The Irrelevant Investor
APRIL 30, 2020
The stock market is wrapping up its best month in over 30 years. What was the catalyst? In the five weeks from February 20th through March 19th, there were 1.1 million jobless claims, and the stock market fell 29%. In the five weeks since there were 26.5 million jobless claims and the market rallied 28%. What's amazing about this is not just that the market rallied, it's how it rallied.
Workable Wealth
APRIL 29, 2020
Taxes play an important role in your financial life. Their reach extends far beyond the dreaded April 15 date and come into play much more than once per year. Taxes are actually involved in nearly every financial decision you make, chief among them being investing. Taxes are to investing as textbooks are to education—you can’t have one without the other.
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Brown Advisory
APRIL 28, 2020
The CARES Act Supplement: New Relief Funds Authorized eberkwits Tue, 04/28/2020 - 08:44 On April 23rd, Congress approved a second emergency package to expand funding for small businesses, nonprofits, hospitals and money for COVID-19 testing. The measure replenishes the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program for nonprofits and small businesses.
Indigo Marketing Agency
APRIL 26, 2020
The hardest part of getting new clients as a financial advisor is the lack of urgency that people have when it comes to their financial plan. But thanks to coronavirus and the recent market decline, there is more urgency today than ever! . The question is, how do you best take advantage of this situation? How can you market in a crisis to multiply your best clients, grow your business, and help more people?
Speaker: Dylan Secrest, Founder of Alamo Innovation and Construction Digital Transformation Consultant
Construction payment workflows are notoriously complex when you consider juggling multiple stakeholders, compliance requirements, and evolving project scopes. Delays in approvals or misaligned data between budgets, lien waivers, and pay applications can grind progress to a halt. The good news? It doesn't have to be this way! Join expert Dylan Secrest to discover how leading contractors are turning payment chaos into clarity using digital workflows, integrated systems, and automation strategies.
The Irrelevant Investor
APRIL 29, 2020
Today’s Animal Spirits is brought to you by YCharts Mention Animal Spirits to receive 20% off when you initially sign up for the service Listen here: On today’s show we discuss: Credit card companies are bracing for impact Capitalism As We Know It What broke the US oil market Barron's big money poll Peloton is blowing up Why people are getting $600 a week Why being laid off hurts so much How this is changing the labor market The first modern pandemic (Bill Gates) Will there be a fall semester?
The Irrelevant Investor
APRIL 28, 2020
Over the last two days, small cap value stocks gained 7.4%. Over the same time, large tech stocks fell 1%. The spread between these two slices of the market has widened to levels last seen during the implosion of the dotcom bubble. Small cap value investors aren't cheering just yet, as this bounce comes after an absolute thrashing. While the S&P 500 fell nearly 35% peak-to-trough, small value fell nearly 45%.
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The Irrelevant Investor
APRIL 27, 2020
First-level thinking says that Zoom and Teladoc will benefit from the lock down, so we should buy their stock. Second-level thinking says that everyone already knows this, so maybe we shouldn't. Zoom and Teladoc are both up more than 130% this year, so in this case investors should have applied third-level thinking, which says that sometimes we should stick to the first level.
The Irrelevant Investor
APRIL 26, 2020
Articles The market doesn’t care about your principles. For 10 years, principles have gotten you nowhere. By Jared Dillian You cannot believe in capitalism while assuming the world is static By Morgan Housel One cannot simultaneously mourn the loss of millions of jobs while tsk-tsking companies that use every means available to stave off a bankruptcy that will end with mass layoffs.
The Irrelevant Investor
APRIL 26, 2020
Barron's ran their biannual Big Money Poll this weekend. As always, investors should take all surveys with a giant grain of salt, but I thought there were some interesting observations in this one. Investors were asked to describe their outlook for U.S. equities through the rest of this year and for 2021. Stocks fell hard in the first quarter and have recovered about 50% of those losses, so I'm not surprised to find "neutral" take the lion's share of 2020's pie.
Indigo Marketing Agency
APRIL 25, 2020
12 Indigo team members offer their best tips for working from home — even with young kids. . At Indigo Marketing Agency, our team has been fully remote for over five years now, so we’ve compiled a list of our top tips for working from home. We’re mostly made up of work-from-home moms with young kids and hectic schedules. Thanks to our already-remote nature, we’ve been able to run at full capacity without any service interruptions—even in the midst of a global pandemic. .
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The Irrelevant Investor
MAY 1, 2020
On today’s show we discuss How interest rates impact the stock market How inflation influences the value/growth dynamics Renters flee apartments What it means to be a Central Bank Banks are not what they used to be Investors are fleeing emerging markets Dividend Aristocrats A Noob Whale Picker's Market AirBnB hosts are in big trouble The pandemic will change retail forever How China is handling reopening their schools Trolls is breaking records AMC is breaking up with Universal after getting dum
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