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Research links: simple corporate events

Abnormal Returns

Asset pricing The CAPM doesn't work. Maybe this measure does. klementoninvesting.substack.com) Brown stocks outperform green stocks. alphaarchitect.com) Hedge funds Replicating multi-strategy hedge fund returns is kind of a waste. insights.finominal.com) Do even failed activist investors help stock prices?

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Friday links: bearish events

Abnormal Returns

wsj.com) The Coterie was built to investors manage their investments in VC funds and other alternative assets. (nypost.com) Startups Companies like Sunset and Simple Closure help startups close up shop. theinformation.com) Startups keep taking a crack at the market for local sports news and opinion.

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Ripples in the Pond

The Big Picture

We rarely understand fully how each new event will impact all of the others that came before it and how the next events in time will affect what preceded it. It should contain enough risk assets—primarily stocks—to benefit from the expansion of the economy and gains in corporate earnings.

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MiB: Maria Vassalou, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

The Big Picture

This week, we speak with Dr. Maria Vassalou , co-chief investment officer of multi-asset solutions at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. In our conversation, Dr. Vassalou explains how she began quantitatively identifying correlations between various macro events as a prof at Columbia School of Business.

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U.S. Bank Failures, 2001 – Present

The Big Picture

Bank failures since 2001, scaled by amount of assets in 2023 dollars. The graphic above, via Flowing Data , puts recent events into perspective: At $209 billion in assets, the Silicon Valley Bank failure since Washington Mutual crashed in 2008 (JPM Chase took them over from the FDIC). The post U.S.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (November 30–December 1)

Nerd's Eye View

Which could prove to be a boon for the financial advice industry as more consumers are willing to entrust their assets to an advisor (while at the same time possibly making it tougher for some advisors to differentiate themselves primarily by how they put their clients' interests first?).

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#FASuccess Ep 405: When Being ‘Youthful’ Turns From A Liability To An Asset In Building Your (Long-Term) Advisory Business, With Gaetano Sacco

Nerd's Eye View

Gaetano is a partner and senior financial advisor at Fountainhead Advisors, an RIA based in Warren, New Jersey, that oversees approximately $900 million in assets under management for 1,000 client households.

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