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It Was The Best of Days, It Was The Worst of Days

The Irrelevant Investor

"Time in the market, not timing the market" is the rallying cry for buy and hold investors. Charts like the one below show the damage an investor would have done if they missed out on just the best 25 days (out of 11,620) since 1970. If you somehow managed to do this, your returns would have gone from 1910% down to 371%, or 6.7% a year down to 3.4%.

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NOW 2016 | Taking Courage in the Face of Disruption and Rapid Change

Brown Advisory

NOW 2016 | Taking Courage in the Face of Disruption and Rapid Change. jsayo. Mon, 01/18/2016 - 12:46. A revolution from new technology is creating ways to generate, access and learn from data that will sweep many businesses into obsolescence and clear the way for the rise of digital powerhouses. The new technological paradigm—perhaps the most profound shift in history—will generate massive amounts of wealth, but require courageous decision-making, according to Manoj Saxena, founding partner of T

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What’s Going On?

The Irrelevant Investor

"What the hell's going on out here?" Vince Lombardi The S&P 500 began the first ten days of the year with an 8% loss, it's worst opening performance ever. While there are 475 different 10-day periods worse than the 2016 open, the 8% decline was still pretty bad, faring worse than 98% of all ten-day returns. So here we are, not even through January, and already we've experienced a 11.3% drawdown in the S&P 500.

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Money of the Mind

The Irrelevant Investor

Joseph Ellis's The Quartet tells the fascinating story of the birth of our nation. After the Revolutionary War, the states faced enormous challenges and as he tells it, Hamilton, Washington, Jay and Madison were among those most responsible for bringing it all together. I wanted to share with you an interesting passage about Robert Morris, one of the most forward thinking financiers to ever live.

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2025 Industry Index: How Top Advisors Are Scaling Smarter (and Faster) This Year

Where are top advisors focusing in 2025? AcquireUp’s 2025 Industry Index reveals it all. Based on insights from 200+ financial professionals nationwide, discover why 74% say seminars and referrals deliver the best ROI, how automation is helping advisors scale faster, and why only 8% are tapping into niche marketing (a major growth opportunity!). Whether you're refining your client acquisition strategy or scaling your practice, this report gives you the real-world data, benchmarks, and action ste

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The Recent Warnings

The Irrelevant Investor

According to the American Association of Individual Investors, just 18% of people expect stocks to rise over the next six months. Retail investors haven't been less enthusiastic about the market since 2005. The chart below from Goldman's " The Last Innings " shows a similar picture of how lukewarm mom and pop investors are on stocks. While the retail investor might not be outright bearish, it seems as if the smart money is less hesitant to show their claws.

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