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Outlook for 2019 | The Measure of All Things

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Outlook for 2019 | The Measure of All Things. ajackson. Fri, 02/15/2019 - 09:12. Last year, our annual outlook publication, Confronting the Unknown , focused on risk: how we define it, how we measure it, and what we saw as the major risks facing investors in 2018. The discussion, unfortunately, was timely given the market volatility we experienced last year.

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Animal Spirits: The Rich Man’s IRA

The Irrelevant Investor

Today’s Animal Spirits is presented by YCharts Mention Animal Spirits to receive 20% off (*New YCharts users only) Stories discussed: Record flows out of stock funds The ETF business is not easy A new way to think about stocks in retirement Mind-boggling mistakes Expected returns for private equity The Jim Simons IRA One of the best stock pickers ever hangs up his cleats Listen here Recommendations: The War of Art Grant Charts mentioned: Tweets mentioned: [link] The post Animal Spirits: The R

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Pop Quiz: What is the Best Way to Save for College?

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Pop Quiz: What is the Best Way to Save for College? ajackson Thu, 02/14/2019 - 15:03 Every year, college gets more expensive. Picking the right savings strategy can be the key to accomplishing your family’s personal goals. For many parents, paying for college is the largest expense/investment they will ever face within a concentrated period of time.

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Pop Quiz: What is the Best Way to Save for College?

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Pop Quiz: What is the Best Way to Save for College? ajackson. Thu, 02/14/2019 - 15:03. Every year, college gets more expensive. Picking the right savings strategy can be the key to accomplishing your family’s personal goals. For many parents, paying for college is the largest expense/investment they will ever face within a concentrated period of time.

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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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These Are the Goods

The Irrelevant Investor

Articles Even if you are somewhat decent at calling bottoms, you would still lose in the long run By Nick Maggiulli We may now understand the magic, but only the magician could have created the trick. By John Rekenthaler The law most likely to govern here is the Law of Unintended Consequences By Jason Zweig The illiquidity premium was assumed to be a foregone conclusion by any institutional investors.

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The Elimination of Risk

The Irrelevant Investor

Earlier this week I moderated a session at Inside ETFs called "How to capture outperformance and manage risk." Before tackling the challenges of outperformance, I wanted to ask everybody how they think about the amorphous concept of risk. The responses ran the gamut from "the chance of permanent loss of capital" to "the chance of running out of money" and everything in between.