Calculated Risk

AUGUST 31, 2024

I'll be out of contact from August 20th until Sept 4th. I'll be back for the August employment report. The key report this week is the August employment report on Friday. Other key indicators include the August ISM manufacturing index, August auto sales, and Trade Deficit for July. -- Monday, September 2nd -- All US markets will be closed in observance of the Labor Day holiday. -- Tuesday, September 3rd -- 10:00 AM: ISM Manufacturing Index for August. 10:00 AM: Construction Spending for July.

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The Big Picture

AUGUST 31, 2024

The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of coffee, grab a seat outside, and get ready for our longer-form weekend reads: • How To Make Millions As a Professional Whistleblower : A little-known provision in US law permits anyone to blow the whistle on financial fraud — and potentially take home a percentage of the funds collected. One undercover sleuth has made a wild career out of it. ( GQ ) • Why Aging Comes in Dramatic Waves in Our 40s and 60s : A new study suggests that waves of aging-relat

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Advisor Perspectives

AUGUST 31, 2024

Copper has been trending lower since the middle of May, but supply disruptions in Latin America could help reverse that trend.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

AUGUST 31, 2024

One of my many quirks (we all have them) is a never ending fascination with investment portfolios that either are or are thought to be sophisticated like the Permanent Portfolio, various endowment portfolios and so on. The Trinity Portfolio by Meb Faber and Cambria Investments is another example. I've written about it a few times. The results haven't been great but the idea of trying to figure out how to allocate so much to trend is intriguing even if I'm never going to go as heavy as Meb believ

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Trade Brains

AUGUST 31, 2024

Gala Precision Engineering Company is coming up with its IPO fresh issue of Rs. 135.34 crores and offer for sale worth Rs. 32.59 crores totaling Rs. 167.93 crores, which will open on 2 nd September 2024. The issue will close on 4 th September 2024 and be listed on the exchange on 9 th September 2024. In this article, we will look at the Gala Precision Engineering IPO Review and analyze its strengths and weaknesses.

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Advisor Perspectives

AUGUST 31, 2024

The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of underlying US inflation rose at a mild pace and household spending picked up in July, reinforcing policymakers’ plan to start cutting interest rates next month.

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Advisor Perspectives

AUGUST 31, 2024

Investors pursuing widely followed 60/40 strategies should consider swapping out bonds for commodities, according to strategists at Bank of America Corp.

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Advisor Perspectives

AUGUST 31, 2024

Establishing the optimal workplace retirement plan follows a pecking order, which starts by prioritizing plan design over investments. Our Mike Dullaghan discusses the process.

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Advisor Perspectives

AUGUST 31, 2024

Has the tide turned decisively against King Dollar? A fall of around 5% in the greenback versus major currencies in the past two months, pushing the dollar index to a 13-month low, suggests its post-pandemic surge has meaningfully faltered.

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Advisor Perspectives

AUGUST 31, 2024

This can’t keep happening. With trust in government already ebbing , there’s yet one more reason to question the integrity of the office that distributes key data about jobs and prices. The problems at the Bureau of Labor Statistics need to be addressed quickly for the good of financial markets, the economy and public confidence in the state.

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Advisor Perspectives

AUGUST 31, 2024

As tax season draws nearer, advisors and investors increasingly look to their portfolio to optimize exposures for taxation purposes.

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Advisor Perspectives

AUGUST 31, 2024

The US economic data released in early August not only triggered a brief, but dramatic episode of financial-market volatility. It also fueled an abnormal degree of instability in forecasts by leading Wall Street economists, suggesting that they, like the Federal Reserve, may have lost their strategic bearings.

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