Abnormal Returns

APRIL 29, 2024

Podcasts Ben Johnson and Julie Willoughby talk with Jen Abate, Head of Financial Institutions Group at Lazard Asset Management (morningstar.com) Cameron Passmore and Benjamin Felix talk with Meir Statman author of the new book "A Wealth of Well-Being: A Holistic Approach to Behavioral Finance." (rationalreminder.libsyn.com) The biz Goldman Sachs ($GS) is getting out of the robo-business by selling its Marcus Invest to Betterment.

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Nerd's Eye View

APRIL 29, 2024

Financial advisors add value for their clients not only by helping them grow their wealth, but also by working with them to create a plan for how to use it. While much of this process may focus on the client's own lifetime planning needs (e.g., helping them develop a retirement income plan), it often also addresses the client's goals for their wealth after their death.

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Abnormal Returns

APRIL 29, 2024

Markets Crude oil has greatly outperformed natural gas of late. (allstarcharts.com) The age of super-low interest rates is over. (wsj.com) Companies A look at the business of Apple ($AAPL) Airpods. (sherwood.news) Meta ($META) investors need to ask themselves if they trust Zuck? (stratechery.com) The Magnificient Seven has gobbled up hundreds of startups.

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Calculated Risk

APRIL 29, 2024

Altos reports that active single-family inventory was up 2.5% week-over-week. Inventory bottomed in mid-February this year, as opposed to mid-April in 2023, and inventory is now up 12.6% from the February bottom. Click on graph for larger image. This inventory graph is courtesy of Altos Research. As of April 26th, inventory was at 556 thousand (7-day average), compared to 543 thousand the prior week.

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Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, 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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Wealth Management

APRIL 29, 2024

The brokerage regulator argued the firm’s automated process for approving options traders on its self-directed platform missed instances where clients submitted applications with conflicting information.

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Alpha Architect

APRIL 29, 2024

Can AI models improve on the failures in predicting returns strictly from a practical point of view? In this paper, the possibilities are tested with a battery of AI models including linear regression, dimensional reduction methods, regression trees and neural networks. These machine learning models may be better equipped to address the multidimensional nature of stock returns when compared to traditional sorting and cross-sectional regressions used in factor research.

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Wealth Management

APRIL 29, 2024

Vanilla co-founder Steve Lockshin details the nuances surrounding NIL deals and the foundational estate planning strategies every individual, regardless of fame, should consider.

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Calculated Risk

APRIL 29, 2024

The BEA released the underlying details for the Q1 advance GDP report on Friday. The BEA reported that investment in non-residential structures decreased at a 0.1% annual pace in Q1. Click on graph for larger image. The first graph shows investment in offices, malls and lodging as a percent of GDP. Investment in offices (blue) increased slightly in Q1 and was up 4.1% year-over-year.

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Wealth Management

APRIL 29, 2024

Vanilla co-founder Steve Lockshin details the nuances surrounding NIL deals and the foundational estate planning strategies every individual, regardless of fame, should consider.

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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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NAIFA Advisor Today

APRIL 29, 2024

Life Happens , NAIFA’s consumer-education arm, has collaborated for the 14th year with LIMRA to conduct the 2024 Insurance Barometer Study. The findings reveal a great opportunity for financial professionals to educate Americans about the importance of life insurance and dispel some of the myths and misunderstandings that contribute to a life insurance need-gap in the United States.

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Investment Writing

APRIL 29, 2024

Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment. This example has more than one mistake. I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading. The post MISTAKE MONDAY for April 29: Can YOU spot what’s wrong? appeared first on Susan Weiner Investment Writing.

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Advisor Perspectives

APRIL 29, 2024

Most clients have no idea what retirement failure means to them and how a given failure rate should influence their planning. My guests today will present a planning framework that improves existing models by dynamically adjusting for market performance and longevity. When saving for retirement it’s common for advisors to evaluate progress toward a savings goal and recommend course corrections to stay on track.

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Wealth Management

APRIL 29, 2024

The Related Cos. founder is following the money flowing south by bringing his influence to everything from real estate to schools and health care.

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Join us in this webinar, where we share best practices on how to think about the reconciliation work each month, when best to do reconciliations, how they should be prepared, and some common pitfalls to avoid. Learning Objectives: This course objective is to understand how to properly prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations and its impact on the financial statements.

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Advisor Perspectives

APRIL 29, 2024

Private equity and venture capital funds have consistently outperformed public markets. But beyond those funds, there is a more specialized approach for investors to capitalize on the private markets: secondary transactions, often known as “secondaries.” My guest today, Andrew Krei, will navigate through the complexities of this dynamic sector, highlighting its potential rewards for investors seeking alternative paths for capital growth.

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Carson Wealth

APRIL 29, 2024

Sell in May and Go Away? Buckle up, as the trigger points for one of the most well-known investment axioms, “sell in May and go away,” is nearly here. This gets a ton of play in the media, as the six months starting in May are indeed the worst six consecutive months on the calendar historically (going back to 1950). The S&P 500 has averaged only 1.7% over those six months and moved higher less than 65% of the time.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

APRIL 29, 2024

ProShares emailed out a short paper in support of the ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF (ISPY). ISPY is a covered call fund and it's point of differentiation is that instead of selling monthly calls it sells daily calls. The idea is that by selling dailies, fund holders can capture more of the S&P 500's upside versus selling monthlies. The idea makes intuitive sense and so far it seems mostly correct.

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Wealth Management

APRIL 29, 2024

Mike Shayestehfar will join RBC’s Century City office and represents the latest departure from J.P. Morgan Wealth Management, which acquired First Republic after it collapsed last year.

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Speaker: Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader

In today’s competitive market, pricing is more than just a number — it’s the cornerstone of profitability. The right pricing strategy ensures that you capture the true value of your offering, paving the way for sustainable growth and long-term success. Join Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader, in this exclusive session where he will explore how a well-crafted pricing approach balances customer perception with business objectives, creating a powerful tool for securing both competitive advantage a

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Clever Girl Finance

APRIL 29, 2024

When it comes to financial decisions, such as saving money and building wealth, we can all probably come up with several excuses as to why we haven’t done certain things. And everyone can likely make a long list of bad financial decisions they have made. Though we all have some money regrets, the important thing is that we acknowledge it and take steps to improve our finances!

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Wealth Management

APRIL 29, 2024

When it comes to saving for their retirement, too many millennials rely on free advice they find on social media.

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A Wealth of Common Sense

APRIL 29, 2024

Today’s Talk Your Book is sponsored by SpiderRock Advisors: On today’s show, we spoke with Eric Metz, President and Chief Investment Officer of SpiderRock Advisors to discuss option-overlay strategies for advisors and investors. On today’s show, we discuss: The pending BlackRock acquisition of SpiderRock The SpiderRock origin story Utilizing covered-call strategies in a bull market The most frequent us.

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Wealth Management

APRIL 29, 2024

Financial services still rely on content. Upgrade workflows with the Content Cloud for file management, collaboration, and security.

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Change is difficult, whether in our private or work life. However, without change, growth and learning are difficult not to mention keeping up with the market and staying competitive. We have all worked for or ourselves are the bosses that prefer to keep the status quo. We will discuss how to address the "change challenge" to enable you to be a changemaker and a graceful recipient of change.

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XY Planning Network

APRIL 29, 2024

In celebration of our 10th Anniversary, we’re taking time throughout the year to reflect on all things made possible with XYPN—both in the past and future. Today we’re excited to recognize the impact XYPN LIVE’s AdviceTech (né FinTech) Competition has had in shaping the face of financial planning. In an ongoing effort to raise the financial planning bar, the competition has provided emerging FinTech companies with a platform to demo their innovative solutions focused on empowering financial advi

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Wealth Management

APRIL 29, 2024

Advisor Ryan Rayburn decided to look for a new broker/dealer when Osaic announced its acquisition of Lincoln.

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Calculated Risk

APRIL 29, 2024

During the early stages of the pandemic, energy expenditures as a percentage of PCE hit an all-time low of 3.3% of PCE. Then energy expenditures increased to 2018 levels by the end of 2021. With the invasion of Ukraine, energy expenditures as a percentage of PCE increased further in 2022. Here is an update through the March 2024 PCE report. This graph shows expenditures on energy goods and services as a percent of total personal consumption expenditures.

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Wealth Management

APRIL 29, 2024

iShares' Karen Veraa shares insight on market complexities surrounding fixed-income ETFs.

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

In the fast-paced world of corporate finance, staying ahead of the curve is crucial for sustainable growth and profitability. This exclusive webinar with leading expert Hilary Akhaabi, PhD, will teach you practical ways to navigate complex financial landscapes and enhance your company's revenue management capabilities. Whether you're aiming to refine your financial strategies or seeking innovative solutions to drive performance, this new session is for you!

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Calculated Risk

APRIL 29, 2024

From STR: U.S. hotel results for week ending 20 April U.S. hotel performance showed mixed results from the previous week, according to CoStar’s latest data through 20 April. 14-20 April 2024 (percentage change from comparable week in 2023): • Occupancy: 66.8% (-0.3%) • Average daily rate (ADR): US$158.60 (+1.5%) • Revenue per available room (RevPAR): US$105.94 (+1.2%) emphasis added The following graph shows the seasonal pattern for the hotel occupancy rate using the four-week average.

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Wealth Management

APRIL 29, 2024

The society shifts and changes accelerating record keeper and advisor consolidation in the 401(k) industry.

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Discipline Funds

APRIL 29, 2024

The Japanese Yen has been undergoing quite the roller-coaster ride in recent weeks and is now down over 45% vs the USD since 2020. With their large government debt load many investors are wondering if this is the beginning of the end for the country whose currency has appeared impervious to large debt loads. Here are three different views on the current situation and where I think this might all be headed. 1) This is a full blown collapse.

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