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Catastrophizing Debt

The Big Picture

Do we simply ignore the growth in the size of the economy and the U.S. Economy in 2022 was $25,439.70B; in 2009, it was $14,478.06B; ignore that also? That none of these things occurred makes me wonder why we still pay attention to these deficit hawks. And second, should we ignore changes that have taken place over that 15-year period?

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At The Money: Behavior Beats Intelligence

The Big Picture

Morgan Housel Finance types tend to focus on attributes like intelligence, math skills and computer programming. You can know everything about math and data and markets, but if you don’t control your sense of greed and fear and you’re managing uncertainty in your behavior, none of it matters. What happened in March of 2020?

Math 200
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10 Tuesday AM Reads

The Big Picture

My Two-for-Tuesday morning train WFH reads: • Stock Pickers Never Had a Chance Against Hard Math of the Market : In years like this one, when just a few big companies outperform, it’s hard to assemble a winning portfolio. economy is doing well, why do so many Americans say it’s terrible? 2020 Pandemic Panic ?!? (

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From Rocket Ship to Roller Coaster

Investing Caffeine

T he stock market has been like a rocket ship over the last three years 2019/2020/2021, advancing +90% as measured by the S&P 500 index, and +136% for the NASDAQ. Math Matters. I did okay in school and was educated on many different topics, including the basic principle that math matters. Source: Calafia Beach Pundit.

Math 52
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14 Best Recession-Proof Businesses Ideas You Can Try!

Clever Girl Finance

This is because consumers become concerned about the economy or have lost their jobs and means of income. Recession-proof businesses are usually in industries that are not severely impacted by a decline in the economy. Here are 14 good businesses to start in a bad economy: 1. What does a recession mean? Baby products.

Food 105
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Ain’t So Bad

The Irrelevant Investor

As I wrote about in January 2020, starting yields tell you pretty much all you need to know about what your future returns will look like. Unfortunately, the math isn't on our side anymore. If interest rates rise because the economy is improving, you would think that gains from stocks will more than offset any losses in bonds.

Math 52
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Transcript: Brian Higgins, King Street

The Big Picture

I’m good at math and science and you know, I always had an idea what go into business, but I felt that electrical engineering would be a good foundation. I mean, think about the deficits we, we have when it’s pretty much full employment, economy’s still pretty strong. 00:02:16 [Speaker Changed] Me too.

Numbers 144