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10 Weekend Reads

The Big Picture

He is responsible for commercial businesses worldwide and has been with Blackrock since 2004. But after recent crackdowns, some Florida cities may be “breaking up” with the popular pastime. ( But after recent crackdowns, some Florida cities may be “breaking up” with the popular pastime. (

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Trying To Find The Optimal Number Of Stocks To Own

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

This article obviously favors more stocks but an interesting thing not said was at what number would it make sense to just flip from individual holdings to mutual funds and ETFs. I've got quite a few names that have been in the portfolio since 2004-2006 when I first started this phase of my career.

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At the Money: Managing a Portfolio in a Higher Rate Environment

The Big Picture

And they kept it there all the way to 2004, and the joke was in 2003 and 2004 was an emergency rate when there was no clear emergency. And you’re right, the first example of emergency policy was after 9/11, when they cut rates down to the unfathomable level back then, of around 1%. Is that a fair way to describe it?

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Twenty Years Of Blogging! Part 1

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

Back in 2004, there were very few bloggers, it was a new thing. My blog was the Forbes blog of the year for 2004 in less than three full months of blogging which should tell you how thin it was back then. The way that number went up though, I don't know if it was a real number or not. I mentioned Seeking Alpha above.

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Market Commentary: Slow Start For Stocks Despite Solid Job Gains

Carson Wealth

2023 Stock Gains Suggest a Solid (But Not Spectacular) 2024 The S&P 500 finally fell last week after nine consecutive weeks of gains, the longest weekly winning streak since 2004. In fact, the average annual number of jobs gained from 2010-2019 was 2.2 Another 20% gain is possible, however, as it has happened before four times.

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Vijay Kedia Success Story – From a Stock Broker to Ace Investor!

Trade Brains

During his initial days of trading, Vijay Kedia made a number of profitable trades from the market. During 2004-05, he picked a number of multi-bagger stocks which gave him a return of over 1,000% in the next 10-12 years. Overall, he wasn’t earning much from his trading. That gave a lot of encouragement to Vijay Kedia.

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Thinking Big and Survivorship Bias

The Irrelevant Investor

After five years as a private business, they went public in 2004 at a valuation of $27B. In Google's 2004 Founders’ IPO Letter , Larry Page wrote: We will not shy away from high-risk, high-reward projects because of short term earnings pressure. The search-engine giant became the fastest company ever to reach $1 billion in revenue.