Sun.Sep 11, 2022

article thumbnail

Hotels: Occupancy Rate UP 3.1% Compared to Same Week in 2019

Calculated Risk

Note: This is the first week, since the onset of the pandemic, with the occupancy higher than the comparable week in 2019. From CoStar: STR: Weekly US Hotel Rates Outpace Pre-Pandemic Level by More Than 20% U.S. hotel performance dipped from the previous week but continued to improve in comparison with 2019, according to STR‘s latest data through Sept. 3.

246
246
article thumbnail

Why I Remain Bullish on the United States of America

A Wealth of Common Sense

Following the Great Financial Crisis of 2008 a number of macro doom-and-gloomers began predicting a collapse of the U.S. dollar. The Fed was “printing” trillions of dollars. Interest rates had never been that low before. It was an appealing narrative if you were someone stuck in the negative feedback loop of the biggest economic crash since the Great Depression.

Numbers 145
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Sunday Night Futures

Calculated Risk

Weekend: • Schedule for Week of September 11, 2022 Monday: • No major economic releases scheduled. From CNBC: Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures S&P 500 are up 12 and DOW futures are up 79 (fair value). Oil prices were down over the last week with WTI futures at $86.45 per barrel and Brent at $92.61 per barrel. A year ago, WTI was at $70, and Brent was at $73 - so WTI oil prices are up 23% year-over-year.

Economics 130
article thumbnail

[cdata[ Are RMD's Getting Friendlier? ]]

oXYGen Financial

![CDATA[ To wait or not to wait, that is the question. 80% of retirees wait until their RMD (Required Minimum distribution) date to begin tapping into their retirement. Is this wise? Your individual circumstances need to be examined and you also must ask why the rules keep changing. RMD requirements came out of legislation in 1974 called ERISA. This was a massive piece of legislation that.

article thumbnail

2025 Industry Index: How Top Advisors Are Scaling Smarter (and Faster) This Year

Where are top advisors focusing in 2025? AcquireUp’s 2025 Industry Index reveals it all. Based on insights from 200+ financial professionals nationwide, discover why 74% say seminars and referrals deliver the best ROI, how automation is helping advisors scale faster, and why only 8% are tapping into niche marketing (a major growth opportunity!). Whether you're refining your client acquisition strategy or scaling your practice, this report gives you the real-world data, benchmarks, and action ste

article thumbnail

How to Determine Your Client’s Risk Capacity

BlueMind

Category: Clients Risk. Determining the risk profile is essential so that you may construct a feasible financial strategy for your client’s goals. However, it should be well understood that a client’s financial profile includes their risk tolerance and their risk capacity. In this article, although we will be focusing on the latter one and why it is significant to determine your client’s risk capacity let’s first understand the difference between the two.

article thumbnail

Mornings with Maria – Europe

David Nelson

David joins Fox Business Anchor Maria Bartiromo.

Economy 52

More Trending

article thumbnail

Talking Points MWM

David Nelson

David weighs in on several stories hitting the tape including censorship, section 230 and the Fed.

Economy 52
article thumbnail

How to Minimize Taxes During Market Downturns

James Hendries

Understanding long-term capital gains taxes when you sell investments. Market downturns could be a good time to adjust your fund portfolio to minimize the tax bite. Here’s how to calculate the best ways to do that – now and in the future. Taxable accounts you hold longer than a year incur long-term capital gains taxes when you sell investments. You realize losses or gains, meaning your losses are subtracted from the gains and, if the result is positive, your gains are taxed at the preferable lon

Taxes 52
article thumbnail

Apollo Hospitals Vs Fortis Healthcare – Which Stock to Inject Into Your Portfolio?

Trade Brains

Apollo Hospitals Vs Fortis Healthcare: The Covid-19 pandemic shed light on the infrastructural capabilities of hospitals, not only in India but also in the rest of the world. A strong health care sector is not only essential for the wellness of the people but also for strong economic growth. In this article, we will have a look at two of the biggest players in the healthcare sector Apollo Hospitals Vs Fortis Healthcare.

article thumbnail

Sunday links: intertwined trends

Abnormal Returns

Strategy Time in the market trumps bad market timing. (compoundadvisors.com) Brett Steenbarger, "Overtrading is a failure of vision." (traderfeed.blogspot.com) Disney Disney ($DIS) is no hurry to get rid of ESPN. (variety.com) ESPN is a big domino in the sports betting space. (frontofficesports.com) Fund management Vanguard is gaining ground on Blackrock ($BLK) in ETFs following a very different strategy.

article thumbnail

Data Talks, CFOs Listen: Why Analytics Are Key To Better Spend Management

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.

article thumbnail

10 Sunday Reads

The Big Picture

Morning reads will be at Futureproof and on hiatus this week; We will return to our regular schedule next weekend. Avert your eyes! My Sunday morning look at incompetency, corruption and policy failures: • A Ruling Untethered to the Law : By appointing a special master to review the Mar-a-Lago documents, Judge Aileen Cannon gave Trump the special treatment he asked for—and undermined the values of her profession. ( The Atlantic ). • What’s the deal with all those weird wrong-number texts?

Startup 174