Abnormal Returns

JUNE 24, 2024

Podcasts Josh Brown and Michael Batnick talk digital assets with Ric Edelman. (youtube.com) Callie Cox talks with Jeff Benjamin about her new role at Ritholtz Wealth and the state of the markets and economy. (etf.com) Daniel Crosby talks with Nuala Walsh, author of "TUNE IN: How to Make Smarter Decisions In a Noisy World." (standarddeviationspod.com) Fisher Investments Some estimates on how much a stake in Fisher Investments went for.

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Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 24, 2024

The requirements to run a successful, growing advisory firm are often less about doing the technical work with clients and more about marketing value to get prospects in the door in the first place. Yet, many firms' prospecting strategies have often relied on individual advisors being able to bring business to the firm instead of actively shaping and promoting the firm's own reputation.

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Calculated Risk

JUNE 24, 2024

Altos reports that active single-family inventory was up 2.2% week-over-week. Inventory is now up 28.4% from the February seasonal bottom, and at the highest level since July 2020. Click on graph for larger image. This inventory graph is courtesy of Altos Research. As of June 21st, inventory was at 634 thousand (7-day average), compared to 621 thousand the prior week.

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Wealth Management

JUNE 24, 2024

Six ways to help clients gain peace of mind regarding inflation.

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Estate Planning Retirement Taxes Planning 119

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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A Wealth of Common Sense

JUNE 24, 2024

Today’s Talk Your Book is brought to you by Harbor Capital: See here to learn more about Harbor Capital and here for further disclosures On today’s show, we discuss: Inspiration for growth managers Concentration within the Russell 1K and the S&P 500 How growth managers deal with high-performing markets What market concentration means for growth stocks How interest rates affect valuation What deflation me.

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Advisor Perspectives

JUNE 24, 2024

Will the energy transition, from fossil fuel to other sources of energy, happen? It seems almost sacrilegious to suggest that it might not, or that the transition will be halting and incomplete.

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Wealth Management

JUNE 24, 2024

The new company, Fisher Retirement Solutions, will be run by Ken Fisher’s son, Nathan Fisher.

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Advisor Perspectives

JUNE 24, 2024

New home construction slumped to the weakest level in four years in May, confirming a trend that’s been evolving for the past few months — residential construction is once again acting as a drag on economic growth in the US.

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Economics 97

Wealth Management

JUNE 24, 2024

Gerald Bernard argues that he co-founded Wealth Enhancement Group and the firm reneged on paying him "finder's fees" for deals.

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Speaker: Abdi Ali, Sr. Lease Accounting Consultant

Join this insightful webinar with industry expert Abdi Ali, who will discuss the challenges that can arise from managing lease accounting with spreadsheets! He will share real-world examples of errors, compliance issues, and risks that may be present within your spreadsheets. Learn how these tools, while useful, can sometimes lead to inefficiencies that affect your time, resources, and peace of mind.

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Alpha Architect

JUNE 24, 2024

Trading costs, discontinuous trading, missed trades, and other frictions, along with asset management fees can cause a shortfall between live and paper portfolios. The focus of this paper is to test an effective rebalancing method that prioritizes trades with the strongest signals to capture more of the factor premia while reducing turnover and trading costs.

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Wealth Management

JUNE 24, 2024

Focus partner SCS has tapped Lane MacDonald, the former head of Fidelity’s family office, while Certuity appoints Scott Welch, Dynasty’s former CIO.

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Investing Investments 105

Advisor Perspectives

JUNE 24, 2024

Economic indicators are released every week to provide insight into the overall health and performance of an economy.

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Wealth Management

JUNE 24, 2024

Qdeck's Jag Prakasam and Keebeck's Bruce Lee discuss AI in depth.

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MainStreet Financial Planning

JUNE 24, 2024

If you plan to work past age 65 you will want to plan carefully around signing up for Medicare to avoid costly penalties. Here are some points to consider when deciding to sign up for Medicare at age 65 or delay until you have retired. Medicare Enrollment It’s important to sign up for Medicare coverage when you are first eligible unless you have other coverage similar in value to Medicare (like from an employer).

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Wealth Management

JUNE 24, 2024

These funds lost the most money over the last 30 days.

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XY Planning Network

JUNE 24, 2024

Cybersecurity or Information Security—“infosec” for the “buzzier” crowd—has made the news in many areas over the last decade. Some large, highly targeted organizations with sophisticated security teams have fallen victim to a breach. Embarrassingly enough, in most cases, the initial breach was something basic, such as entering credentials into a phishing website or not having Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) enabled on accounts.

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Wealth Management

JUNE 24, 2024

At the United Planners Connect 24 conference, a key focus was on change management and fostering advisor independence.

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Speaker: Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader

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Calculated Risk

JUNE 24, 2024

From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Mortgage Rates Remain Exceptionally Flat for 4th Straight Day. ever since last Monday, the average top tier conventional 30yr fixed rate hasn't moved mover than 0.02% on any single day and for the past 3 days, not more than 0.01%. That's a staggering level of "sideways-ness." [ 30 year fixed 7.02% ] emphasis added Tuesday: • At 8:30 AM ET, Chicago Fed National Activity Index for May.

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Wealth Management

JUNE 24, 2024

When faced with a health crisis, one advisor says the support of his business family helped save his life.

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Advisor Perspectives

JUNE 24, 2024

Maximizing tax alpha for clients is not just a niche strategy but a vital component of comprehensive financial planning. It empowers advisors to capture their piece of the $600 billion opportunity and differentiate their practice, while providing unparalleled service and value to their clients.

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Wealth Management

JUNE 24, 2024

Bradshaw Rogers Financial Partners prioritize client satisfaction through social events, educational events and regular portfolio updates.

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JUNE 24, 2024

A well-thought-out long-game thesis can stay intact for long periods with slight adjustments when needed. Like a long and straight drive in golf, when your macroeconomic thesis proves correct, a good portion of your investing job is done.

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Wealth Management

JUNE 24, 2024

Cyber security, tools and resources, and general brain storming are just some of the key areas businness look to United Planners for guidance.

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Advisor Perspectives

JUNE 24, 2024

The weekly leading economic index (WLEI) is a composite for the U.S economy that draws from over 20 time-series and groups them into the following six broad categories which are then used to construct an equally weighted average. As of June 14th, the index was at 20.983, down 1.139 from the previous week, with 5 of the 6 components in expansion territory.

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Wealth Management

JUNE 24, 2024

Why recent trends have seen business owners shift to consolidation.

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Speaker: Hilary Akhaabi, PhD - Founder, Chief Financial & Operations Officer at Go Africa Global

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Calculated Risk

JUNE 24, 2024

Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Watch Months-of-Supply! A brief excerpt: Although inventory is well below normal levels, so are sales. I think we need to keep an eye on months-of-supply. Historically nominal prices declined when months-of-supply approached 6 months - and that is unlikely this year - but we could see months-of-supply back to 2019 levels later this year.

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Wealth Management

JUNE 24, 2024

How advisor Zach Daniels prioritizes client relationships in a people-first, advisor-second approach.

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Financial Symmetry

JUNE 24, 2024

When considering your retirement income plan, Social Security will be one of the sources you rely on. For some, this may be all their income, while for others, it will be just part of what they will live on in … Continued The post How Is My Social Security Benefit Calculated? appeared first on Financial Symmetry, Inc.

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