Abnormal Returns
MAY 31, 2024
Markets There is still more than $6 trillion in money market funds. (apolloacademy.com) Is Japan's stock market finally ready for prime time? (on.ft.com) Strategy We should judge systems by their outcomes, not by their aims. (anildash.com) Good investing advice is timeless. (blogs.cfainstitute.org) Finance Private equity is not recycling capital very quickly.
Nerd's Eye View
MAY 31, 2024
Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” - this week’s edition kicks off with the news that the Financial Planning Association and Money.com are planning to publish a “Best Financial Advisors” list based on advisors’ education, credentials, and experience, as well as harder-to-quantify areas such as trust factors and client communication.
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Abnormal Returns
MAY 31, 2024
Economy Katie Gatti Tassin about the disconnect in the economy with Mark Zandi and Judd Cramer. (podcast.moneywithkatie.com) Matt Reustle talks with Todd Fisher who is the CIO of the CHIPS Act office. (joincolossus.com) Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway talk with Matt Huber and Fred Stafford about the state of the electrical grid. (podcasts.apple.com) Venture capital Ted Seides talks with Alex Ohanian, General Partner and Founder of Seven Seven Six, an early-stage venture capital firm.
The Big Picture
MAY 31, 2024
This week, we speak with Jeffrey Sherman , deputy chief investment officer at DoubleLine Capital. Sherman oversees and administers DoubleLine’s investment management subcommittee; serves as lead portfolio manager for multisector and derivative-based strategies; and is a member of the firm’s executive management and fixed-income asset allocation committees.
Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System
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A Wealth of Common Sense
MAY 31, 2024
It’s estimated just 1% to 3% of American households owned stocks heading into the Great Depression. Few people made enough money to save and invest back then plus it was difficult to access the market for regular people — no 401ks, IRAs, online brokers, robo-adviors, index funds, ETFs, Robinhood, etc. By the early-1980s stock ownership was more like 1 in 5 households.
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Advisor Perspectives
MAY 31, 2024
The latest Chicago Purchasing Manager's Index (Chicago Business Barometer) fell to 35.4 in May from 37.9 in April. This is the sixth straight monthly decline and the lowest level for the index since May 2020. The latest reading is worse than the 41.1 forecast and keeps the index in contraction territory for a sixth consecutive month.
Calculated Risk
MAY 31, 2024
Here is a graph of the year-over-year change in shelter from the CPI report and housing from the PCE report this morning, both through April 2024. CPI Shelter was up 5.5% year-over-year in April, down from 5.6% in March, and down from the cycle peak of 8.2% in March 2023. Housing (PCE) was up 5.6% YoY in April , down from 5.8% in March, and down from the cycle peak of 8.3% in April 2023.
Wealth Management
MAY 31, 2024
A Boston advisory team with $1 billion in assets is joining Citizens, the latest of a number of former First Republic advisors and teams to leave JP Morgan.
Calculated Risk
MAY 31, 2024
Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Fannie and Freddie: Single Family Serious Delinquency Rate Decreased in April, Multi-family Increased Slightly Brief excerpt: Single-family serious delinquencies decreased in April, and multi-family serious delinquencies increased slightly. Freddie Mac reports that the multi-family delinquencies rate increased to 0.35% in April, up from 0.34% in March, and down from 0.44% in January.
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.
Wealth Management
MAY 31, 2024
After Washington, Missouri is the second known state to send warning letters to advisors over the use of wealthtech tools that can access data in client retirement and banking accounts.
Walkner Condon Financial Advisors
MAY 31, 2024
Breathe Easier Next Tax Season with These Planning Strategies Every year, most of us smile when we see April 15th in the rearview mirror. The completion of our tax returns being filed marks the beginning of a nine month period where we don’t need to think about funny acronyms and form numbers. Most of us enjoy the period of time from the beginning of summer through the holidays without a thought about our tax situations.
Wealth Management
MAY 31, 2024
Also, PureFacts Financial Solutions selects BridgeFT’s WealthTech API and MyRepChat founder Derrick Girard joins AdvisorNet Financial as chief growth officer.
Advisor Perspectives
MAY 31, 2024
The Federal Open Market Committee is always data-dependent. But the dependency is not always the same. There are times when inflation matters more than the labor market, and times when the situation is reversed. Every regime is unique. There is never a perfect corollary to a previous experience. This time is not different.
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Wealth Management
MAY 31, 2024
How does the RIA industry justify acquisitions with high-flying multiples while net organic growth stagnates?
Advisor Perspectives
MAY 31, 2024
Companies going bust, mounting credit card debt, higher mortgage bills.
Wealth Management
MAY 31, 2024
The team, led by veteran advisor Michael Taggart, will join RBC's Florham Park, N.J. office.
Random Roger's Retirement Planning
MAY 31, 2024
I've mentioned at least one other time how funny I think the Drivetime App commercial is, where the people are so excited that "I made the deal myself!" It's silly but funny. AXS is filing for a suite of 50 single stock and index ETF, levered funds that don't reset daily. For each security, there will be one that resets weekly, one that rests monthly and one that resets quarterly.
Speaker: Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader
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Wealth Management
MAY 31, 2024
Adam and Eleanor Weinstock are joining SLK Private Wealth. The move comes two years after a group of Wells Fargo employees left the wirehouse to form the firm.
Discipline Funds
MAY 31, 2024
Here are three things I think I am thinking about this weekend: 1) Is the Disinflation Trend about to Gain Momentum Again? Friday’s PCE report showed further improvement in inflation down to 2.75% compared to the year ago rate of 4.76%. There has been a lot of commentary in recent months about a resurgence in inflation or a failure of the Fed to get to its target and while the progress has slowed the trend is still clearly in place and likely to gain momentum to the downside in the remaind
Wealth Management
MAY 31, 2024
Banks including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Citigroup Inc. and Wells Fargo & Co. have announced plans to cobble together more than $50 billion to plow into private credit in recent months.
Calculated Risk
MAY 31, 2024
The BEA released the Personal Income and Outlays report for April: Personal income increased $65.3 billion (0.3 percent at a monthly rate) in April , according to estimates released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income (DPI) —personal income less personal current taxes—increased $40.2 billion and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $39.1 billion.
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Advisor Perspectives
MAY 31, 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 May 17th, the index was at 25.111, up 2.882 from the previous week, with 4 of the 6 components in expansion territory.
Calculated Risk
MAY 31, 2024
From BofA: 1Q GDP was revised down by three-tenths to 1.3% q/q saar, which was broadly in line with our expectations. Meanwhile, our estimate of 2Q GDP ended up unchanged at 1.8% q/q saar from a week ago. [May 31st estimate] emphasis added From Goldman: The consumption details in this morning’s report indicate weak spending momentum to start the quarter, and we lowered our Q2 GDP tracking estimate by 0.4pp to +2.8% (qoq ar) and our domestic final sales estimate by the same amount to +2.1%.
Advisor Perspectives
MAY 31, 2024
The yield on the 10-year note ended May 31, 2024 at 4.51%, the 2-year note ended at 4.89%, and the 30-year at 4.65%.
Sara Grillo
MAY 31, 2024
Question from a subscriber: “ Should I spend some time asking my clients for Google Reviews? There is one ‘advisor’ I know who has 30 FINRA disclosures and yet a 4.9 Google rating.” Google reviews offer two marketing super wows: Social credibility Improvement of your Google rank And…facts… There are crooks out there getting attention online just because they are willing to put effort into this.
Speaker: Hilary Akhaabi, PhD - Founder, Chief Financial & Operations Officer at Go Africa Global
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Advisor Perspectives
MAY 31, 2024
Valid until the market close on June 30, 2024 This article provides an update on the monthly moving averages we track for the S&P 500 and the Ivy Portfolio after the close of the last business day of the month.
SEI
MAY 31, 2024
We’ve reached the end of an era of perpetual licensing and overprovisioning, where survival depends on your ability to adapt.
Advisor Perspectives
MAY 31, 2024
The S&P 500 snapped its five week win streak, finishing down 0.51% from a week ago, despite Friday's rally. The index is currently up 11.27% year to date and has recorded a new all-time high 24 times this year.
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