The Reformed Broker
APRIL 1, 2023
The prompt: The output, copy-pasted into my blog’s CMS: This is a rainbow stripe! Obviously anyone who knows how to code could have knocked this out in a second without even having to think about it. But how many people don’t know how to code? Most? We’re heading into a future in which not knowing how to do a thing is going to matter much less than ever before.
Calculated Risk
APRIL 1, 2023
At the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter this week: • Inflation Adjusted House Prices 4.6% Below Peak Price-to-rent index is 7.9% below recent peak • Year-over-year Rent Growth Continues to Decelerate • Case-Shiller: National House Price Index "Declining Trend Continued" to 3.8% year-over-year increase in January • Freddie Mac House Price Index Declines for 8th Consecutive Month in February This is usually published 4 to 6 times a week and provides more in-depth analysis of the housing mark
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The Reformed Broker
APRIL 1, 2023
And if you haven’t subscribed yet, don’t wait. Check it out below or wherever fine podcasts are played. . The post This Week on TRB appeared first on The Reformed Broker.
Abnormal Returns
APRIL 1, 2023
EVs The Ford Mustang Mach-E is attracting new drivers to the brand. (msn.com) GM ($GM) is cutting Apple CarPlay and Android Auto out of future EVs. (theverge.com) The strange path that Shorepower, an EV charger provider, took to going public. (axios.com) Energy Japan is not taking advantage of its geothermal resources. (nytimes.com) The upside of modular nuclear: it takes up less space than wind or solar.
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The Big Picture
APRIL 1, 2023
This week, we speak with Ken Kencel, who is president and chief executive officer of Churchill Asset Management, a private credit firm with $46 billion in assets under management that was the top US private equity lender in the 2022 PitchBook league tables and was named 2022 Lender Firm of the Year by The M&A Advisor. Churchill Asset Management is an affiliate of Nuveen, the $1.1 trillion asset-management arm of TIAA.
Calculated Risk
APRIL 1, 2023
The key report scheduled for this week is the March employment report on Friday. Other key reports include the February Trade Deficit and March Auto Sales. For manufacturing, the March ISM Manufacturing survey will be released. -- Monday, April 3rd -- 10:00 AM: ISM Manufacturing Index for March. The consensus is for the ISM to be at 47.5, down from 47.7 in February. 10:00 AM: Construction Spending for February.
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A Wealth of Common Sense
APRIL 1, 2023
On today’s show, we spoke with CarDealershipGuy to discuss the car buying process and the ins and outs of the car market. On today’s show, we discuss: CarDealershipGuy on Twitter Michael’s car shopping experience Buying v leasing in today’s market Car supply chain issues The electric car market Getting a loan for a car The Carvana situation Listen here: Charts: Follow us on Facebook, Instag.
Good Financial Cents
APRIL 1, 2023
Financial bloggers often portray the traditional IRA vs. the 401(k) plan as a debate, as if one plan is better than the other. In truth, they’re very different plans, and they fill very different needs. If you can, you should plan to have both. This is especially true if your 401(k) plan is fairly restrictive. A lot of them are. They charge high fees and offer very limited investment options.
Advisor Perspectives
APRIL 1, 2023
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and JD.com Inc. have begun preparations for a trio of the year’s biggest Chinese debuts, heralding a wave of initial public offerings that promise to breathe new life into the struggling technology industry and Hong Kong’s stock market.
The Big Picture
APRIL 1, 2023
The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of coffee, grab a seat outside, and get ready for our longer-form weekend reads: • Why Not Mars? (Because it sucks). Landing on Mars with existing technology would be a destructive, wasteful stunt whose only legacy would be to ruin the greatest natural history experiment in the Solar System. It would no more open a new era of spaceflight than a Phoenician sailor crossing the Atlantic in 500 B.C. would have opened up the New World.
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.
Advisor Perspectives
APRIL 1, 2023
Wall Street’s model-portfolio boom appears to have flashed its invisible power for the second time in this week after a once-sleepy Charles Schwab Corp. bond exchange-traded fund received another monster inflow.
Advisor Perspectives
APRIL 1, 2023
Bitcoin’s surprising fast exit from its “crypto winter” has once again put the notoriously volatile digital currency atop the leader-board in the first quarter for being the best-performing asset class by a wide margin.
Advisor Perspectives
APRIL 1, 2023
In many ways, the process of filling out a bracket is like investing. It requires balancing risk and reward, while maintaining discipline.
Advisor Perspectives
APRIL 1, 2023
Remember when banks were small? Those old enough to have a bank account in the 1970s should. Back then, most people did their banking with a locally owned institution, often the First National Bank of (Your Town).
Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker
Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.
Advisor Perspectives
APRIL 1, 2023
When Microsoft Corp. launched its $1 billion Climate Innovation Fund three years ago, it was the lone tech giant pledging serious money to tackle rising temperatures. The dangers facing the planet have since become more acute, and the fund has about $400 million left.
Advisor Perspectives
APRIL 1, 2023
Worries about the health of the overall banking system have led to a drawdown in deposits, with investors yanking nearly $100 billion in deposits from U.S. banks during the week that ended March 15. What’s more, there are fears that the stresses in the banking sector could be the start of the next financial crisis.
Advisor Perspectives
APRIL 1, 2023
Gold appears to be well-positioned for a strong pump that could carry it to new all-time high prices in 2023—and beyond. As you know, I’ve been following and writing about the precious metal market for a very long time, and I see a number of unique catalysts at the moment that could contribute to higher gold prices.
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