A Wealth of Common Sense

MAY 15, 2025

Bill Sweet joined me on the show again to discuss questions from our audience about harvesting gains in your stock portfolio to diversify, remote work for less money versus going back to the office for more, mis-timing the market and picking the right benchmark for your investments.

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Nerd's Eye View

APRIL 23, 2025

During periods of market volatility, it's common for financial advisors to receive calls from clients who are nervous about what a steep market decline might mean for their portfolio and long-term financial goals. But even when a client agrees with the reasoning in the moment, the anxiety often lingers. Read More.

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Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Answering it well requires a range of assumptions – from estimating average investment returns to understanding correlations across asset classes. These assumptions are rooted in Capital Market Assumptions (CMAs), which project how different assets might perform in the future.

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The Big Picture

MAY 29, 2025

The probabilities make it clear that a broad index should be the core of your portfolio; if you want to put your own spin on it, feel free to try. But the key takeaway remains this: Portfolios cannot achieve Alpha if they are not at least getting out with Beta. ~~~ Do you need help with your assets? Africa , and Australia.

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Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 12, 2025

Following the long run-up in the US equity markets since the bottom of the 2008–2009 financial crisis, many investors with taxable investment accounts have likely found themselves with high embedded gains in their portfolios. While the gains signal portfolio growth, they also create challenges for ongoing management.

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The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Markets screamed higher yesterday after a benign CPI report showed a 0.0% It was a classic fear-driven error, a combination of bad market timing and poor impulse control. It was a classic fear-driven error, a combination of bad market timing and poor impulse control. Last, recognize that markets go up and down.

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The Big Picture

MAY 5, 2025

First, lets go to the data (via Bloomberg ): 5,502,284% That is the per-share market value increase of Berkshire Hathaway stock from 1964 to 2024. We discussed this very topic 5 years ago: Out of curiosity, I entered the phrase invest like Warren Buffett in a Google search. It yielded 78,600 hits. And thats fine. Bet on America 2.

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Wealth Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Hightower's Robert Picard unravels the shifting dynamics of private markets and their role in contemporary investment portfolios.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The transcript from this weeks, MiB: Charley Ellis on Rethinking Investing , is below. Charlie Ellis is just a legend in the world of investing. He was chairman of the Yale’s Endowment Investment Committee and his, not only did he write 21 books, his new book, rethinking Investing, is just a delightful snack.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 2, 2025

This is true about equity and bond markets, specific company stocks, and economic data series. Consider this December 29, 2024, year-end review in Bloomberg : “By this time last year, the stock markets rally had blown past even the most optimistic targets, and Wall Street forecasters were convinced it couldnt keep up the dizzying pace.

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Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Senate appears poised to pass legislation that would eliminate the long-established WEP and GPO provisions and increase the Social Security benefits of many state and local workers in the process From there, we have several articles on investment planning: While index funds are often viewed as 'passive' investments, advisors can add value for their (..)

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The Big Picture

MARCH 20, 2025

This will run its course over the next few weeks and months… There are lots of reviews trickling in, and I want to share one from someone you may not be familiar with: John Tamny of Real Clear Markets. Put another way, Ritholtz is fun.

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Abnormal Returns

APRIL 2, 2025

Podcasts Cameron Passmore and Benjamin Felix talk lifecycle investing with Professor Scott Cederburg. wsj.com) Personal finance Don't let the stock market drive your happiness. rationalreminder.libsyn.com) Bogumil Baranowski talks with Alex Morris author of "Buffett and Munger Unscripted." And is that the wrong question?

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The Big Picture

APRIL 28, 2025

This is a direct result of muscle memory a Recency Effect impact driven by 15 years of market gains. What has developed over the entirety of the post-financial crisis era of rising equity markets and until 2022, falling or zero interest rates.The good news is that this is how you build wealth over the long haul.

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 20, 2023

“I need the US Dollar to be a store of value between the time I make it until I spend it, invest it, pay my taxes with it, or give it away. To be more precise, I want to discuss the type of chart that reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of money, currency, spending, investing, and taxes. It does that splendidly.”

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Trade Brains

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The Indian real estate market, traditionally requiring substantial investments, is evolving with the rise of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). Now even small investors can participate in property investments with minimal capital. Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) have revolutionised property investment in India.

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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 19, 2024

This is one of them: Chapter 1: The Creation of the Market In the beginning, the Trader created the Market and the Economy. The Market was formless and void, and volatility was upon the face of the indices. The Spirit of Investment hovered over the trading floor. Trade responsibly, for the Market is fragile.”

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Wealth Management

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Celso Munoz, portfolio manager at Fidelity Investments, shares a comprehensive approach to enhancing risk-adjusted returns in the dynamic world of fixed income investments.

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Wealth Management

JANUARY 18, 2023

and its partners promotes the strategy of having individual portfolios for each property type within each city to allow investors to make independent real estate investment decisions. New research by Archer.re

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Wealth Management

JANUARY 6, 2025

Ukrainian farmland could offer a chance to diversify your portfolio while fueling the recovery of a nation.

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Wealth Management

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Chief investment officers from nine of the largest RIAs reveal how they are tweaking client portfolios in response to the markets, and detail their best investment ideas right now. "Higher-for-longer" interest rates, earnings volatility, multiple expansion.

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Wealth Management

MAY 9, 2024

VanEck's Fran Rodilosso also discusses the benefits of adding CLOs and BDCs to investment portfolios.

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The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Full transcript below. ~~~ About this week’s guest: Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise Asset Management discusses the best ways to responsibly manage crypto assets. I’m Barry Ritholtz, and on today’s edition of At the Money , we’re going to discuss how retail investors can responsibly invest in crypto.

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A Wealth of Common Sense

DECEMBER 12, 2024

We also covered questions about how AI will impact the financial advice landscape, timing the next market correction, factoring an inheritance into the house-buying process and using long-dated options in a portfolio. The post Investing in Stoc. The least was just 9 (hello lost decade).

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Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

So, whether you're interested in learning about building a profitable hyperfocused practice, implementing a marketing approach that reaches a firm's ideal target client, or adding value for clients by offering advanced tax planning, then we hope you enjoy this episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast, with Anjali Jariwala.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 25, 2023

But they also asked questions about how these managers invested their own monies. Robin buries the lede in his discussion, but allow me to correct that oversight: “ Active managers invest their own capital passively.” ” It’s is worth your time to delve into the entire discussion.

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Zoe Financial

JANUARY 28, 2025

Market Timing vs. Time in the Market Updated January 28th, 2025 Reading Time: 4 minutes Written by: The Zoe Team Though these terms may sound similar, market timing is not the same as time in the market. What do these mean, and which is a sounder investment strategy? Does Time In the Market Beat Market Timing?

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Wealth Management

APRIL 6, 2025

Amplify ETF, CEO, Christian Magoon shares some insights about the role ETFs, including black swan ETFs, can play in investment portfolios to help reduce investment risk during times of heightened market volatility.

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Wealth Management

MARCH 18, 2024

Franklin Templeton's Tony Davidow shares insights on the increasing accessibility of alternative strategies and the role of private credit, private equity and real estate in diversified portfolios.

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The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This weekend Jeff Sommer discussed a DFA research paper on market timing; both are well worth your time to read. The broad strokes are: Market timing is extremely difficult, very few people (if any) do it consistently well. Low Stakes : The most successful market timers are often those people who do not have actual assets at risk.

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Wealth Management

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Insights from Nidhi Gupta, portfolio manager at Fidelity Investments, on identifying attractively valued stocks, leveraging global research, and navigating market environments for long-term portfolio growth.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

 At the Money: Stock Picking vs. Value Investing with Jeremy Schwartz, Wisdom Tree. Should value investing be part of that strategy? TRANSCRIPT: Jeremy Schwartz Value Investing Barry Ritholtz : How much you pay for your stocks has a giant impact on how well they perform. What Is value investing?

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Wealth Management

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Beall, director of investment research with the firm, talks about why Savant stays away from concentrated portfolios.

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Abnormal Returns

APRIL 27, 2025

Top clicks this week Three keys to successful investing including 'Trying to time the market is a losers game.' tker.co) Why private assets are no portfolio panacea. sherwood.news) Spikes in the VIX often represent a market bottom. optimisticallie.com) How portfolio diversification has worked in 2025.

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Wealth Management

AUGUST 12, 2024

Rose Advisors' Patrick Fruzzetti details what advisors should consider when building investment portfolios for the current market environment.

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Wealth Management

JUNE 26, 2024

is expanding further into private-markets investing, striking a new partnership to include the assets alongside traditional ETFs and mutual funds in model portfolios pitched to wealthy US retail clients. (Bloomberg) -- BlackRock Inc. The firm will w

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Abnormal Returns

MARCH 17, 2025

Markets Corrections happen more often than you remember. optimisticallie.com) Market moves just happen faster these days. awealthofcommonsense.com) Books "Buffett and Munger Unscripted: Three Decades of Investment and Business Insights from the Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Meetings" by Alex Morris is a good refresher course.

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