The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Source: The Measure of a Plan The post U.S. Stock Market Returns Over Rolling 1/5/10/20 Year Periods appeared first on The Big Picture.

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The Reformed Broker

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

“When I see a bubble forming I rush in to buy, adding fuel to the fire. That is not irrational.” – George Soros, 2009 I’ve spent 25 years watching, trading and investing in the stock market. The repetition of patterns is amazing. In every generation we see new bubbles, which form when a new innovation comes along and everyone gets excited about the future.

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The Chicago Financial Planner

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Contrary to what some politicians might say, your Social Security benefits are not an entitlement. You’ve paid Social Security taxes over the course of your working life and you’ve earned these benefits. Many retirees and others collecting Social Security wonder about the tax treatment of their benefit. The answer to the question in the title is that your Social Security benefits may be subject to taxes.

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Abnormal Returns

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Podcasts Christine Benz and Jeff Ptak talk with Derek Tharp about retirement-spending strategies, sequence risk, and portfolio construction. (morningstar.com) Daniel Crosby talks with Rachel J. Robasciotti is the Founder and CEO of Adasina Social Capital. (standarddeviationspod.com) Michael Kitces talks with Danqin Fang who is a Lead Advisor for Austin Asset, an independent RIA.

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Speaker: Nancy Wu, Head of Sales and Customer Success at SkyStem

Business operations are getting increasingly complex, shareholders are demanding more, and your auditors are breathing down your neck like never before. In this high-pressure environment, it’s important to remember that reconciliation activity is your last line of defense against financial fraud and errors. Insisting on a manual process to handle month-end reconciliations is a risky endeavor that places an undue burden on your accounting team.

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Mr. Money Mustache

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Well, looks like it has happened again. Since the last time we spoke, I got sucked into building my 17th(?) kitchen, and I have finally emerged from its messy yet addictive grasp as I stand here at the new breakfast bar, typing this report to you. Why am I so hooked on this strange pastime? And more importantly, why am I so excited to tell you about it, when most MMM readers probably don’t have house building at the top of their list of life priorities?

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Physics has been seeking a grand “ Unified Field Theory ” that can explain everything in the universe. I sometimes wonder if we cannot find a similar overarching theory about all bad decision-making. The closest I have found as that single point of failure is the Dunning Kruger effect. Recall last week , we were discussing thinking about the impact of retiring Baby Boomers on the equity markets and of rising rates on housing.

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The Reformed Broker

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Now listen up and listen good. Last May 4th, Fed Chairman Jay Powell told a press conference that “A 75 basis point increase is not something that the committee is actively considering.” Five weeks later, the Fed hiked rates by 75 basis points. Then he did another 75 basis points, then another 75 basis points, then another 75 basis points.

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Calculated Risk

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Realtor.com has monthly and weekly data on the existing home market. Here is their weekly report released today from Chief Economist Danielle Hale: Weekly Housing Trends View — Data Week Ending Feb 11, 2023 • Active inventory growth continued to climb with for-sale homes up 70% above one year ago. Inventories of for-sale homes rose again, on par with the yearly gains we saw last week.

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Abnormal Returns

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Books Insights from "Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time" by Sheila Liming. (slate.com) An excerpt from "The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration" by Jake Bittle. (theatlantic.com) A Q&A with Dacher Keltner author of "Awe: The New Science of Every Day Wonder and How it Can Transform Your Life. " (behavioralscientist.org) An excerpt from "On Writing and Failure: Or, on the Peculiar Perseverance Required to Endure the Life of a Writer" by Stephen Marche

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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.

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Alpha Architect

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In this article, the authors examine the research on the benefits of international diversification. Some argue that because equity markets generally crash simultaneously, there are no benefits to having equity diversification. The evidence from this paper rejects this hypothesis. Does International Diversification Work? was originally published at Alpha Architect.

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A Wealth of Common Sense

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

As a staunch proponent of thinking and acting for the long-term as an investor, the following chart from Ben Laidler at eToro cuts deep: The average holding period for an individual stock in the U.S. is now just 10 months, down from 5 years back in the 1970s. The average mutual fund holding period is longer at two-and-a-half years but that still feels way too low for my taste.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Do you want to continue working from home? Is it past time to return to the office? How much collaboration can you do remotely? How much screen time are you wasting in the office? This has become a contentious debate between senior management at large companies and their staffers; it is especially true for younger employees. As always, there are much broader factors driving this issue than what appears on the surface.

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The Reformed Broker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Act I Our hero Josh Brown spends a decade working at a succession of third-tier brokerage firms on Long Island and in New York City. He’s in his early twenties and knows less than nothing about stocks, bonds, mutual funds, investing, the economy, financial advice or anything else germane to the profession. He works for thieves, hustlers, well-meaning know-nothings and the morally compromised, men who will say and se.

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Speaker: Wayne Spivak, President and CFO of SBA * Consulting Ltd., Industry Writer, Public Speaker

If you’re lost in the world of spend management needs and your GAP analysis is lacking perspective on the future state of your business performance, listen up! With the advancement of technology, the implementation of spend management best practices and concrete GAP analyses is more streamlined and accessible than ever before. And while this may sound like great news for you and your clients, it won’t be worthwhile unless you have the latest techniques to back up your ambitions!

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Calculated Risk

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The FDIC released the Quarterly Banking Profile for Q4 2022: Reports from 4,706 commercial banks and savings institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) reflect aggregate net income of $68.4 billion in fourth quarter 2022, a decrease of $3.3 billion (4.6 percent) from the third quarter. Lower noninterest income and higher provision expenses offset an increase in net interest income.

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Wealth Management

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Demand for long term care is growing and advisors can differentiate themselves and deepen client relationships through modern approaches to long term care planning.

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Clever Girl Finance

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

When we think of someone being rich vs wealthy, we might think it’s the same thing but it’s not. For some reason, the words rich and wealthy are often incorrectly used to describe the same thing. The two words might seem like synonyms, but they are completely different. It’s hard to spot the difference, but being rich and being wealthy are not equal.

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A Wealth of Common Sense

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

I started A Wealth of Common Sense 10 years ago. Before ever hitting the publish button on my first piece, I created a list of topics and blog posts to write about. Based on that list I thought this blog might last 6 months max. I certainly didn’t think I would still be writing on a regular basis a decade later. And never in my wildest dreams did I think starting a blog would completely change my career trajectory a.

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Speaker: Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, The Money Coach®

Niche markets represent a huge opportunity for the financial services industry in America. From college students and women to communities of color and low-to-moderate-income households, niche populations have specialized financial needs – but they often underutilize many valuable financial products and services. How can you better connect with these consumers?

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Very useful dashboard via the St. Louis Fed, which maintains the fabulous FRED database. With a clean and simple interface, it puts all of the key economic indicators the FOMC tracks — Real GDP Growth, Unemployment Rate, PCE Inflation, Core PCE Inflation, and the Federal Funds Rate — in one convenient location. The Macro Snapshot also dives deeper into three core aspects of the economy: 1.

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The Reformed Broker

FEBRUARY 4, 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.

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Calculated Risk

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

From CoStar: STR: US Hotel Rates Maintain Strength in First Full Week of February U.S. hotel performance increased from the previous week, according to STR‘s latest data through Feb. 11. Feb. 5-11, 2023 (percentage change from comparable week in 2019*): • Occupancy: 57.8% (-8.7%) • Average daily rate (ADR): $150.97 (+13.4%) • Revenue per available room (RevPAR): $87.21 (+3.6%) *Due to the pandemic impact, STR is measuring recovery against comparable time periods from 2019.

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Wealth Management

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

As investment in life sciences real estate slows a bit, CBRE provides a deep dive into which cities are seeing the most interest from tenants right now, and how those statistics compare to the current market vacancy and amount of pre-leased space under construction.

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Speaker: Rita Keller - President of Keller Advisors, LLC

You've worked diligently and have built a glowing reputation grounded in your excellent skills in tax, accounting, and auditing. You're known as the “go-to” person when a client is faced with tax and financial decisions. You have a very successful firm -- but that’s not enough. Profession leaders are urging you to diversify your financial skills and distance yourself from compliance work.

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The Irrelevant Investor

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Today’s show is brought to you by Nasdaq: We are joined by Phil Mackintosh, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President at Nasdaq, live from the Exchange ETF Conference in Miami! On today’s show, we discuss: If the Fed cuts rates this year or not, and what that means for the market Will there be a recession this year? What’s surprised Phil about the economy in the last 24 months How the labor market is this stro.

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A Wealth of Common Sense

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

One of my favorite things about financial media is the profiles of individual investors in the Wall Street Journal. I don’t know how they do it but somehow the Journal gets regular people to spill their guts about thoughts on the markets or how they’re positioning their portfolios. This week’s piece on the rise and fall of amateur investors didn’t disappoint.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Over the weekend, a NATO general was asked by a bright-eyed reporter whether or not the various flying objects that were being shot down might be aliens visiting from elsewhere in the galaxy. His throwaway response of “ We don’t rule anything out ” was sufficiently ambiguous to set the conspiracy theorists atwitter. “Of course, they dropped this during the Superbowl, when no one’s paying attention,” was the LOL tweet.

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The Reformed Broker

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Gavin Spitzner loved the wealth management industry and the industry loved him back. Gavin was the founder of Wealth Consulting Partners and he was one of the most well known and beloved voices in the business. He passed away on Monday according to his family after struggling with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) which he was diagnosed with in September.

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