Sun.Jan 15, 2023

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10 Sunday Reads

The Big Picture

Avert your eyes! My Sunday morning look at incompetency, corruption, and policy failures: • Not so faux: How the ‘fake’ fur industry is secretly selling you real fur : Faux fur is a staple of the fashion industry. But what’s marketed as fake might actually be all too real. ( Grid ). • How Trump’s allies stoked Brazil Congress attack : The scenes in Brasilia looked eerily similar to events at the US Capitol on 6 January two years ago – and there are deeper connections as well. ( BBC ) see

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Top clicks this week on Abnormal Returns

Abnormal Returns

Top clicks this week Nine retirement myths including 'I’m frugal and plan to live on 50% of my pre-retirement income.' (humbledollar.com) The bear market is already over. (allstarcharts.com) High yield bank savings accounts are now actually high yield. (awealthofcommonsense.com) What a personal net worth statement tells you. (morningstar.com) The BNPL bubble is set to burst.

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Effective Fed Funds Rate and Inflation

Calculated Risk

This graph shows the Effective Fed Funds Rate (blue) since 1958. The graph shows two measures of inflation using a month-over-month change annualized (using a three-month average to smooth the graph). For example, for December 2022, I used an average of December, November and October 2022, divided by the average of November, October and September 2022.

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Sunday links: reasons to trade

Abnormal Returns

Strategy The stock market typically bottoms before earnings. (tker.co) Reg D offerings for retail investors are often illiquid, low information and high fee. (wsj.com) What investment beliefs do you hold that a majority of investment pros would disagree with? (mebfaber.com) Stop thinking in terms of binary outcomes. (pragcap.com) Finance Crossover investors took it on the chin in 2022.

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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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The Long-Term Wins

A Wealth of Common Sense

Some people might think it’s bizarre that turning the page on the calendar should matter to investors. Why do investment professionals care about the end of a month, quarter or year? These periods do seem arbitrary but the changing of the calendar from one year to the next offers a good chance for market nerds like myself to update some long-term market data.

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Talk Your Book: Investing in Fallen Angels

The Irrelevant Investor

On today’s show, we are joined by Fran Rodilosso, Head of Fixed Income ETF Portfolio Management at VanEck See here for more information and FAQs on the Fallen Angel ETF On today’s show, we discuss: How the fallen angel idea came about How the risk of default calculations work What happens to a bond when it transitions from investment grade to high yield and vice versa High yield vs the S&P 500 Rising stars v.

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[cdata[ 5 Little Known Facts About Your 401k ]]

oXYGen Financial

![CDATA[ 401k plans have been a popular employer sponsored retirement vehicle since employers have moved away from traditional pension plans for their employees. However, there may be a few things you might not know about your plan: "Maxing out": It's a common misconception that maxing out your 401k means you are contributing up to what your employer is matching you.

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Give 6 Old Items New Life to Organize on a Budget

James Hendries

Introducing structure to the chaos that tends to overtake your home will save you time and stress. You have items in your home right now that are not being used; these items can be repurposed into time- and money-saving projects. This will not only help you in the home, but will also allow you to use items to their full value. There are many seemingly useless items strewn about the house that end up in the trash can on a daily basis.

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Fundamental Analysis of Uno Minda – Financials, Key Metrics & More

Trade Brains

Fundamental Analysis of Uno Minda: Minda Industries or Uno Minda has been in highlight recently for its consistent multi-bagger returns to its investors. As an auto-ancillary stock, it makes an interesting case because the auto industry has seen a downturn during the same period. In this article, we shall perform a fundamental analysis of Uno Minda (formerly Minda Industries), in a bid to know what makes this auto-component stock so different from the broad automobile and auto-ancillary industry

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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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Factor Vs Alternative Smackdown?

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

DFA kind of invented factor investing. We talk a little bit about factors here but the group used to be pretty narrow in terms of funds available targeting growth or value, the funds from Research Affiliates seem to focus on what might now be called quality. I think there have been dividend-centric funds for a good while and the field has grown in the last 15 years or so to include, low/high volatility, momentum, I would include buybacks, various options overlays and people also include size as