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APRIL 24, 2024

theblock.co) Retail investors trade leveraged ETFs way too much. bloomberg.com) Economy The housing and manufacturing sectors are both range-bound. (sherwood.news) Where SVB's business stands as JP Morgan ($JPM) looks to make inroads. bloomberg.com) ETFs Where active ETFs are growing fastest.

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MARCH 13, 2024

theatlantic.com) Retail Privately-owned Publix is putting other grocery chains to shame. axios.com) Economy "Real aggregate non-supervisory payrolls made a new all-time high in February." (nytimes.com) Online platforms are increasingly at-risk at being flooded by generative AI. cnn.com) Ashley Furniture is a 'quiet juggernaut.'

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OCTOBER 15, 2023

priceactionlab.com) Retail traders are taking a break from trading. nber.org) Economy Economists did not foresee the strong labor market. thenation.com) Ozempic isn't going to ruin the economy. Markets We are living through the worst bond bear market in history. cnbc.com) Why the stock market can rise in the face of war.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

awealthofcommonsense.com) Retailing Why retail workers are quitting in record numbers. calculatedriskblog.com) Economy Q3 GDP is tracking at 3% growth. (morningstar.com) What investors get wrong about the 'Yale Model.' capitalallocators.com) How much should a fund manager hold in their own strategy?

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MAY 9, 2023

news.crunchbase.com) Retailing Suburban retail locations are seeing a bump from hybrid work schedules. institutionalinvestor.com) A Q&A with Felix Salmon author of "The Phoenix Economy: Work Life, and Money in the New Not Normal." nytimes.com) Economy Credit conditions are tight in the American economy.

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MAY 15, 2024

(wired.com) Walmart Amazon ($AMZN) is catching up to Walmart ($WMT) as the country's largest retailer. ft.com) Economy The April CPI jumped by 0.3%. wsj.com) Walmart ($WMT) is re-working its corporate staff. cnn.com) ETFs Active ETFs may be great for fund managers, but no so great for investors.

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OCTOBER 15, 2024

institutionalinvestor.com) Retail Walgreens ($WBA) is closing some 1,200 stores. wsj.com) Economy The wealth effect helped keep us out of recession in 2022. (behaviouralinvestment.com) Alternatives Charles Schwab ($SCHW) views alternatives as a (big) opportunity. npr.org) True Value Hardware is in bankruptcy.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2022

thereformedbroker.com) The S&P 500 is not the economy. championbets.com.au) Economy What odds do term spread models put on a recession? calculatedriskblog.com) Why you can safely ignore holiday retail spending forecasts. Markets How do stocks beat inflation? awealthofcommonsense.com) FTX Is the FTX blow up the end of crypto?

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Hedge funds or retail traders? axios.com) Economy Weekly initial unemployment claims are hanging in there. Strategy Who are you going to bet on? monevator.com) The case for focusing on fewer things. collabfund.com) Crypto Stablecoin issuers have Tether envy. fa-mag.com) Why Citadel Securities chose to not become a primary dealer.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

(ft.com) Financial media The financial media lapped up stories of "organized retail crime." ft.com) Economy Consumers are finally pushing back against higher prices. ft.com) Economy Consumers are finally pushing back against higher prices. econbrowser.com) If you are looking for signs of weakness in the economy, here they are.

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JULY 23, 2024

(theblock.co) The Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust ($ETH) is designed for the retail crowd. wsj.com) Economy All things considered the American consumer is in good shape. axios.com) Companies Starbucks ($SBUX) has attracted an activist investor in Elliott Management. wsj.com) Why Americans are having fewer babies.

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AUGUST 15, 2024

wsj.com) Consumer spending Retail sales jumped 1.0% sherwood.news) Economy Weekly initial unemployment claims are not heading higher. (barrons.com) What you need to know about home buying (and selling) now. calculatedriskblog.com) Walmart ($WMT) doesn't see a recession. cnbc.com) Consumer spending is breaking down along income lines.

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JULY 29, 2022

Taking rates to the 1.50%-1.75% range had some bite, and we see the impact of this higher cost of credit combined with inflation impacting the economy. Real wholesale + retail sales. Real personal Income and Real Wholesale + Retail Sales are where the slowdown is showing up the most. “For the entire United States.

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DECEMBER 7, 2023

USA Today ) • Signs of a Weakening Job Market, in Five Charts : Openings and quits data could give clues to the direction of hiring and the economy. retailers retracted its claim that “organized retail crime” accounted for nearly half of all inventory losses in 2021 after finding that incorrect data was used for its analysis.

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Advisor Perspectives

DECEMBER 19, 2024

At a time when the American consumer’s resiliency has been questioned amid signs of a slowing economy, Walmart Inc. The world’s largest retailer, famed for its discount prices but increasingly known for its pursuits in advertising and an online marketplace, is headed for its best year since 1998. has thrived.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

morningstar.com) BlackRock($BLK) is opening up its Voting Choice platform to retail inventors. riabiz.com) Economy Core CPI ex-shelter was up 2.2% (crr.bc.edu) Fund management Why we are still underselling the broader impact of indexing. institutionalinvestor.com) Not all target date funds are created alike. in December.

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JUNE 13, 2023

institutionalinvestor.com) Retail traders trade crypto differently. papers.ssrn.com) How much does the European economy affect the U.S.? (riaintel.com) How long-short investing changes the direct indexing equation. papers.ssrn.com) Why public pension funds should pay up for CIOs. libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org)

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AUGUST 17, 2023

vox.com) Retail How 'reverse logistics' became a big business. newyorker.com) The many ways Trader Joe's distinguishes itself from other retailers. nytimes.com) The global economy looks a lot different than it did pre-pandemic. (drorpoleg.com) What you need to know about undersea internet cables. is well under way.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

theinformation.com) The bloom is off the 'passion economy' rose? ft.com) Economy Existing home sales plunged in December. bonddad.blogspot.com) Why falling retail sales aren't all bad. (news.crunchbase.com) Crypto companies, like FTX, invested in a bunch of crypto startups. Those stakes are set to change hands.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

markets.businessinsider.com) Companies How retailers have responded to the post-pandemic era. morningstar.com) Economy The August NFP showed continued growth and a 3.8% (on.spdji.com) Rates The bond market is completely different that it was a year ago. awealthofcommonsense.com) U.S unemployment rate. wsj.com) The U.S.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Crypto Fidelity has opened up access to its retail crypto account. axios.com) Economy Where coincident state indexes stand. nytimes.com) You might be shocked how much usable product retailers throw away. theblock.co) BlockFi has filed for bankruptcy. coindesk.com) Jane Street never invested in FTX. nytimes.com).

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APRIL 10, 2023

Fundamental changes are taking place in the labor economy, especially within the service sector. This is most notable in various career choices, ranging from food service to retail to construction and manufacturing. Then there is retail.

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OCTOBER 12, 2023

Markets Retail investors love T-bills. fastcompany.com) Economy How shelter played a role in September's CPI report. economist.com) You can't attribute changes in yields to any single factor. economist.com) Finance VC activity is at multi-year lows. venturebeat.com) Europe has an IPO problem. wsj.com) Hearing is wellness.

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

msn.com) Economy October CPI came in at a 3.1% newsletter.abnormalreturns.com) Mixed media 75 facts from 2023 including '17% of the world’s gold is held by Indian retail consumers.' (ibj.com) Derek Thompson talks with Beverly Tchang about how GLP-1 drugs work. wsj.com) Why isn't there a bridge between Italy and Sicily?

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AUGUST 25, 2023

ft.com) Economy Q3 GDP estimates keep ticking higher. calculatedriskblog.com) Retail space is seeing a reversal of fortune, post-pandemic. (ritholtz.com) Sentiment is cyclical, but is still difficult to profit from. monevator.com) Finance On the prospects for an IPO revival. ft.com) Loans are still not securities.

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MAY 26, 2023

ft.com) Retail investors are increasingly snapping up T-bills at auction. nytimes.com) Lower natural gas prices are helping buoy the global economy. wsj.com) Economy The current bout of inflation is nothing if not complicated. Cash How to choose between T-bills and CDs. labor force reached a record high in 2022.

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JUNE 29, 2023

theinformation.com) Downtown retail has more than just a crime problem. businessinsider.com) Economy Q2 GDP was revised up to 2.0% carsongroup.com) Anemic wage growth has held back views about the economy. Companies Overstock.com is going all-in on the Bed Bath & Beyond name. wapo.st) Capex spending has stopped going down.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

insidehook.com) Economy The Conference Board's LEI no longer signals recession. newsletter.abnormalreturns.com) Mixed media Retailers are cracking down on serial merchandise returners. (msn.com) Sports betting Draftkings ($DKNG) is expanding into online lotteries via the acquisition of Jackpot. wsj.com)

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NOVEMBER 27, 2024

This is how models depict the economy. This is how the economy actually behaves. I think about that calm pond this time of year when the annual Wall Street forecasts for markets and the economy get released. The result will be very predictable: concentric rings will expand out from where the mass disrupts the calm surface.

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JUNE 17, 2023

economy, but American society as a whole. Morgenson explains how PE was originally an institutional type of product aimed at Pensions, Foundations, Endowments and other perpetual investment capital, but has recently moved into high-net-worth retail customers. (KKR) — have grown to have an outsized impact on not just the U.S.

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APRIL 15, 2024

wsj.com) Economy National homebuilder confidence was unchanged in April. calculatedriskblog.com) Real retail spending is trending higher. (awealthofcommonsense.com) Finance The CBOE's ($CBOE) defense of 0DTE options as risk management tool. ft.com) Goldman Sachs ($GS) traders had a good Q1 2024. econbrowser.com) The U.S.

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MarketWatch

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

stock indexes opened lower on Wednesday after January retail sales number came in higher than expected, a sign that the U.S. retailers jumped 3% in January, topping the 1.9% Retail sales are a big part of consumer spending and could offer clues about the strength of the economy. The S&P 500 was off 0.6% Sales at U.S.

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JULY 23, 2023

ft.com) How Schwab ($SCHW) plans to profit from integrating TD Ameritrade retail customers. anneapplebaum.com) Economy Why haven't higher interest rates wrecked the economy already? (humbledollar.com) Finance Ken Bui, "Private equity sucks the good out of American products and businesses."

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AUGUST 22, 2023

morningstar.com) Retail investors love trading Nvidia ($NVDA) options. ft.com) It's hard to find much that is going well for the Chinese economy. (thediff.co) Why there's never a shortage of pundits willing to make a big market call. wsj.com) Finance A look at recent Blackstone ($BX) fund performance.

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DECEMBER 23, 2022

nytimes.com) Goldman Sachs' ($GS) retail banking push is getting derailed. thinkadvisor.com) Economy The labor market is the only segment of the economy that isn't rolling over. (ritholtz.com) Linette Lopez on what it's like to cover Elon Musk. semafor.com) The London Stock Exchange Group is increasingly a data business.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

on.ft.com) Vanguard is looking for ways to give retail investors more say over proxy voting. wsj.com) Economy The 3 month-18 month Treasury spread is almost inverted. (ramp.beehiiv.com) Elon is moving fast and breaking stuff at Twitter. thinkadvisor.com) How stable value funds work. bloomberg.com) Why mortgage rates are so darn high.

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JUNE 1, 2023

New York Times ) see also The Real Reason Your Groceries Are Getting So Expensive : Big retailers exploiting their financial control over suppliers to hobble smaller competitors. The situation is worse in Britain, where food and nonalcoholic drink prices were 19% higher, the quickest pace of annual food inflation in more than 45 years.

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