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How Do Active Managers Invest Their Own Money?

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Sources : “Study sheds light on cognitive dissonance in active management Robin Powell TEBI, January 25, 2023 Active fund managers and the rise of Passive investing: epistemic opportunism in financial markets Crawford Spence, Yuval Millo, James Valentine Kings College, 06 Jan 2023 Understanding Communities of Practice: Taking Stock and Moving Forward (..)

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Why Is the Fed Always Late to the Party?

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If only the Fed didn’t do X, our portfolio would have been much better” seems to be a terrible approach to managing assets for clients. How Greenspan Became the ex-Maestro (August 11, 2014). I am not a Fed hater or part of the crew that wants to “End the Fed.” Previously : Farewell, TINA (September 28, 2022). June 9, 2022).

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Where is This Rally Going?

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Those of you looking for income might consider putting fresh money to work building a bespoke muni portfolio, or buying the appropriate muni fund for your circumstances. ( Depending on the specifics a 4.5-5% 5% muni yield is the taxable equivalent of 8-10%. we are happy to help ). Regime Change : The shift from monetary to fiscal stimulus.

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Monthly NFPs Are Rounding Errors

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Don’t have one] (August 2nd, 2013) NFP: Pay No Attention to the Statistician Behind the Curtains (January 10, 2014) Don’t Suffer From Denominator Blindness (October 14, 2015) _ 1: All Employees: Total Nonfarm, commonly known as Total Nonfarm Payroll, is a measure of the number of U.S. This is not a popular opinion.

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The Advisory | September 2014

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The Advisory | September 2014. Thu, 09/11/2014 - 12:21. In This Issue : Perspectives on steering your portfolio through the market’s peaks and valleys; why rising interest rates spell relief for financial stocks; and why we think cyclical value stocks are even more attractive today than when we first recommended them a year ago.

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What Does the Relative Performance of Equal Weight S&P500 Mean?

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Desmond loved to ask professional portfolio managers “What percentage of stocks would you expect would be making new highs at the top day of the bull market when the Dow Jones was making its absolute high?” He noted that markets get increasingly narrow by cap size (capitalization) as longer secular bull markets approach their ends.

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At the Money: Matt Hougan on Crypto Technology

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To help us unpack this and what it means for your portfolio, let’s bring in Matt Hougan. Gox in 2014. I think many of the skeptics don’t evaluate where the data is today because they’re taking a 2022 or 2018 or 2014 view of Bitcoin and crypto. I’m Barry Ritholtz. Maybe it was Silk Road and illicit use.

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