Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 21, 2023

Many financial advisors start their own firm because of an entrepreneurial itch, a desire to work with a specific type of client, or perhaps because they want to have more control over their work life. But typically, the opportunity to create and implement a marketing strategy is not one of these reasons. In fact, data from the latest Kitces Research study, How Financial Planners Actually Market Their Services, shows that many advisors find marketing to be difficult and not very effective.

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The Big Picture

AUGUST 25, 2023

The first post-pandemic presentation I pulled together for my pal Joe Fitzgerald (we worked together in the late 2000s) was a new deck titled: Biggest Mistakes Made by UHNW Investors. In the intervening year, I updated and refined the deck, adding more examples and specific advice. below is my discussion of what the presentation will be like at the MoneyShow in Orlando on October 30.

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The Reformed Broker

AUGUST 21, 2023

The Relative Strength Index or RSI is typically expressed as a 14-day reading to determine the degree to which a stock or an index is overbought or oversold, if at all. It was created in 1978 by J. Welles Wilder Jr. (here’s the book) who was a mechanical engineer by trade before turning his mathematical mind to stock and commodity trading, subsequently developing some of the most widely traded tools in technical ana.

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Abnormal Returns

AUGUST 21, 2023

Asset allocation Asset allocation is not a science. (obliviousinvestor.com) Diversification reduces the risk of adverse outcomes. (barrons.com) Strategy Everyone and everything ends up underperforming at some point. (awealthofcommonsense.com) Brett Steenbarger, "Over time, unique returns cannot come from consensus thinking." (traderfeed.blogspot.com) Companies Public benefit corporations wear their values on their sleeves.

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Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 23, 2023

Charitable Gift Annuities (CGAs) have long been a popular way for individuals with charitable intentions to plan their legacies. By contributing a lump sum to a charity in exchange for fixed recurring payments for life (with any leftover funds after the donor's death going to the charity), the individual can ensure that their funds are directed towards a purpose that aligns with their values, while also retaining a steady source of income for the rest of their life.

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The Reformed Broker

AUGUST 25, 2023

Welcome to the latest episode of The Compound & Friends. This week, Michael Batnick, Guy Spier, and Downtown Josh Brown discuss lunch with Warren Buffett, value investing, managing a hedge fund, Berkshire after Buffett, the bull case for Ferrari, and much more! You can listen to the whole thing below, or find it wherever you like to listen to your favorite pods!

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Abnormal Returns

AUGUST 23, 2023

Real estate A house is a place to live, not an investment. (bestinterest.blog) Baby Boomer wealth is concentrated in real estate which they will leave to their children. (awealthofcommonsense.com) A mortgage is only one of many costs of home ownership. (thomaskopelman.com) What it's like to return to apartment living after owning a house. (dwell.com) Another example of the challenges of rental real estate.

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Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 24, 2023

For many next-gen financial advisors who start with or move their careers to an established firm, eventually earning an equity stake in that firm can be an exciting prospect and is often a major career goal that many advisors aspire to achieve. However, when these aspirations are delayed or blocked by senior advisory firm partners who choose to delay their retirement plans, it can leave younger advisors frustrated and in a place of uncertainty about their futures with their firm.

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The Big Picture

AUGUST 23, 2023

Most people believe that investing is the science of generating a return on capital. That is an accurate but incomplete assessment. I believe it is more useful and comprehensive to define investing as the decision-making behavior of human beings as they interact with money: What their financial desires are, the risks they embrace, how they think about wealth, and what emotional pain they willingly suffer in order to generate that return on capital.

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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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The Reformed Broker

AUGUST 22, 2023

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: ►Tech Stock Roundup – Nvidia goes into earnings as the best performing stock this year, plus 221%. ►Beats Get Smoked – “The reward for EPS beats has been close to 10Y lows.” ►Musk’s Shado.

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Abnormal Returns

AUGUST 24, 2023

Rates It's hard to overstate the sea change that has occurred with interest rates. (theirrelevantinvestor.com) Higher real rates are to blame for the rise in interest rates. (wsj.com) The yield curve has flattened a little bit, but remains highly inverted. (axios.com) Finance Multi-strategy hedge funds continue to take mind (and wallet) share. (ft.com) Higher interest rates continue to drag down smaller banks.

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Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 25, 2023

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that a recent CFP Board survey indicates that consumers do not expect AI tools to replace human financial advisors, but rather supplement advisors' work. Further, 87% of respondents said they would trust advice from human advisors, more than any other source of advice surveyed, and well above the 37% who said they trust generative AI tools.

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The Big Picture

AUGUST 21, 2023

Source: Adam Khoo , Twitter A preface before we get into this: Michael Burry has proven himself to be a rare fund manager. He has a great ability to identify a variant perception versus the Wall Street consensus and express that view in a deeply researched market position. As we learned in Michael Lewis’ book The Big Short , he had the courage of his conviction to stay with his position even as lots of others opposed it.

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The Reformed Broker

AUGUST 24, 2023

Final Trades: Cheniere Energy, B&G Foods, & more from CNBC. The post Clips From Today’s Halftime Report appeared first on The Reformed Broker.

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AUGUST 25, 2023

The biz What some podcasting industry leaders have to say about its future. (hollywoodreporter.com) Matt Reustle and Dom Cooke on how to start a podcast the right way. (joincolossus.com) What do podcast producers do? (fastcompany.com) Spotify Spotify ($SPOT) has a white noise problem. (engadget.com) Why Anchor sold to Spotify ($SPOT) when it did. (hunterwalk.com) Marginal Revolution David Perell talks with Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok about their twenty years writing the Marginal Revolution blo

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Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 22, 2023

Welcome back to the 347th episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! My guest on today's podcast is Cary Carbonaro. Cary is the Senior Vice President & Director of Women and Wealth Services for Advisor Capital Management, an independent RIA with offices around the country and headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, that oversees more than $6 billion in assets under management for 1,700 client families.

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The Big Picture

AUGUST 21, 2023

My back-to-work morning train WFH reads: • The Legendary, Wildly Profitable QQQ Fund Makes No Money for Its Owner : An historical artifact prevents Invesco from profiting from its flagship ETF. The company’s Q-themed offshoots are finally solving that problem. ( Businessweek ) • The New York Fed President Sees Interest Rates Coming Down With Inflation : In a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times, John C.

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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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The Reformed Broker

AUGUST 22, 2023

Final Trades: NextEra Energy, Stryker & Zimmer Holdings from CNBC. The post Clips From Today’s Halftime Report appeared first on The Reformed Broker.

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AUGUST 22, 2023

Markets The stock market is laser focused on interest rates. (theirrelevantinvestor.com) Do market valuations mean revert over time? (thediff.co) Why there's never a shortage of pundits willing to make a big market call. (wsj.com) Finance A look at recent Blackstone ($BX) fund performance. (morningstar.com) Retail investors love trading Nvidia ($NVDA) options.

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Wealth Management

AUGUST 25, 2023

In other RIA news, Wealthspire expanded into Denver, Hightower supported the acquisition of Trellis Advisors by partner firm Highland Private Wealth, and Apollon, Kestra PWS and Steward onboarded new advisors.

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The Big Picture

AUGUST 19, 2023

This week, we speak with legal scholar Cass Sunstein , who founded and leads Harvard Law School’s Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy. He has authored numerous books, including the NYT bestseller The World According to Star Wars as well as “ Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness ” (written with Richard H. Thaler); and “ Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment ” (written with Danny Kahneman).

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Calculated Risk

AUGUST 25, 2023

Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios. Due to changes at the CDC, weekly cases are no longer updated. After the first few weeks, the pandemic low for weekly deaths had been the week of July 7, 2021, at 1,690 deaths (until recently). Recently hospitalizations have almost doubled from a low of 5,150. COVID Metrics Now Week Ago Goal Hospitalized 2 ?

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Abnormal Returns

AUGUST 20, 2023

Strategy How to think about the bond sleeve of your portfolio. (fortunesandfrictions.com) The rise in interest rates is taking its toll on muni bond closed-end funds. (wealthmanagement.com) Finance Higher real yields are going to impact all manner of sectors. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com) There's no insurance without reinsurance. (nytimes.com) Policy Kyla Scanlon, "Money can do a lot of things, but the laws of physics and biology supersede the almighty Dollar.

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Advisor Perspectives

AUGUST 25, 2023

The S&P 500 see-sawed the entire week but finished the week in the green. The index rose 0.82% from last Friday, ending a 3-week streak of losses. The index is currently up 15.21% year to date and is 8.15% below its record close from January 3, 2022.

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AUGUST 19, 2023

The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of coffee, grab a seat outside, and get ready for our longer-form weekend reads: • Investment Lessons from 400 Years of “Confusion of Confusions” Three Hundred and Thirty-Five years ago, in 1688, Joseph de la Vega wrote, “Confusion de Confusiones”, considered to be worlds first book on stock trading. What was unique about the book was that it focussed on a topic that was new, trading of shares in Amsterdam stock exchange, considered to be the oldes

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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

AUGUST 25, 2023

From STR: U.S. hotel results for week ending 19 August Following seasonal patterns, U.S. hotel performance declined from the previous week but showed most positive comparisons year over year, according to CoStar’s latest data through 19 August. 13-19 August 2023 (percentage change from comparable week in 2022): • Occupancy: 67.0% (-0.1%) • Average daily rate (ADR): US$154.10 (+1.8%) • Revenue per available room (RevPAR): US$103.22 (+1.8%) emphasis added The following graph shows the seasonal pat

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AUGUST 23, 2023

Strategy Better investing comes from better decision making. (ritholtz.com) Quant strategies are not free from human input. (blog.validea.com) The only way to learn about investing is actually putting money on the line. (flyoverstocks.com) Expertise does not shield you from failure. (portfoliocharts.com) Finance Zero-day options are coming to Europe.

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NAIFA Advisor Today

AUGUST 24, 2023

Three best-in-class associations will integrate operations to amplify their impact on advocacy and education for financial service professionals and promote financial wellness for American consumers. The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA), the Society of Financial Service Professionals (FSP), and Life Happens announced plans to come together as one organization, pending membership approval.

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