The Big Picture

OCTOBER 9, 2022

It was one of those minor stories that seemed to have taken on a life of its own: The New York Times 1 reported last week about an adjunct Organic Chemistry professor at NYU who was fired after students complained his tests were too hard. I would have missed it, but for J.V Last discussing it at The Bulwark. 2. Both discussions touched on what a gut course org chem is; how many aspiring doctors see their career hopes dashed by the class.

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Calculated Risk

OCTOBER 9, 2022

On Friday, Fortune’s Lance Lambert and I discussed the US housing market. Click here for audio One of the key topics was household formation. Here is an excellent summary article by Katie McKellar at desert.com: The most ‘underreported’ factor influencing housing market, according to Calculated Risk Bill McBride, author of the economics blog Calculated Risk, said there’s a key reason why both rent and home price growth is slowing amid the U.S. housing correction playing out today.

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Abnormal Returns

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Top clicks this week Three reasons why international stocks have been such a big disappointment. (morningstar.com) Why selling after a 25% decline has historically been a bad idea. (theirrelevantinvestor.com) For those people investing regularly, your money is going to do more work for you. (theirrelevantinvestor.com) Every bear market is different.

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Calculated Risk

OCTOBER 9, 2022

From Manheim Consulting on Friday: Wholesale Used-Vehicle Prices See Large Decline Again in September Wholesale used-vehicle prices (on a mix, mileage, and seasonally adjusted basis) decreased 3.0% in September from August. The Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index declined to 204.5 and is now down 0.1% from a year ago. The non-adjusted price change in September was a decline of 2.1% compared to August, moving the unadjusted average price down 2.3% year over year. emphasis added Click on graph for la

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A Wealth of Common Sense

OCTOBER 9, 2022

We humans have an insatiable desire to predict the future. This desire gets even worse during bad times. I have opinions just like everyone else but I truly don’t know how the current economic mess is going to shake out. I do have some questions though: How long will good news be bad news for stocks? Most days in the stock market are random in terms of why it’s higher or lower.

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Calculated Risk

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Weekend: • Schedule for Week of October 9, 2022 Monday: • Columbus Day Holiday : Banks will be closed in observance of Columbus Day. The stock market will be open. No economic releases are scheduled. • At 1:35 PM ET, Speech, Fed Vice Chair Lael Brainard , Restoring Price Stability in an Uncertain Economic Environment , At the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) Annual Meeting, Chicago, Ill.

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oXYGen Financial

OCTOBER 9, 2022

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Integrity Financial Planning

OCTOBER 9, 2022

You may think that as a high-net-worth individual, or even a millionaire next door, you may have an easy road ahead in maintaining your wealth. But a greater amount of wealth to protect introduces unique challenges that are specific to the size of what they have to protect. Although many investing and wealth-preservation principles apply to anyone – such as developing a tax plan, assessing a portfolio’s risk exposure, and more – there are key risks to be aware of when you have more money and mor

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The Irrelevant Investor

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Articles It seems that these days, someone, somewhere is on the end of a major margin call. (By Marc Rubinstein) Too much economic liberation (By Josh Brown) The U.S. dollar is the first domino. (By Kyla Scanlon) Buying stocks when they’re down big like this tends to offer positive outcomes (By Ben Carlson) I’m all in on income-producing assets and the memories they will help me create (By Nick Maggiulli) It’s neve.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Adam Butler Tweeted the following The green line is essentially the 75/50 idea we first looked at years ago, before the Financial Crisis believe it or not. The idea is attributed to John Serrepere who I knew when I worked on the Schwab Institutional Equity desk in the mid-90's and John was a customer of the desk. He popped up ten or so years later writing occasionally at the old Index Universe website which later became ETF.com. 75/50 targets 75% of the upside and 50% of the downside.

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Speaker: Claire Grosjean, Global Finance & Operations Executive

Finance teams are drowning in data—but is it actually helping them spend smarter? Without the right approach, excess spending, inefficiencies, and missed opportunities continue to drain profitability. While analytics offers powerful insights, financial intelligence requires more than just numbers—it takes the right blend of automation, strategy, and human expertise.

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The Irrelevant Investor

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Today’s Talk Your Book is presented by CION Investments: On today’s show, we spoke with Michael Reisner, Co-CEO of CION Investments to discuss investing in private credit in today’s market environment. On today’s show we discuss: CION investment strategy The fund structure that allows CION to be publically traded Why CIONs yield is so high, and what the discount to NAV means Who invests in CION What.

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Trade Brains

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Tracxn Technologies IPO Review: Tracxn Technologies Limited Ltd is coming up with its Initial Public Offering. The IPO will open for subscription on October 10th, 2022, and close on October 12th, 2022. It is looking to raise Rs. 309.38 Crores. In this article, we will look at the Tracxn Technologies IPO Review 2022 and analyze its strengths and weaknesses.

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Abnormal Returns

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Markets Sam Ro, "None of Wall Street’s most prominent stock market strategists saw this year’s sell-off coming." (tker.co) Bull and bear markets don't always line up with earnings. (awealthofcommonsense.com) Investing means living with drawdowns. (compoundadvisors.com) Strategy Why it's so hard to quit a stock that isn't working. (wsj.com) Tesla ($TSLA) is an example why it's so hard to pick stocks.

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Avert your eyes! My Sunday morning look at incompetency, corruption and policy failures: • Millions in Cryptocurrency Vanished as Agents Watched Helplessly : Feds locked up a storage device full of ill-gotten tokens. Then someone started stealing the loot. ( Bloomberg ). • What happened while Ron DeSantis was fighting the culture wars : Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) has had a busy year.

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Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.

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