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The Root of It All

The Irrelevant Investor

Steven Pinker wrote, "In almost every year from 1992 through 2015, an era in which the rate of violent crime plummeted, a majority of Americans told pollsters that crime was rising. In late 2015, large majorities in eleven developed countries said that "the world is getting worse." But crime isn't rising, and the world is objectively getting better.

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It's All Relative

Brown Advisory

It's All Relative ajackson Thu, 05/03/2018 - 15:32 We are hearing a lot of questions from our clients about how rising interest rates may affect their municipal bond holdings. We try to remind them that rising rates, despite their inevitable short-term effect on fixed-rate bond prices, do not necessarily mean long-term declines for bond portfolios generally or for municipal bond portfolios specifically.

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It's All Relative

Brown Advisory

It's All Relative. ajackson. Thu, 05/03/2018 - 15:32. We are hearing a lot of questions from our clients about how rising interest rates may affect their municipal bond holdings. We try to remind them that rising rates, despite their inevitable short-term effect on fixed-rate bond prices, do not necessarily mean long-term declines for bond portfolios generally or for municipal bond portfolios specifically.

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Animal Spirits: Micro Bubbles

The Irrelevant Investor

Stories Discussed Demographics is destiny Retirement is going to be tough But things are getting better It's a bubble. So what. Wait. What is a bubble? The tech takedown Amazon's cash flow Amazon is worth $1,019 a share. The most brilliant investor ever. Listen here Charts mentioned Tweets mentioned [link] [link] [link] [link] Recommendations Drive by Daniel Pink (People are motivated by three things.

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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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The Cost of Waiting

The Irrelevant Investor

Baby Boomers did not do a great job preparing for their future. The median retirement account balance for people ages 56-61 is just $25,000. This could have been accomplished by contributing just $6 a month into a 60/40 portfolio (since 1980). Ask somebody whether they would prefer $100 today or $500 in twenty years, most people would choose the former.

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$100,000,000,000

The Irrelevant Investor

With the newly announced $100 billion share repurchase program, it's clear that Apple is running out of ideas. Orrrrr maybe they're just being responsible stewards of capital. Buybacks have a negative stigma, even though Econompically speaking, they're actually equivalent. But people hear buybacks and think of Cisco in the 90s and other easily available examples as evidence of their inefficiency.