The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Avert your eyes! My Sunday morning look at incompetency, corruption and policy failures: • Rudy Then and Rudy Now : None of his doofus mishaps endear him to his detractors. His toxicity levels are too high. When Giuliani was revealed as a mystery contestant on Fox’s The Masked Singer, one of the judges, Ken Jeong (Knocked Up, the Hangover movies), walked off the set in disgust.

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Abnormal Returns

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Markets Five reasons why this isn't simply a bear market rally. (carsongroup.com) Credit spreads seem a tad low. (ft.com) The sentiment unwind is here. (allstarcharts.com) Funds There's nothing magic about covered call funds. (wsj.com) All the big mutual fund managers are joining the ETF movement. (investmentnews.com) It's hard to see what slows down the ETF train.

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A Wealth of Common Sense

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Here is a headline about what happens after a bull market: And here is a headline about what happens after a bear market: Both of these pieces were written by the Wall Street Journal’s Jason Zweig. The bull market piece about ARK came out a little more than a year ago not long after the fund had seen spectacular returns. The bear market piece about covered calls came out this past week after that strategy outperfo.

Marketing 113

Marketing Marketing 113

Abnormal Returns

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Top clicks this week The 90/10 rule on deciding where to live. (artofmanliness.com) Millionaires likely didn't get rich through their investments. (ofdollarsanddata.com) 10 things you let go of as you age, including 'celebrating birthdays.' (partnersinfire.com) You can't catch every bull (or bear) market. (awealthofcommonsense.com) Social media finance gurus gloss over a lot of the tough stuff.

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Speaker: Nancy Wu, Head of Sales and Customer Success at SkyStem

Join us for an enlightening webinar as we delve into the transformative realm of modern accounting practices. In today's digital age, the convergence of outsourcing and automation has revolutionized how businesses manage their financial operations. In this webinar we will explore the synergistic potential of these two strategies to streamline processes, enhance accuracy, save cost and drive strategic decision-making.

oXYGen Financial

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

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Investing Investments 105

The Irrelevant Investor

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Today’s Talk Your Book is presented by Fidelity Digital Assets: On today’s show, we are joined by Jack Neureuter, Research Analyst at Fidelity Digital Assets to discuss crypto in 2022 and what to look ahead for in 2023. On today’s show, we discuss: A sentiment check in Crypto How Bitcoin miners work 2022 headwinds for Bitcoin Value propositions of Bitcoin Transaction volume in Crypto Cyclicality within digital.

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Assets 93

Clever Girl Finance

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Women can do anything because we are truly amazing. And if you’re looking for side hustles for women that make real money, we have just the list for you! To choose the right side hustle for you to try, look for ones where you can use the skills you already have. Next, decide how much money you’d want to earn. Then, consider how much money, time, and effort you can afford to invest.

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Calculated Risk

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Weekend: • Schedule for Week of February 12, 2023 Monday: • No major economic releases scheduled. From CNBC: Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures S&P 500 futures are down 14 and DOW futures are down 90 (fair value). Oil prices were up over the last week with WTI futures at $79.01 per barrel and Brent at $85.70 per barrel. A year ago, WTI was at $93, and Brent was at $98 - so WTI oil prices are DOWN 15% year-over-year.

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Advisor Perspectives

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

This year, 2023, markets are poised for performance dispersion among equities (i.e., some stocks will do quite well and some quite poorly). That means it pays for growth and tech equity investors to be selective. We face a challenging economic outlook, from rates to a potential recession, but there are themes will shine within growth and technology.

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Economics Marketing Marketing 52

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Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

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