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Tuesday links: economic confidence

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novelinvestor.com) Alternatives How to use private equity in your portfolio. propublica.org) Economy The March Manufacturing PMI showed contraction. (on.spdji.com) How major asset classes performed in March 2025. capitalspectator.com) The asset asset quilt updated for Q1 performance. morningstar.com) Is the Yale Model dead?

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3rd Quarter Economic And Market Outlook: Understanding Risks And Opportunities In The Web Of Inflation, Interest Rates, Valuations, And More

Nerd's Eye View

manufacturing sector, by the measures of employment and service prices, has been in a recession for nearly 12 months. What's driving many of the economic conditions today are higher interest rates resulting from the Fed's efforts to fight inflation. And even though U.S.

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Friday links: unclear outcomes

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ft.com) Strategy How to think about liquid alternatives in a portfolio (morningstar.com) Barry Ritholtz's "How NOT to Invest" is a master class for investors. nytimes.com) Economy Regional manufacturing surveys are rolling over. bonddad.blogspot.com) Some unconventional measures of economic weakness.

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Sunday links: cultivating your unique gifts

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awealthofcommonsense.com) Chances are, you don't need a bespoke portfolio. econbrowser.com) Any economic slowdown is coming with consumers in pretty good shape. mrzepczynski.blogspot.com) Economic activity continues to shift toward these four Sunbelt cities. nytimes.com) The economic schedule for the coming week.

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Sunday links: a nation of bad drivers

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microcapclub.com) No portfolio strategy is perfect. humbledollar.com) Companies Why Boeing ($BA) took its eye off manufacturing quality. papers.ssrn.com) The economic schedule for the coming week. (wsj.com) Strategy The market's most important lessons have to be experienced. nytimes.com) Chipotle ($CMG) is on a roll.

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Nobody Knows Anything, FedWatch Edition

The Big Picture

Rather than accept the volatility of month-to-month economic datapoints — NFP, Consumer Spending, Manufacturing, Inflation, etc. Instead, there is a tendency to put too much weight onto the numbers themselves, encouraging a variety of changes and modifications to portfolios due to whatever the latest data suggests.

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Wednesday links: an awesome product

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Strategy Ten things to know about building a diversified portfolio. morningstar.com) Real assets can be a portfolio drag during periods of quiescent inflation. bloomberg.com) Ukraine is trying to boost its own weapons manufacturing. etf.com) Don't let spot Bitcoin ETFs fool you about the nature of crypto.