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Animal Spirits: The Bankrupt Barber

The Irrelevant Investor

Today's Animal Spirits is brought to you by YCharts. Mention Animal Spirits to receive 20% off (*New YCharts users only) On today’s show we discuss Ben was right about Japan's private market. The case for cash now We're making noobwhale t-shirts and donating the proceeds to this charity Beyond diapers I still don't know how they find these people If that was the top, this is the post Ben is a great saver.

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Investment Perspectives | Cool Change

Brown Advisory

Investment Perspectives | Cool Change ajackson Tue, 08/06/2019 - 08:46 "Time for a cool change; I know that it's time for a cool change." —Little River Band, 1979 Changes occur for a variety of reasons. Sometimes a major event makes it clear that an immediate course correction is needed. Other times, a series of occurrences allows a decision to evolve gradually.

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Is This the Bottom?

The Irrelevant Investor

This is a perfect analogy for investor psychology. This is how our brain works when stocks are falling and we're trying to figure out if it's the bottom. [link] The post Is This the Bottom? appeared first on The Irrelevant Investor.

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Investment Perspectives | Cool Change

Brown Advisory

Investment Perspectives | Cool Change. ajackson. Tue, 08/06/2019 - 08:46. "Time for a cool change; I know that it's time for a cool change.". —Little River Band, 1979. Changes occur for a variety of reasons. Sometimes a major event makes it clear that an immediate course correction is needed. Other times, a series of occurrences allows a decision to evolve gradually.

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How to Streamline Payment Applications & Lien Waivers Through Innovative Construction Technology

Speaker: Dylan Secrest, Founder of Alamo Innovation and Construction Digital Transformation Consultant

Construction payment workflows are notoriously complex when you consider juggling multiple stakeholders, compliance requirements, and evolving project scopes. Delays in approvals or misaligned data between budgets, lien waivers, and pay applications can grind progress to a halt. The good news? It doesn't have to be this way! Join expert Dylan Secrest to discover how leading contractors are turning payment chaos into clarity using digital workflows, integrated systems, and automation strategies.

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Yuan Redux

The Irrelevant Investor

For the second time in five years, China devalued its currency. The last time this happened was on August 24, 2015. This is a day that market participants will remember well. The Dow opened down more than one thousand points. I remember running into Josh's office saying, "health-care is gone. XLV is down 20%." In the first 15 minutes there were 1,278 trading halts for 471 different ETFs and stocks. 765 stocks in the Russell 3000 fell more than 10%.

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Superforecasting, Re-Kindled

The Irrelevant Investor

On today's Animal Spirits, Re-Kindled, Ben and I dive into one of the best books ever on decision making, Superforecasting. Listen here Items discussed An open letter to Ben Bernanke Quotes "Every day, the news media deliver forecasts without reporting, or even asking, how good the forecasters who made the forecasts really are." "Old forecasts are like old news- soon forgotten- and pundits are almost never asked to reconcile what they said with what actually happened.

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Never Argue With People Who Say

The Irrelevant Investor

Disagreements are healthy. Arguments are not. Compromises start out as disagreements. Broken relationships start out as arguments. Arguments are dead ends because people don't change their minds when they're using emotions instead of data. Thankfully, would-be arguers often tip their hand. Here are a few red flags to look out for: In Life "I've been saying this and nobody would listen" You've said a lot of things that weren't worth listening to "I told you so" What are you seven years old?

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