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History of Black Monday

The Big Picture

Portfolio Insurance : Created a vicious feedback loop and added to downward pressure; 3. 25th Anniversary Black Monday 1987 Crash (October 19, 2012). Art Cashin: Black Monday, An Unforgettable Single Day (October 19, 2012). _. Consensus over the ensuing years has focused on several key drivers: 1. Overheated market : +42.5%

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Passive vs. Active

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What’s obvious is that cheaper is better than more expensive; that there are inherent costs in managing an active portfolio that include more than just trading and taxes but research, analysis, PMs, etc. Top 10 Investor Errors: Excess Fees (June 30, 2012). Concentrated portfolio risk. Passive investing is: Marxist.

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

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Investors should be considering capturing some of that yield in their portfolios. We’re going to discuss how these changes are likely to affect your portfolios and what you should do about it. But what did people do in 2012 when they saw, wait a minute, my house price is recovering. My stock portfolio is recovering.

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The “Art” of Market Timing

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October 22, 2012) Investing via Media Market Timing (February 8, 2009) Forecasting & Prediction Discussions Sources : We Found 30 Timing Strategies that “Worked”—and 690 that Didn’t By Wei Dai, PhD, Audrey Dong, DFA, Oct 31, 2023 In the Stock Market, Don’t Buy and Sell.

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Mind the Gap

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Your portfolio will thank you… Source : Mind the Gap: A report on investor returns in the U.S. Give this some time over the long weekend to read. Jeffrey Ptak, Amy C. annual returns, but the average investor only gained 8.7%

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Top Indian Stocks Held By Societe Generale – Portfolio Analysis

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Capacit’e Infraprojects Limited (Capacit’e), one of the top and most reliable companies in the construction sector, where leading real estate and governmental organizations in the nation use the project design, construction, and management services provided by Capacit’e Infra, which was founded in 2012.

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What Else Might be Driving Sentiment?

The Big Picture

I run through 30 charts in 30 minutes that explain where we are in the economic cycle, what markets are doing, and what it means to their portfolios. This has enormous ramifications for everything from our portfolios, policies and politics… See also , Failures’ Fallout (Mehlman, August 21, 2021) Teens Spend Average of 4.8

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