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Research links: stuck in a rut

Abnormal Returns

Retail Using LLMs to identify retail trader strategies. wealthmanagement.com) How factor investors can hone in on after-tax returns. returnstacked.com) A look at how to identify economic regimes. papers.ssrn.com) A look at the value, or lack thereof, of WallStreetBets stock picks. mailchi.mp)

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Wholesale Used Car Prices Declined in February; Down 13.1% Year-over-year

Calculated Risk

Though February activity was muted as we started the month, we saw more activity in the lanes at Manheim in the second half of the month and finished the last week of February with some of the strongest weekly gains in wholesale prices for many years,” said Jeremy Robb, senior director of Economic and Industry Insights for Cox Automotive.

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MiB: Gretchen Morgenson on Private Equity

The Big Picture

They also wrote the 2011 bestseller “ Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon ,” about the mortgage crisis. We discuss the Carried Interest tax loophole, a tax dodge that benefits a few 1000 people in the country but cost U.S. taxpayers 180 billion dollars per decade.

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10 Friday AM Reads

The Big Picture

Billions of Dollars at Stake in a Puzzling Holiday Shopping Season : It promises to be unpredictable, with retailers and consumers still figuring out how much will be spent and on what kinds of goods. ( That will cause a drop in property taxes and strain city budgets. Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research ). •

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Tax Advisor Weekly News March 7, 2025

Harness Wealth

This weeks Tax Advisor news roundup covers key updates for financial professionals. Last but not least, we have a rundown of the IRSs ‘Dirty Dozen’ tax scams for 2025. Wealth Taxes in Europe, 2025 ( Cristina Enache , Tax Foundation) Net wealth taxes are recurrent taxes on an individuals wealth, net of debt.

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Sunday links: frictions and costs

Abnormal Returns

(ft.com) How Schwab ($SCHW) plans to profit from integrating TD Ameritrade retail customers. npr.org) Social Security Raise Social Security taxes now before it becomes too painful. awealthofcommonsense.com) The economic schedule for the coming week. wired.com) Why Egyptian men are fleeing to Europe.

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10 Friday AM Reads

The Big Picture

Most economic downturns hit lower-income Americans hardest, but this time is different. Banning Wall Street’s biggest municipal bond underwriters has foisted a hidden tax on their residents totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. My end-of-week morning train WFH reads: • It’s a Richcession, Not a Recession.

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