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Is the ESG Craze Really Fading?

The Big Picture

Previously : Tax Alpha (April 14, 2022) Accessing Losses via Direct Indexing (April 14, 2021) The Cutting Edge (September 30, 2021) USA Is Smashing Its Clean Energy Targets (October 17, 2017) Sources : Wall Street’s ESG Craze Is Fading By Shane Shifflett WSJ, Nov. This is true whether you are pro-life or pro-environment. Oct 31, 2023) 4.

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Can You Live Off Dividends In Retirement?

Darrow Wealth Management

So historically, every $1 million invested would yield annual dividend income of $19,800 on average… before tax. If you own 10,000 shares, you receive $40,000 in dividend income (before taxes) and have a portfolio currently worth $2M. If qualified, the IRS uses more favorable long-term capital gains tax rates.

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The Magic of Simplicity: Joel Greenblatt’s Two-Factor Investment Strategy

Validea

In Greenblatt’s back-testing from 1988 through 2004, the Magic Formula generated average annual returns of 30.8% Think of it as “buying good companies at bargain prices,” as Greenblatt himself describes it. The Track Record The results speak for themselves. compared to the S&P 500’s 12.4%.

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The Dumbest Trade You Can Make?

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

I wrote an article for Motley Fool in May of 2004 saying I didn't want to own the stock and spelled out why. The article shows being updated in 2016 but not by me, the URL has the 2004 time stamp. They are not intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice or a recommended course of action in any given situation.

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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%. Can you beat the course?

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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. I can see all those old posts in the blogger template but cannot see the site. I mentioned Seeking Alpha above.

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The Importance Of Diversifying Your Diversifiers

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

Mutiny makes a point that I've been writing about and have embedded into my process since 2004. They are not intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice or a recommended course of action in any given situation. Getting that 189% between ages 50 and 60 will be far more impactful than between 25 and 35.