Fri.May 10, 2024

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Podcast links: being happier at work

Abnormal Returns

The biz How the Acquired podcast became a favorite in the business world. (wsj.com) Scott Galloway is launching a new finance-focused podcast. (semafor.com) Business Rick Buhrman and Paul Buser talk with Mitch Rales, co-founder of Danaher Corp. (joincolossus.com) Derek Thompson talks with Gideon Lewis-Kraus about the prospects for eVTOLs. (theringer.com) Josh Brown and Michael Batnick talk all things Hollywood with Matt Belloni.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (May 11-12)

Nerd's Eye View

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners"– this week's edition kicks off with the news that a recent analysis from Morningstar suggests that the Department of Labor's (DoL's) new Retirement Security Rule (aka Fiduciary Rule 2.0) could save retirement plan participants $55 billion over the next 10 years (due to an expectation of more low-cost fees being offered in plans) and those rolling over workplace plans into IRAs to purchase annuities another $32.5 bill

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Friday links: optimized leverage

Abnormal Returns

Markets Picking 30 companies for the Dow Jones Industrial Average isn't easy in a dynamic economy. (wsj.com) The stock market doesn't love high inflation. (klementoninvesting.substack.com) Apple Apple ($AAPL) is in a tough spot. (om.co) Apple ($AAPL) may be late in AI, but don't count them out. (barrons.com) If Apple ($AAPL) is no longer the world's biggest brand, what is?

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MiB: Jim O’Shaughnessy, O’Shaughnessy Ventures

The Big Picture

This week, we speak with Jim O’Shaughnessy, founder and CEO of O’Shaughnessy Ventures. He is also chairman of the board at Stability AI. He is the host of the Infinite Loops podcast and the author of How to Retire Rich , Invest Like the Best , and Predicting the Markets of Tomorrow. We discuss how the book What Works on Wall Street set the tone for his entire career as a quant.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

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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Translating Wall Street Jargon

A Wealth of Common Sense

I saw the following headline earlier this week: I didn’t even need to read the actual article to know what the message would be. The tell here was the term ‘veteran forecaster’ In finance-speak, veteran forecaster can be translated to mean someone who is supremely confident in their predictions but almost always wrong. It has to be this way because forecasters are so unreliable.

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Bearish Engulfing Candlestick Pattern – Trading Strategies And More

Trade Brains

Bearish Engulfing Candlestick Pattern: Technical analysts rely heavily on chart and candlestick patterns to conduct comprehensive analyses of stock prices and accurately predict their future movements. Each pattern formed in the market has a clear and justified reason behind its formation and indicates the market’s direction. Here in this article, we shall discuss a two-candlestick pattern called the bearish engulfing candlestick pattern with its meaning, formation, indication, and how to

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AlTi Tiedemann Global Acquires $3B Multi-family Office Envoi

Wealth Management

The deal adds to AITi’s recent moves aimed at expanding its scale and entering new markets to serve UHNW clients.

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Druckenmiller Sold Some Nvidia Stock. Don’t Panic.

Advisor Perspectives

In the US stock market, investors have been conditioned to hold onto their winners. The Magnificent Seven were so-named because most of them — both individually and collectively — have delivered consistently extraordinary returns for a decade or so.

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$28B Merrill Lynch Team Leaves For JPMorgan

Wealth Management

Based in Los Angeles, Eric Gray and Lance Polverini specialize in ultra-high-net-worth clients.

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Avoiding Lease Accounting Pitfalls in 2025: Lessons Learned from Spreadsheet Errors

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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It Ain't Easy Being Macro

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

John Authers' column the other day was titled It's Dangerous To Stay Out Of Stocks. I think that is consistent to the conversations we have about stocks being the thing that goes up the most, most of the time. An investor needing something close to equity market returns for their financial plan to work needs something of a "normal" allocation to equities.

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What’s Driving Movement of Advisors at Independent Firms?

Wealth Management

This new wave of 'RIA breakaways' is feeling the pushes and pulls of an evolving industry.

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Creating your Solo Aging Plan

MainStreet Financial Planning

Solo Agers are adults making decisions about their future independently. You might be a solo ager if you are: An individual or couple with no children An individual who never married, or had children An individual living alone since the death or divorce of a spouse or partner An individual or couple whose relatives live far away or are estranged Solo aging is very common and on the rise.

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Hedge Funds Draw Pension Money to Riskiest Corner of a $1.3 Trillion Credit Market

Wealth Management

Raising concerns that in their aggressive hunt for higher yields, they may be discounting some pitfalls.

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Back to Basics with Reconciliations

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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Michigan Consumer Sentiment Falls to 6-Month Low

Advisor Perspectives

Consumer sentiment fell to a 6-month low in May according to the preliminary report for the Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index. The index fell 9.8 points (-12.7%) to 67.4 from the April final. The latest reading was below the forecast of 76.0.

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Goldman Insists It Has No Plans to Launch an RIA

Wealth Management

At its inaugural investor forum for the RIA community, the firm presented its vision of playing a bigger role as an advisor to RIA practitioners.

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Part 1: Current State of the Housing Market; Overview for mid-May 2024

Calculated Risk

Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Part 1: Current State of the Housing Market; Overview for mid-May 2024 A brief excerpt: This 2-part overview for mid-May provides a snapshot of the current housing market. I always like to start with inventory, since inventory usually tells the tale ! Here is a graph of new listing from Realtor.com’s April 2024 Monthly Housing Market Trends Report showing new listings were 12.2% year-over-year in April.

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The WealthStack Podcast: How LPL Approaches Digital Transformation with Greg Gates

Wealth Management

LPL Financial prioritizes tech to aid advisors, focusing on AI and scaling in 2024.

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Pricing for Profit: How to Set, Negotiate, and Succeed

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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Q2 GDP Tracking: 3%+

Calculated Risk

From Goldman: We boosted our Q 2 GDP tracking estimate by 0.1pp to +3.4% (qoq ar) and left our domestic final sales estimate unchanged at +2.7%. [May 7th estimate] emphasis added And from the Altanta Fed: GDPNow The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the second quarter of 2024 is 4.2 percent on May 8, up from 3.3 percent on May 2.

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Ackman Scolded Over DEI Views at Closed-Door Milken Session

Wealth Management

The debate at the conference reflects a broader dispute taking place across corporate America over the role of DEI.

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RecessionAlert Weekly Leading Economic Index

Advisor Perspectives

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 April 26th, the index was at 18.279, up 1.103 from the previous week, with 5 of the 6 components in expansion territory.

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CI Financial Expects to Pay Off What Is Still Owed on U.S. M&A Deals January 2025

Wealth Management

CI Financial's U.S. debt obligations should be satisfied by Jan. 2025, according to CEO Kurt MacAlpine during a Q1 earnings call.

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Confronting the Change Challenge

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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Hotels: Occupancy Rate decreased 0.8% Year-over-year

Calculated Risk

From STR: U.S. hotel results for week ending 4 May U.S. hotel performance showed mixed results from the previous week, according to CoStar’s latest data through 4 May. 28 April through 4 May 2024 (percentage change from comparable week in 2023): • Occupancy: 64.4% (-0.8%) • Average daily rate (ADR): US$159.97 (+1.3%) • Revenue per available room (RevPAR): US$103.09 (+0.5%) emphasis added The following graph shows the seasonal pattern for the hotel occupancy rate using the four-week average.

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S&P 500 Snapshot: Third Straight Weekly Gain

Advisor Perspectives

The S&P 500 posted its third straight weekly gain for the first time since early February. The index is currently up 10.12% year to date and now sits 0.60% below its record close from March 28, 2024.

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Time to get SASE: The convergence of network and security operations

SEI

SEI Sphere and Fortinet invite you to an exclusive event covering one of the hottest new technology capabilities in cybersecurity—secure access service edge (SASE).

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Finding The Next Apple Using Warren Buffett’s Logic

Advisor Perspectives

On the heels of Apple’s latest earnings report, the Wall Street Journal published an article titled “Apple is Buffett’s Best Investment,” which discusses how Apple became an oversized investment of Warren Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway.

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How to Navigate Revenue and Expense Management: Competitive Insights for Financial Success

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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Time to get SASE: The convergence of networks and security operations

SEI

SEI Sphere and Fortinet invite you to an exclusive event covering one of the hottest new technology capabilities in cybersecurity—secure access service edge (SASE).

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2024 Social Security Trustees Report and Benefit Cut Scenario Updates

Covisum

Stay informed with the latest updates on the 2024 Social Security Trustees Report and Benefit Cut Scenario, including estimates for trust fund depletion and potential benefit cuts.

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Time to get SASE: The convergence of networks and security

SEI

SEI Sphere and Fortinet invite you to an exclusive event covering one of the hottest new technology capabilities in cybersecurity—secure access service edge (SASE).

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