Nerd's Eye View

MAY 30, 2023

Welcome back to the 335th episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! My guest on today's podcast is Tim Wyman. Tim is a Managing Partner for the Center for Financial Planning, a hybrid advisory firm based in Southfield, Michigan, that oversees $1.5 billion in assets under management for 1,000 client households. What's unique about Tim, though, is how, as a second-generation partner, he helped redesign the firm’s organizational structure from siloed advisors to an ensemble practice,

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The Big Picture

MAY 30, 2023

My back-to-work morning train reads: • Why Are Markets So Calm? It’s Revenge of the Quant Funds : Firms that use computers to determine buy and sell signals have been loading up while other investors sit back. ( Wall Street Journal ) • Crypto Is Staging a Major Rebound. How It Survived a $3 Trillion Crash. Bitcoin and other tokens have rebounded while big companies and funds continue to plow capital into cryptocurrencies. ( Barron’s ) • Five Things That Could Knock Nvidia Down : Which is

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Abnormal Returns

MAY 30, 2023

Strategy How does the stock market perform after a period of sideways action? (ofdollarsanddata.com) Investment funds are a tool, not an investment philosophy. (fortunesandfrictions.com) International diversification never went out of style. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com) Covered call writing is not free money. (caia.org) Crypto Crypto, and Bitcoin, are still here.

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The Reformed Broker

MAY 30, 2023

ChargePoint upgraded to buy at Bank of America from CNBC. The post Clips From Today’s Halftime Report appeared first on The Reformed Broker.

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Speaker: Hilary Akhaabi, PhD - Founder, Chief Financial & Operations Officer at Go Africa Global

In the fast-paced world of corporate finance, staying ahead of the curve is crucial for sustainable growth and profitability. This exclusive webinar with leading expert Hilary Akhaabi, PhD, will teach you practical ways to navigate complex financial landscapes and enhance your company's revenue management capabilities. Whether you're aiming to refine your financial strategies or seeking innovative solutions to drive performance, this new session is for you!

Management

Abnormal Returns

MAY 30, 2023

Factors Joachim Klement, "The bottom line is that the academic definition of ‘growth investing’ isn’t really a proper growth investment style." (klementoninvesting.substack.com) What factors are representative of defensive equity. (advisorperspectives.com) Research Igor Tulchinsky, "Finance may not feel like the most obvious application of these [AI] tools, but we should recognize the importance of approaching early-stage technology like this in a spirit of radical openness.

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Wealth Management

MAY 30, 2023

With the sector facing headwinds, HNWI enthusiasm for commercial real estate has dampened and what type of investments they prefer has shifted, according to WMRE exclusive research.

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MarketWatch

MAY 30, 2023

Former Wells Fargo & Co. WFC executive Carrie L. Tolstedt has agreed to pay $3 million to settle charges connected with allegedly misleading investors about the success of the Community Bank, Wells Fargo’s core business, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said late Tuesday. The SEC already has settled related charges against Wells Fargo’s former Chief Executive John Stumpf.

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Wealth Management

MAY 30, 2023

Retail options traders are gambling, driven by sentiment and narratives. That often leads to future price declines on the overbought stocks, research shows.

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MainStreet Financial Planning

MAY 30, 2023

With all of the exponential advancements we are seeing in technology, it is important to proactively protect your identity, and these are a few easy ways to do that and save yourself the time and headache of trying to untangle the mess it can create! Freeze your credit Freezing your credit is a free and easy way to add a layer of protection to your identity.

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Wealth Management

MAY 30, 2023

The latest Urban Land Institute forecast looks into when investment sales might rebound. Office owners are starting to dispose of lower quality office buildings, reported The Wall Street Journal. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.

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MarketWatch

MAY 30, 2023

Shares of ad agency WPP UK:WPP rose 3% in early London trade after saying it’s making a content engine in partnership with AI chipmaker Nvidia NVDA. The companies said the engine will allow WPP to make large volumes of brand advertising content such as images or videos and experiences like 3D product configurators more tailored and immersive. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move.

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Wealth Management

MAY 30, 2023

Clients rarely have well-defined ideas about what they want their portfolios to look like. That’s why they seek out advisors in the first place.

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Advisor Perspectives

MAY 30, 2023

In March, S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index revealed seasonally adjusted home prices for the benchmark 20-city index saw a 0.5% increase month-over-month (MoM) and a 1.2% decrease year-over-year (YoY). After adjusting for inflation, the MoM was reduced to 0.0% and the YoY was reduced to -8.5%.

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Speaker: Joe Buhrmann, MBA, CFP®, CLU®, ChFC® Senior Financial Planning Practice Management Consultant eMoney Advisor

During an era of evolving consumer preferences, the banking sector is undergoing a profound shift. As customers continue to broaden their perspectives, banking professionals must support their customers' financial wellness by providing holistic financial advice that aligns with individual goals and circumstances. Without adapting, financial institutions will find that loyalty may crumble amid uncertainty.

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Wealth Management

MAY 30, 2023

The four provisions that require changes revolve around RMDs, employer contribution to pension plans, SIMPLE and SEP plans, and catch-up contribution allowances.

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Steve Sanduski

MAY 30, 2023

Guest: Kevin Kelly , Co-Founder and Senior Maverick of WIRED magazine. His new book is Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I’d Known Earlier. In a Nutshell: Back in 1969, one-hit wonders Zager and Evans reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with In the Year 2525. We use the provocative, playful, and, in some cases, quite prophetic questions raised in that song to dive into a wide-ranging conversation about technology, longevity, the future, and the meaning of life.

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Wealth Management

MAY 30, 2023

While fluctuating capital markets may have caused buyers to become more selective, the talk of slowing RIA M&A activity has been over-exaggerated, and valuations remain high for growing firms, said panelists at the RIA Edge conference last week.

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Calculated Risk

MAY 30, 2023

S&P/Case-Shiller released the monthly Home Price Indices for March ("March" is a 3-month average of January, February and March closing prices). This release includes prices for 20 individual cities, two composite indices (for 10 cities and 20 cities) and the monthly National index. From CNBC Home price declines may be over, S&P Case-Shiller says Nationally, home prices in March were 0.7% higher than March 2022 , the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices said Tuesday.

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Wealth Management

MAY 30, 2023

Clarion Partner's Rick Schaupp came on the podcast to talk about the firm's latest real estate investment fund and how it can fit into client's portfolios.

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Calculated Risk

MAY 30, 2023

Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Case-Shiller: National House Price Index Increased 0.7% year-over-year in March Excerpt: The recent increase in mortgage rates to over 7% will not impact the Case-Shiller index until reports released in the Fall. Here is a comparison of year-over-year change in median house prices from the NAR and the year-over-year change in the Case-Shiller index.

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Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)

MAY 30, 2023

By Ford Saeks In today’s digital world, your online presence is crucial to the success of your business, as prospects often research you online before they even decide to meet with you. If it has been a while since you thought about your digital marketing strategy, it may be time to update your digital footprint and step up your online presence.

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Integrity Financial Planning

MAY 30, 2023

Healthcare insurance is a crucial aspect of managing one’s health and finances. Understanding its basics can help individuals make informed decisions to help them stay healthy without running into unexpected costs. Here are some important points to keep in mind: Types of health insurance: There are different types of health insurance plans, including health maintenance organizations (HMOs), preferred provider organizations (PPOs), point of service (POS) plans, and high-deductible health pl

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Speaker: Carolina Aponte - Owner and CEO, Caja Holdings LLC

In today's rapidly changing business environment, building a resilient balance sheet is crucial to the survival of any business. A resilient balance sheet allows a company to withstand financial shocks and adapt to changing market conditions. To achieve this, companies need to focus on key strategies such as maintaining adequate liquidity, managing debt levels, diversifying revenue streams, and prioritizing profitability over growth.

Financial Planning

A Wealth of Common Sense

MAY 30, 2023

Some random market thoughts after a nice long holiday weekend: Tech stocks don’t need lower rates to go up. Tech stocks got crushed last year with the Nasdaq 100 falling more than 30%. The Fed raised interest rates from 0% to more than 4% so that didn’t help long-duration assets like growth stocks. But there was this theory many people latched onto that tech stocks were only a rates play.

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Advisor Perspectives

MAY 30, 2023

Five out of the 12 Federal Reserve Regional Districts currently publish monthly data on regional manufacturing: Dallas, Kansas City, New York, Richmond, and Philadelphia. The May average of the five districts is -17.5, down from the previous month. This is the lowest monthly average in the last three years.

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Wealth Management

MAY 30, 2023

RPA aggregators gather to discuss opportunities and challenges at the Wealth Management EDGE conference.

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The Irrelevant Investor

MAY 30, 2023

Today’s Animal Spirits is brought to you by STF Management: See here for more information on STF Management’s Tactical Strategy ETFs On today’s show, we discuss: US Stock ownership highest since 2008 Cathie Wood’s ARKK dumped Nvidia stock before $560B surge Wall Street says a recession is coming, consumers say it’s already here Why you’re losing more to Casinos on the Las Vegas Strip Histor.

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Advisor Perspectives

MAY 30, 2023

The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index ® slipped to 102.3 in May from April's upwardly revised reading of 103.7. This month's reading was better than expected, exceeding the 99.0 forecast. The latest figure is the index's lowest reading in the past six months.

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MarketWatch

MAY 30, 2023

Tesla Inc.’s stock TSLA rose 3% premarket Tuesday, as Chief Executive Elon Musk was on a visit to China, his first in about three years. Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said the visit comes at a key time for the electric vehicle maker. “We would expect Musk to spend most of his visit around the key Shanghai Gigafactory plant which remains the hearts and lungs of the Tesla production globally,” Ives wrote in a note to clients.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

MAY 30, 2023

A few months ago we mentioned the then new Return Stacked Bonds & Managed Futures ETF (RSBT). Each dollar invested into the fund provides $1 of bond exposure that closely aligns with the Aggregate Bond Index and $1 of exposure to managed futures. The leverage used is the return stack, the one fund is capitally efficient exposure to the two asset classes.

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