market mantras that are about as reliable as the weather. Yes, the broad macro matters and maybe affects our positioning around the edges, but in the end, it is a market of stocks with individual stories, fundamentals, and management teams. That’s been the rallying cry all year. I’ll say it once again.

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The Better Letter

MARCH 14, 2024

Duke math professor Jonathan Mattingly claimed the average college basketball fan has a far better chance of achieving bracket perfection than one in 9.2 NARRATOR: “Next time you are tempted to make a market prediction, you might recall that the global economy has a few more than 52 variables.” quintillion.

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Clever Girl Finance

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

With the gig economy being so strong right now, there's never been a better time to explore side hustles for women. You can provide bookkeeping services online or offline, and it can be the best side hustle for women who are great at math and business. You can also specialize in smaller markets.

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Clever Girl Finance

JULY 8, 2024

With the gig economy being so strong right now, there’s never been a better time to explore side hustles for women. You can provide bookkeeping services online or offline, and it can be one of the best side jobs for women who are great at math and business management. You can also specialize in smaller markets.

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Clever Girl Finance

JULY 6, 2023

They help keep the economy running while improving their own lives and innovating new ways to make the world better. Bookkeeping and accounting If you liked math in school and have a knack for numbers, you might make a great bookkeeper. Marketing isn’t just for big corporations. trillion dollars annually.

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