Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

There are many tax planning strategies that allow financial advisors to demonstrate the ongoing value they provide to clients in exchange for the fees they charge. Part of this value is understanding the detailed nuances that make a strategy effective and implementing it correctly, avoiding issues with the IRS down the line. For instance, while backdoor Roth conversions are a well-known strategy, many individuals have either missed the opportunity to use it and/or implemented it incorrectly R

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The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

We just experienced the strongest economic recovery since the end of World War II Source: Irrelevant Investor Light posting as I’m getting ready for some travel, but this chart is so amazing. It’s hard not to look at the two biggest recovery outliers: The post-WW2 era, and the post-Covid Era. The parallels are pretty strong, especially when it comes to both the Labor market and the Inflation surges.

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Abnormal Returns

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Factors Why corporate bond factor research is more challenging. (papers.ssrn.com) Why do stocks with high idiosyncratic volatility underperform? (alphaarchitect.com) Momentum Fund investors are momentum chasers. (klementoninvesting.substack.com) Momentum in the sports betting markets. (papers.ssrn.com) Research Do stocks really become less risky over the long run?

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The Reformed Broker

OCTOBER 28, 2023

ALERT: Michael, Barry, Ben and about twenty of our most highly skilled advisor / client service superstars are coming to North Carolina from November 6th through 8th to meet with clients and celebrate our new branch office in downtown Charlotte. I’ll be there too, of course. If you’d like to chat with us about your financial plan and portfolio in-person and you’re within driving distance of CLT, hit us u.

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Speaker: Nancy Wu, Head of Sales and Customer Success at SkyStem

Join us for an enlightening webinar as we delve into the transformative realm of modern accounting practices. In today's digital age, the convergence of outsourcing and automation has revolutionized how businesses manage their financial operations. In this webinar we will explore the synergistic potential of these two strategies to streamline processes, enhance accuracy, save cost and drive strategic decision-making.

Accounting

Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 30, 2023

After several years of turmoil caused by the pandemic, financial advisor conferences seem to have found a "new [post-pandemic] normal", with events once again growing (some already surpassing their pre-pandemic highs). But that's not to say that the conference landscape was not altered by the pandemic; instead, the pandemic appears to have served as a catalyst that accelerated trends that were already underway, such that financial advisor conferences today look substantively different than they

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Abnormal Returns

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Podcast Noah Kagan talks with Morgan Housel author of "Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes." (noahkagan.com) Peter Lazaroff on how to research a firm using it's Form ADV. (peterlazaroff.com) Khe Hy talks with Sarah Chappell about the challenges of walking away from good money. (podcasts.apple.com) Dan Haylett talks with Mike Drak about better retirement lifestyle design.

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The Reformed Broker

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Welcome to the latest episode of The Compound & Friends. This week, Michael Batnick, Eric Jackson, and Downtown Josh Brown discuss the market’s strong start to November, using AI and machine learning to find alpha, the magnificent 7, fintech stocks, the court ruling impacting real estate stocks, 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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Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that the Department of Labor this week released its long-awaited "retirement security rule", its latest effort to curb conflicts of interest around retirement savings recommendations. Among other measures, the proposal would amend the current 5-part test that determines fiduciary status for retirement accounts by defining as a fiduciary act a one-time recommendation to roll fun

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 28, 2023

The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of coffee, grab a seat outside, and get ready for our longer-form weekend reads: • Kanye and Adidas: Money, Misconduct and the Price of Appeasement : A year ago, after producing hundreds of shoe styles and billions of dollars together, Adidas broke with Kanye West as he made antisemitic and other offensive public comments.

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Abnormal Returns

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Markets There are always scary headlines in the stock market. (awealthofcommonsense.com) One week doth not a bond bull market make. (allstarcharts.com) Crypto SBF found guilty on all counts. (coindesk.com) So much for everyone who said SBF wouldn't be indicted and/or convicted. (lefsetz.com) Companies Six Flags ($SIX) and Cedar Fair ($FUN) are merging.

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The Reformed Broker

OCTOBER 31, 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: ►4th Quarter Rally? – Positive economic surprises say we are due for a Q4 meltup. ►Great News – American wealth hitting new highs. ►Effective Interest Rates – “This increased cost of capital is.

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Welcome back to the 357th episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! My guest on today's podcast is Jon Henderson. Jon is the Founder and CIO for Echo45 Advisors, an independent RIA based in Walnut Creek, California, that oversees $163 million in assets under management for more than 180 client households. What's unique about Jon, though, is how he has carefully vetted and curated his advisor tech stack of third-party software to provide a strong "high-tech" client experience… and

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Buoyed by low interest rates for the last decade, many property markets have seen substantial price growth since 2010. Experts warned that real estate bubbles—in which the price of assets moved up far beyond their intrinsic value—were forming. The UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index analyzes the real estate market of 25 major cities across the globe and assigns them a score between -0.5 to 2.0 to convey bubble risk.

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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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Abnormal Returns

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Books An excerpt from "The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend" by Rob Copeland. (nytimes.com) An excerpt from "The Dissident: Alexey Navalny, Profile of a Political Prisoner" by David M. Herszenhorn. (politico.com) Private equity The private equity industry controls a growing portion of the American economy.

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Carson Wealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

By Matt Lewis, CLTC ® , Vice President, Insurance You’re turning 65 this year and Medicare is on your mind. Medicare is a subset of Social Security and run by the Social Security Administration. In my experience, it may be almost as complicated as the Internal Revenue Code! With that said, let’s answer some common questions about Medicare to help you get started.

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Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Many financial advisors have found that serving a client niche not only helps them run a more efficient firm (as they work with clients facing similar planning issues), but also attracts more new clients (as they are able to offer a unique value proposition for clients within the niche). Notably, though, while certain clients are likely to stay within the niche throughout their lives (e.g., retired clients tend to remain retired until their deaths), other clients might 'evolve' out of the niche

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 30, 2023

As promised, here is my presentation “ Navigating Financial Disasters ” from today at the Orlando Money Show… The post Presentation: Navigating Financial Disasters appeared first on The Big Picture.

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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.

Financial Planning

Abnormal Returns

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Top clicks this week A big regime shift has happened in the economy and financial markets. (ritholtz.com) The bond market bear market is pretty epic. (mrzepczynski.blogspot.com) Byron Wien's 20 rules for investing and life. (ritholtz.com) Why aren't stocks down more? (theirrelevantinvestor.com) Remember the guy who forgot the password for a hard drive with 7,002 Bitcoin on it?

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Wealth Management

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Former rep Sidney Lebental is citing FINRA’s legal sparring match with Alpine Securities to halt disciplinary proceedings against him. Meanwhile, FINRA has responded to Alpine’s allegations.

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Calculated Risk

OCTOBER 31, 2023

S&P/Case-Shiller released the monthly Home Price Indices for August ("August" is a 3-month average of June, July and August closing prices). This release includes prices for 20 individual cities, two composite indices (for 10 cities and 20 cities) and the monthly National index. From S&P S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index Continues to Trend Upward in August Click on graph for larger image.

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 28, 2023

This week, we speak with Michael Carmen , co-head of private investments at Wellington Management Co. LLP, which has more than $1 trillion in assets under management. Carmen, who manages the diversified late-stage growth equity business, previously managed institutional portfolios in the multi-cap growth style. He has written papers on topics concerning investment trends in late-stage growth and small-cap equity portfolios and is a chartered financial analyst.

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Accounting

Abnormal Returns

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Strategy There's nothing magic about asset allocation. (obliviousinvestor.com) Do stocks really become less risky over the long run? (morningstar.com) Companies Google ($GOOGL) is investing $2 billion in AI player Anthropic. (axios.com) Pharmaceutical companies are getting out to the consumer product business. (wsj.com) Fidelity has further marked down the value of their stake in Twitter.

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Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

“Technology is not going to replace advisors, but advisors who do embrace technology are going to replace advisors who don’t,” said David Karr, chairman of Equitable Advisors.

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Calculated Risk

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The headline jobs number in the October employment report was below expectations, and employment for the previous two months was revised down by 101,000, combined. The participation rate and the employment population ratio both decreased, and the unemployment rate increased to 3.9%. Leisure and hospitality gained 19 thousand jobs in October. At the beginning of the pandemic, in March and April of 2020, leisure and hospitality lost 8.2 million jobs, and are now down 223 thousand jobs since Februa

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The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

My morning train reads: • The Economy Is Great. Why Are Americans in Such a Rotten Mood? Lingering inflation can’t explain all of the unhappiness; maybe it is referred pain from the wider world. ( Wall Street Journal ) • The Bond Market, a Sleeping Giant, Awakes : Soaring interest rates have the power to alter the direction of the economy and command the attention of Washington, our columnist says. ( New York Times ) see also World’s Safest Market Becomes a Magnet for Big Investors : US governme

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Abnormal Returns

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Economy Kyla Scanlon talks with Derek Thompson about how to rally people to an abundance mindset. (youtube.com) Derek Thompson talks with Conor Sen about the housing recession. (open.spotify.com) Business Patrick O'Shaughnessy talks with Palmer Luckey, founder of Anduril Industries. (joincolossus.com) Alex Kantrowitz talks with Tekedra Mawakana is the Co-CEO at Waymo.

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A Wealth of Common Sense

OCTOBER 29, 2023

There are always going to be winners and losers in the system under which we operate. Some people will always be doing better than you while some people will always be people doing worse than you. Right or wrong, that’s a feature, not a bug. Most of the time it could take years, decades or even generations to separate the winners from the losers in the economy.

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Calculated Risk

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Realtor.com has monthly and weekly data on the existing home market. Here is their weekly report: Weekly Housing Trends View — Data Week Ending Oct 28, 2023 • Active inventory declined, with for-sale homes lagging behind year ago levels by 1.0%. For 19 straight weeks, the number of homes available for sale has registered below that of the previous year. • New listings–a measure of sellers putting homes up for sale–were up this week, by 5.6% from one year ago.

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