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Surprise! California’s 40 Qs of Rising Minimum Wage & Fast Food Industry Growth (Beating USA)

The Big Picture

To prove their point, a number of friendly commentators, academics, and hired guns all wrote endless white papers, Op-Eds and commentaries. But they made one super-sized mistake: they cheated with the numbers. Its numbers are fake (June 12, 2024) Can Stanford tell the difference between scientific fact and fiction?

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (November 2–3)

Nerd's Eye View

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that SIFMA, which represents broker-dealers, investment banks, and asset managers, released a white paper that argues that CFP Board "increasingly functions as a de facto private regulator for CFP certificants" and proposes that CFP (..)

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Research links: comparing yields

Abnormal Returns

mrzepczynski.blogspot.com) A round-up of recent white papers including 'Japan: The Land of the Rising Profits.' caia.org) How the number of funds a manger handles affects performance. (alphaarchitect.com) Poor ESG scores don't prevent new share issuance. papers.ssrn.com) Quant stuff Research shouldn't happen in a vacuum.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (March 15–16)

Nerd's Eye View

Also in industry news this week: A recent survey finds that while advisors are increasingly using passive investment vehicles, many are taking the time to look beneath the hood to examine the makeup of different indexes in order to choose the best option for their clients A survey of advisors working at enterprise firms shows a significant increase (..)

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Turn Website Visitors Into Clients: A Structured Content Marketing Framework For Better Lead Generation

Nerd's Eye View

white papers or in-depth articles), while requesting the prospect's contact information in exchange. Additionally, a simple, compelling Call To Action (CTA) – such as a scheduling link, contact form, or direct phone number – helps guide prospects toward taking the final step.

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At the Money: Austan Goolsbee, Chicago Fed President on Tariffs, Inflation and Monetary Policy

The Big Picture

The supply side was healing on the supply chain, and there was a big surge of labor force participation from a number of groups. So you got a number of positive supply shocks that are exactly what allowed for the immaculate disinflation, which the people who thought that was impossible use that phrase mockingly. I think number one.

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Freedom + Control: Fueling The Independent RIA Movement

Advisor Perspectives

As the numbers keep rising, so do the number of business models and technologies that help advisors build a practice exactly as they imagined. If that’s what you’re looking for, this white paper explains it all from a top-down view.