Abnormal Returns
NOVEMBER 24, 2024
Newsletters If you haven't already you can sign up for our daily e-mail newsletter, please do. (abnormalreturns.com) And for financial advisors you can sign up for our weekly e-mail newsletter with industry insights. (newsletter.abnormalreturns.com) Top clicks this week 'Amazon Haul' is another sign of the degradation of Amazon ($AMZN). (theatlantic.com) Why is the U.S. healthcare system so much worse than its peers?
A Wealth of Common Sense
NOVEMBER 24, 2024
I bought Bitcoin for the first time in 2017. I tried my darnedest to understand it but my traditional finance brain couldn’t get there.1 Instead of repeatedly banging my head against the wall and fighting the growing crypto religion, I bought some. It was a hedge against being left behind. My timing was never great but I averaged in a number of times over the years.
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The Big Picture
NOVEMBER 24, 2024
Fun conversation with Ben Carlson on various ways people make mistakes about Investing, Real Estate and our emotional decision making about all of the above. On episode 150 of Ask The Compound, Ben Carlson and Duncan Hill are joined by Ritholtz Wealth Management CIO and Masters In Business Host Barry Ritholtz to discuss politics and investing, timing the sale of a house, dollar cost averaging vs lump summing at all-time highs, and much more!
Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)
NOVEMBER 24, 2024
By Antoinette Tuscano, MDRT senior content specialist Most people want to be more efficient and spend more time doing what they love instead of what bogs them down. Yet, multiple small issues and tasks — both planned and unplanned — cause interruptions in a financial advisor’s day. Combined, these issues eat away at your time, your productivity and your career satisfaction.
Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Amplēo & 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.
Advisor Perspectives
NOVEMBER 24, 2024
Amid a red-hot run in the shares of MicroStrategy Inc. last month, Matt Tuttle got some bad news from the prime brokers for his booming leveraged ETF linked to the shares of the crypto-centric company.
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Advisor Perspectives
NOVEMBER 24, 2024
The world’s biggest private credit managers are turning to an obscure investment product to help raise billions from deep-pocketed insurance companies, testing the limits of industry safeguards meant to curb risk.
Calculated Risk
NOVEMBER 24, 2024
From STR: U.S. hotel results for week ending 16 November Due to the Veteran’s Day calendar shift, the U.S. hotel industry reported mixed year-over-year performance comparisons, according to CoStar’s latest data through 16 November. 10-16 November 2024 (percentage change from comparable week in 2023): • Occupancy: 63.3% (+1.5%) • Average daily rate (ADR): US$154.96 (-1.1%) • Revenue per available room (RevPAR): US$98.11 (+0.4%) emphasis added The following graph shows the seasonal pattern for the
oXYGen Financial
NOVEMBER 24, 2024
Random Roger's Retirement Planning
NOVEMBER 24, 2024
I had the weekend off from any fire department activity so I had extra time for some reading and research and found some interesting stuff. AQR had a short paper defining/exploring different types of arbitrage in support, I believe, of the AQR Diversified Arbitrage (ADAIX) which combines convertible arb, merger arb and AQR includes event driven too.
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.
Advisor Perspectives
NOVEMBER 24, 2024
Sticky underlying price pressures could prevent a faster return to neutral monetary policy.
The Big Picture
NOVEMBER 24, 2024
Avert your eyes! My Sunday morning look at incompetency, corruption and policy failures: • How Google Spent 15 Years Creating a Culture of Concealment : Trying to avoid antitrust suits, Google systematically told employees to destroy messages, avoid certain words and copy the lawyers as often as possible. ( New York Times ) • America’s News Influencers : The creators and consumers in the world of news and information on social media. ( Pew Research ) see also 1 in 5 U.S. adults get their news f
Advisor Perspectives
NOVEMBER 24, 2024
Donald Trump’s presidency is set to bring a fresh bout of volatility to markets, supercharging an options boom driven by retail traders.
Abnormal Returns
NOVEMBER 24, 2024
Markets Consensus earnings estimates did not follow the typical pattern in 2024. (tker.co) It's hard not to see signs of market froth. (awealthofcommonsense.com) American households are pretty darn bullish. (apolloacademy.com) Bitcoin The Microstrategy ($MSTR) story is hard to believe. (theirrelevantinvestor.com) Rebalancing makes a lot of sense with an ultra-volatile asset.
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