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History of Black Monday

The Big Picture

25th Anniversary Black Monday 1987 Crash (October 19, 2012). Art Cashin: Black Monday, An Unforgettable Single Day (October 19, 2012). _. Previously : Where Were You On Black Monday? October 19, 2015). It was a volatile 17-year period with numerous rallies and selloffs. Markets were flat to modestly higher over that 16-year period.

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Wealth Inequality Starts at the Top

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Using IRS data, University of California at Berkeley’s Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman’s 2014 study found: The share of total wealth of the top 1% has increased steadily, from below 25% in 1978 to 42% in 2012. The top 0.01% of US households had at least $111 million in net worth in 2012, compared to $4 million for the 1 %.

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CoreLogic: House Prices up 3.1% YoY in March, Lowest Annual Growth Rate since early 2012

Calculated Risk

in March, the lowest rate of appreciation since the spring of 2012. From CoreLogic: CoreLogic: March US Annual Home Price Growth Dips to Lowest Rate in More Than a Decade CoreLogic®. today released the CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI™) and HPI Forecast™ for March 2023. home price growth fell to 3.1%

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Wednesday links: the shelf life of a stock

Abnormal Returns

peaked in 2012. Banking The number of bank branches in the U.S. sherwood.news) Where SVB's business stands as JP Morgan ($JPM) looks to make inroads. bloomberg.com) ETFs Where active ETFs are growing fastest. morningstar.com) The iShares Bitcoin ETF ($IBIT) is a runaway hit. theblock.co) Retail investors trade leveraged ETFs way too much.

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Meta-Four

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The stock is now underperforming the S&P 500 since it went public in 2012.” Previously : Less than meets the eye at Facebook (February 18, 2012). ” Regardless of what you think of Musk, he is not someone you want to be competing with if you can avoid it. MiB: Scott Galloway on The Four (October 28, 2017).

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NFIB Small Business Survey: Optimism Falls to Lowest Level Since 2012

Advisor Perspectives

The headline number for the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index fell to 88.5 in March, the lowest level since 20212. The latest reading was worse than the forecast of 88.8 and marked the 27th straight month the index has been below the series average of 98.0.

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MiB: Joe Barratta, Blackstone’s Global Head of Private Equity

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 This week, we speak with Joseph Baratta , who since 2012, has served as Global Head of Private Equity at Blackstone – the world’s largest alternative asset manager, with $975 billion in assets under management.