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The Latest In Financial #AdvisorTech (June 2024)

Nerd's Eye View

Welcome to the June 2024 issue of the Latest News in Financial #AdvisorTech – where we look at the big news, announcements, and underlying trends and developments that are emerging in the world of technology solutions for financial advisors!

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Wednesday links: looking inward

Abnormal Returns

Markets A look back at Q1 2024 asset class returns. novelinvestor.com) Growth and value performance flip-flopped in March 2024. theringer.com) Economy How well does consumer sentiment correlate with the real economy? bonddad.blogspot.com) Part-time is not a negative for the economy if it isn't for economic reasons.

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Surprise! California’s 40 Qs of Rising Minimum Wage & Fast Food Industry Growth (Beating USA)

The Big Picture

To prove their point, a number of friendly commentators, academics, and hired guns all wrote endless white papers, Op-Eds and commentaries. But they made one super-sized mistake: they cheated with the numbers. Note: To be clear, while the law passed in Sept 2023, it did not take effect until April 2024.]

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Friday links: a wide range of outcomes

Abnormal Returns

allstarcharts.com) Strategy Big round numbers don't matter unless you hold on. openvc.app) Economy Q2 2024 GDP is tracking in the mid-2%s. Markets Utility stocks are having a moment. barrons.com) Bonds seem to have bottomed. theirrelevantinvestor.com) There are two approaches to investing.

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Sunday links: policy blunders

Abnormal Returns

apolloacademy.com) Finance How cold-storage operator Lineage ($LINE) became the biggest IPO of 2024 so far. nytimes.com) The number of Americans earning the minimum wage keeps shrinking. ft.com) Economy The case for the Fed to cut rates. wsj.com) How the post-pandemic economy is messing with the Sahm Rule.

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4th Quarter 2023 Economic And Market Outlook: Labor Market, Inflation, And Geopolitics

Nerd's Eye View

The sentiment is especially poignant when it comes to economic forecasting, as it's nearly impossible to get an accurate picture of the current state of the economy at any given moment. As a result, uncertainty about how the economy may unfold, even along the shortest time frames, is the default.

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Never Mix Payroll and Household Survey Data

The Big Picture

Between January 2022 and June 2024, the state created 523,700 private sector jobs — not 5,400 as claimed. MSM uncritically repeated the false number. Between January 2022 and June 2024, total California jobs grew by about 156,000, with government jobs accounting for 96.5 I spend far too much time debunking economic b t.