Wed.Sep 28, 2022

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Tuesday links: accepting the risk of underperformance

Abnormal Returns

Rates Yields on cash equivalents are rising rapidly. (wealthmanagement.com) Rapidly rising real interest rates provide competition for stocks. (capitalspectator.com) Expected returns on bonds are finally attractive. (awealthofcommonsense.com) Markets Lumber prices are back down to pre-pandemic levels. (wsj.com) Don't fight the last war: this isn't 2008.

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10 Tuesday AM Reads

The Big Picture

My Two-for-Tuesday morning train reads: • How the Worst Market Timer in History Built a Fortune : Over 60 years, he only added new investments at bull market tops: $10,000 each of 13 market tops, from February 1966 to February 2020. ( Compound ) see also What if You Only Invested at Market Peaks? Meet Bob. Bob is the world’s worst market timer. What follows is Bob’s tale of terrible timing of his stock purchases. ( A Wealth of Common Sense ). • Hedge Funds Piled On Bullish Pound Bets Just Before

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Josh Gets His Face Ripped

The Reformed Broker

Join Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick for another round of What Are Your Thoughts? On this week’s episode, Josh and Michael discuss the biggest topics in investing and finance, including: ?Reverse Face Ripper – I broke one of my cardinal rules as a market commentator. ?RIP BTD – It is the worst year for buying the stock-market dip since the 1930s. ?

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#FA Success Ep 300: The Evolution Of The Advice Business At Scale And The True Power Of Brand, With Joe Duran

Nerd's Eye View

Welcome back to the 300th episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! My guest on today's podcast is Joe Duran. Joe is a Partner and Head of Goldman Sachs Personal Financial Management, a national wealth management firm within Goldman Sachs which oversees more than $100 billion in assets under advisement for tens of thousands of client households.

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Register Now: Sneak Peek Into Close Automation SkyStem Web Demo

Technology is rapidly changing the way accountants perform and manage month-end activities. Spreadsheets, email, and shared drives no longer have to slow us down. Join us as we present a "sneak peek" recorded demo of SkyStem's month-end close solution – ART. In under four weeks, your team can start reaping the benefits of month-end close automation by vastly reducing spreadsheets, cut down on reconciliation work, speed up the month-end close, and better manage your remote team.

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Clips From Today’s Halftime Report

The Reformed Broker

Final Trades: Deere, Johnson & Johnson, UnitedHealth & more from CNBC. The post Clips From Today’s Halftime Report appeared first on The Reformed Broker.

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Insights into Navigating the Current CRE Investment Climate

Wealth Management

Our third quarter virtual forum examined trends in multifamily, grocery-anchored retail and BTRs amid broader discussions about how CRE is dealing with rising interest rates and persistent inflation.

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This is Not 2008

The Irrelevant Investor

Few things are more dangerous to investors than getting a big thing right. Once you’ve tasted the sweet nectars of massive returns, average just won’t move your internal needle. Instead of trying to get on base, you go for the grand slam walk-off home run. Such is the story of many famous investors who got rich and famous at one specific moment in time.

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10 Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today (Sept. 28, 2022)

Wealth Management

U.S. home prices cooled at the fastest rate in history in July, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index. Car dealership sites now offer attractive opportunities for infill development, reports The New York Times. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.

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Washout

The Irrelevant Investor

The six tech giants have lost a combined $4 trillion in market cap since their respective peaks. The entire S&P 500 was ~$12 trillion just a decade ago. If the leaders are falling, you know the rest of the bunch already got washed out. Indeed, only 8% of the Nasdaq-100 is above the 200-day moving average. Using extremes in a bear market as a contrarian buy indicator is unreliable in the short term.

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2024 Lending Outlook: Innovations and Evolutions in the Financial Sector

As we step into 2024, the lending landscape evolves rapidly with technology, regulations, and market dynamics driving change. For banks and financial institutions to stay competitive and meet the evolving needs of their customers, these drivers must be understood and engaged with. Lenders can anticipate significant transformation fueled by technological advancements, regulatory shifts, and changing consumer behaviors.

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Advisors Play a Key Role In Employees' Financial Wellness

Wealth Management

A new Bank of America survey offers data on workplace benefits and their impact on employee satisfaction and retention.

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The Best Investors Share These Traits

Mullooly Asset Management

The best investors throughout history have all shared some common traits. You won’t be able to implement the exact strategies as Buffett or Graham. But what you can do is implement their behaviors and beliefs into your own personal investing strategy. There is a difference between traders and investors. Successful traders can get one trade […].

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To Reclaim the Industry’s Tarnished Media Image: Focus on Individuals

Wealth Management

Let’s take back the narrative by talking about the passionate people who help clients achieve their financial and life goals every day.

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On the Path to Excellence and Financial Empowerment With Brian Haney

NAIFA Advisor Today

Brian Haney is the Founder and CEO of The Haney Company, an insurance agency with a mission committed to providing high-quality financial services to its clients. Brian and his father, Allen, combined their independent practices into a full-service multi-line business that offers personalized financial advice and guidance. Brian is also NAIFA’s 2018 Diversity Champion, an author, an association expert, and a financial advisor.

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Banking on Loyalty: Holistic Financial Advice for Unparalleled Business Growth

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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SEC Fines Firms $1.1B For WhatsApp, Texting Record-keeping Failures

Wealth Management

The involved firms include some of the biggest names in the financial services and wealth management space, including BofA, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and UBS.

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Expected Returns For Bonds Are Finally Attractive

A Wealth of Common Sense

In the midst of the pandemic-induced market panic in March of 2020, I wrote a piece that explained why I was more worried about the bond market than the stock market. These were the yields on U.S. government bonds at the time: This was a waterfall all the way down moment across the entire maturity spectrum. It may have seemed bizarre to worry about the bond market when these were the trailing returns over the previous 12.

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How Can I Protect My Cash When Inflation Is High?

Wealthfront

It’s no secret that inflation, or an increase in the price of goods and services, has been unusually high for much of 2022. While it’s always important to get the most out of your savings, it’s especially important to do so when inflation is high and your cash is at a much greater risk of […]. The post How Can I Protect My Cash When Inflation Is High?

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Concurrent Departs Raymond James to Form Multi-Custodial Hybrid Platform

Wealth Management

The OSJ is leaving the Raymond James platform to form a hybrid RIA with greater flexibility and access to more resources, Concurrent says.

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Transforming Lending: Understanding the Power of Digital Platforms

Digital platforms can provide you with plenty of solutions, yet many are still intimidated by them. It's time to end that worry and embrace what could make a major difference for your bank. Understanding how they work and how to best utilize them for your banks is key toward success. In this article, Biz2X breaks down all things digital platforms, including the many advantages of embracing them.

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Managing cash flow for a not-for-profit

Accounting for Good

The post Managing cash flow for a not-for-profit first appeared on ACCOUNTING FOR GOOD.

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Florida Firms Brace for Hurricane Ian

Wealth Management

Some firms have closed their offices and evacuated their employees, while others are hunkering down in hopes that the storm will pass.

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Case-Shiller: National House Price Index "Continued its Deceleration" to 15.8% year-over-year increase in July

Calculated Risk

S&P/Case-Shiller released the monthly Home Price Indices for July ("July" is a 3-month average of May, June and July 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 S&P: S&P Corelogic Case-Shiller Index Continued its Deceleration in July The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S.

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Wyden Widens Investigation of PPLI

Wealth Management

His letters express concerns that such arrangements often are used as tax evasion vehicles by the uber wealthy.

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Quick Start Guide to a Crystal Clear Close

Did you know automating your month-end close can save up to 40% of the time typically spent on manual reconciliations? CFOs and controllers are leveraging SkyStem's workflow management and reconciliation tool to eliminate costly mistakes, ditch manual reconciliations and close faster. Want to know how they do it? Download our Quick Start Guide to a Crystal Clear Close!

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8 Barriers To Self Care That Could Impact Your Finances

Clever Girl Finance

We all know the importance of self care. But did you know that there are barriers to self care that affect your wellbeing and finances as well as your mental and physical health too? Being aware of the common barriers to self care that impact your finances can help you live a better and more financially stable life. In this article, we reveal simple ways that you can build financial self care into your wellbeing routine !

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Lowly T-Bills Are Suddenly Sexy. Yes, Treasury Bills!

Wealth Management

The interest rate on the one-year Treasury bill is an eye-popping 4.1%, up from.07% last year.

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How To Create A Bare Bones Budget

Clever Girl Finance

There are many different ways to come up with your perfect budgeting strategy. Alongside your monthly budget, you should also have a bare bones budget waiting in the wings. Even if you don't need to cut expenses to the bone right now, it's a good idea to know how to create a a minimal expense budget and have it at the ready, so you are prepared in case of a financial emergency.

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Even Tech Execs Ask, ‘What Is Direct Indexing?’ 

Wealth Management

The latest buzzword in wealth management has advisors scratching their heads.

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The Blueprint for a Customer-Centric Digital Lending Experience

Creating a winning digital lending experience requires plenty of focus on the needs of customers and more. Biz2X Chief Product Officer Aaron Traub covers everything from how to create such an experience, areas to hone in on, pitfalls to avoid, and plenty more in this insightful article. Discover how to utilize new technology without alienating existing customers, what to emphasize when working on your platform, and how to utilize the data at your disposal while not becoming overly reliant on it.

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Back to the Investment Basics

Yardley Wealth Management

The post Back to the Investment Basics appeared first on Yardley Wealth Management, LLC. Back to the Investment Basics Part 2: First Save, Then Invest In our last piece, we wrote about how recency bias can damage your investments by causing current crises to loom large, while rewriting your memories of past challenges. Recency tricks us into overpaying during heady times, and bailing at bargain rates, when our confidence fades.

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Work-From-Home ETFs Are Fading Away as Employees Head Back to Office

Wealth Management

The Direxion Work From Home exchange-traded fund (ticker WFH), the largest with $37 million in assets, has plunged 44% over the past year and hasn’t seen an inflow since November 2021.

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9 Key Benefits of Using WordPress (Why It’s Your Best Option)

Steven J. Wilson

If you’re serious about your business, you should be thinking about putting up a website now. Having a website is a crucial tool for your digital marketing that can significantly help improve your branding and lead generation. And when it comes to building a website, WordPress is your best choice. You’ve probably heard about it, but today, Read more.