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Market Commentary: S&P 500 Makes New All-Time High as Fed Goes Big

Carson Wealth

Amongst other things, the August retail sales report showed that online sales grew at an annualized pace of 15% over the past three months. And if economic growth remains resilient, bond yields should not be moving lower. But mid- and small-cap stocks, which are even more geared to economic growth, outperformed.

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Transcript: Mike Wilson, Morgan Stanley

The Big Picture

In doing so, I thought this conversation was really quite fascinating, and I think you will also, especially if you’re not only interested in equity, but curious as to how to combine various aspects of market functions, valuation, economic cycle, fed actions into one coherent strategy. But generally starts with the economic cycle.

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Market Commentary: Weak Seasonality Still in Play

Carson Wealth

Retail sales surged in July and are up 5% over the past three months after adjusting for prices. Resilient Economy May Be Accelerating Another month, another slew of economic data that not only shows the economy is resilient, but also that it may be accelerating. Retail sales and food services rose 0.7% Here’s a quick recap.

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2017 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting

Brown Advisory

Berkshire Hathaway In the 52 years since Buffett took control, Berkshire Hathaway has grown from a small, economically challenged New England textile company to one of the largest U.S. All the big brokerage firms have large compliance departments, and they should. Berkshire is the sixth most valuable company in the U.S.

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2017 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting

Brown Advisory

In the 52 years since Buffett took control, Berkshire Hathaway has grown from a small, economically challenged New England textile company to one of the largest U.S. All the big brokerage firms have large compliance departments, and they should. Berkshire Hathaway. Berkshire is the sixth most valuable company in the U.S.

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Transcript: Steven Klinsky

The Big Picture

STEVEN KLINSKY, FOUNDER, CEO AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, NEW MOUNTAIN CAPITAL: I come from the Detroit area of Michigan as a public school kid, went to University of Michigan and studied both economics and philosophy. There was XO Communication and McLeod. RITHOLTZ: Sorry about the theft of that last (inaudible). KLINSKY: Well, thank you.

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7 Risk Assessment Blind Spots (and How to Beat Them)

Risk Management Guru

Do this by asking plenty of “what if” questions, deciding on a set of automatic kill responses, implementing status metrics, and continually communicating with everyone on all sides of you. This is a surprisingly easy blind spot to fall into because company policies and practices are often convoluted and poorly communicated.