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Summer Reading List Of “Best Books” For Financial Advisors – 2024 Edition

Nerd's Eye View

It quickly became a perennial favorite on Nerd's Eye View, and so I've updated it every year, with new lists of books in 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019 , 2020 , 2021 , 2022 , and a fresh round last year in 2023.

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10 Weekend Reads

The Big Picture

Businessweek ) see also How Nvidia Became ChatGPT’s Brain and Joined the $1 Trillion Club : CEO Jensen Huang’s big bet on AI went from hand-delivering processors to Elon Musk and Sam Altman in 2016 to joining today’s alpha pack of Silicon Valley. Meet Wikipedia’s Architects : The world wide web of Wikipedia, as told by its editors.

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Nobody Knows Anything, The Beatles edition

The Big Picture

The New York Times : “The Beatles’ vocal quality can be described as hoarsely incoherent, with the minimal enunciation necessary to communicate the schematic texts.” Source: Early Criticism of The Beatles , Steve Silverman February 11, 2016 7. The Los Angeles Times : “Not even their mothers would claim that they sing well.”

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Seeking Best Execution: Understanding The SEC’s Expectations For Advisors To Deliver Best Outcomes For Clients

Nerd's Eye View

These 2 communications suggested that advisers have differing responsibilities depending on whether they are responsible for selecting broker-dealers and executing client trades, which suggests that advisers that have not accepted the responsibility to select custodial broker-dealers on behalf of the client (e.g.,

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What’s Wrong With Macroeconomic Uncertainty Indexes

The Big Picture

When “ Uncertainty ” rises, it is not because of the challenging macro conditions, but rather because the little narrator in our heads is robbed of his ability to convince us that whatever fairy tale has been operative during the prior months is still working.

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NOW 2016 | Putin’s World

Brown Advisory

NOW 2016 | Putin’s World achen Thu, 06/23/2016 - 10:27 On Feb. infiltration and espionage exploited weak leadership, Stent said at the NOW 2016 forum. This communication and any accompanying documents are confidential and privileged. They are intended for the sole use of the addressee.

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NOW 2016 | Putin’s World

Brown Advisory

NOW 2016 | Putin’s World. Thu, 06/23/2016 - 10:27. infiltration and espionage exploited weak leadership, Stent said at the NOW 2016 forum. This communication and any accompanying documents are confidential and privileged. They are intended for the sole use of the addressee.

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