Calculated Risk
MAY 11, 2025
The first graph shows the unemployment rate by four levels of education (all groups are 25 years and older) through April 2025. Note: This is an update to a post from several years ago. Unfortunately, this data only goes back to 1992 and includes only three recessions (the stock / tech bust in 2001, and the housing bust/financial crisis, and the 2020 pandemic).
Wealth Management
MAY 11, 2025
The CFP Board has ramped up its exam prep offering to those pursuing the designation with AI that adjusts to a test takers knowledge level and areas of need.
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Abnormal Returns
MAY 11, 2025
Also on the site How to contribute to the Jonathan Clements Getting Going on Savings Initiative. (abnormalreturns.com) The gold dilemma isn't going anywhere. (abnormalreturns.com) Top clicks this week You are NOT Warren Buffett. How to be a better you. (ritholtz.com) Why municipal bonds are underperforming in 2025. (morningstar.com) What you are saying when you bet on individual stocks.
Calculated Risk
MAY 11, 2025
Weekend: Schedule for Week of May 4, 2025 Monday: At 2:00 PM ET, Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices for April. From CNBC: Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures S&P 500 are up 73 and DOW futures are up 449 (fair value). Oil prices were up over the last week with WTI futures at $61.39 per barrel and Brent at $64.21 per barrel.
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Abnormal Returns
MAY 11, 2025
Markets The impact of macro events can take longer than you think. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com) Why gold has a unique reputation among investors. (humbledollar.com) 2025 is not that unusual stock-market wise. (awealthofcommonsense.com) Berkshire Hathaway How Berkshire Hathaway ($BRK.A) came to own a big chunk of Apple ($AAPL). (readtrung.com) Berkshire Hathaway ($BRK.A) is living with the downside of success.
A Wealth of Common Sense
MAY 11, 2025
It’s been a wild ride in the stock market this year: The S&P 500 was up around 5% on the year through mid-February. It was more or less straight down from there. By the end of the first week in April the market was down more than 15%, good enough for a drawdown of 18.9% from peak to trough. Now stocks are up nearly 14% from the lows and down less than 4% on the year.
The Big Picture
MAY 11, 2025
Avert your eyes! My Sunday morning look at incompetency, corruption and policy failures: MAGA and the American Pope : Seven things to know about Pope Leo XIV. ( The Bulwark ) A Kansas City Neighborhood Is a Sea of Vacant Lots. Locals Blame One Company. For over 50 years, residents of north Valentine have fought to save homes from the wrecking ball, as Kansas City Life Insurance continues to tear down properties without a concrete plan to redevelop the neighborhood. ( Wall Street Journal ) Glo
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