The Irrelevant Investor

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

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 The bubble in passive investing ETFs are swallowing the market The gender gap in financial literacy The growth in target date funds The behavior gap might not be due to bad behavior Peloton IPO OnLy THe FeD CaN SaVe Us The new measure of market volatility Amazon's shipping empire Life insurance startup Porsche monthly subscription Zero down Child c

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Brown Advisory

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Beyond Investing: Strategic Advice for Nonprofits. ajackson. Wed, 09/04/2019 - 14:54. Running a nonprofit is a tall order. The missions that these organizations tackle— helping vulnerable families, advancing health care, and protecting the environment, just to name a few—are incredibly challenging. And in parallel with their program work, nonprofit leaders must also build the financial and organizational infrastructure to sustain those programs.

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The Irrelevant Investor

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The number of babies born in the U.S. last year fell to a 32-year low, according to a recent article at The Wall Street Journal About 3.8 million babies were born in the U.S. in 2018, which was a 2% decline y/o/y and and the fourth year in a row that this number fell. The decline in birth rates is sad, and I'll get to that in a minute, but there is a silver lining: research out of the University of Notre Dame found that 35% of the decline from 2006 to 2017 was due to declines in unplanned pregna

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The Irrelevant Investor

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Articles Most people don’t buy a set of stocks and hold them for life By Nick Maggiulli Musk is a nice guy when you talk to him, but I think he’s full of s**t. By Bethany McLean Perhaps investor behavior has improved over time and we just haven't properly measured it By Econompic Unless you’ve seen the estate planning documents and account statements yourself, you probably have no what you’re talking about By Douglas Boneparth What’s happening now is a reversion to normalcy.

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