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10 Weekend Reads

The Big Picture

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. New York Times ) • From Dylan to Bieber, catalogue sales are the megadeals taking over music : Some call it song management, others royalty acquisition.

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10 Tuesday AM Reads

The Big Picture

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. economy is doing well, why do so many Americans say it’s terrible? Sapient Capital ) • If the U.S.

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14 Best Recession-Proof Businesses Ideas You Can Try!

Clever Girl Finance

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. Here are 14 good businesses to start in a bad economy: 1. What does a recession mean? Baby products.

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These Are the Goods

The Irrelevant Investor

By Nick Maggiulli The fact that high beta firms tend to have lower quality and higher financial leverage is perhaps one good reason why the outperformance in bull markets is more than erased during bear markets By David Varadi Real math is painfully precise. Investment finance math is sales math.

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Weekly Market Insights – January 8, 2024

Cornerstone Financial Advisory

Jobs and services sector news painted a better picture of the economy on Thursday, but as the 10-year Treasury hit 4%, stock prices responded negatively. It should not be considered a solicitation for the purchase or sale of the securities. Math errors: Simple addition and subtraction mistakes can delay your return.

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Fight the Fed – A Raw 2024 Investment Reality Check

David Nelson

Do the math S&P 500 Top Performers Bloomberg Data 25% of the S&P 500 is up more than the index this year. As we closed out 2022 a lot of this year’s winners were for sale. There are always exceptions and of course some did outperform. That’s more than 125 companies with better than 20% returns. Remember last year.

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Emotional swings continue as the FOMC meeting looms

Nationwide Financial

The curve, however, continues to project cuts to the rate beginning next May, which seems optimistic given the tone of Fed officials and the math around getting inflation back close to their 2% target. The Fed Futures curve embeds an 88% chance of a 0.75% hike later this month, with a peak in the Fed Funds rate at roughly 4% (currently 2.5%).

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