Calculated Risk

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

The FOMC meets this week and is expected to cut rates. -- Monday, November 4th -- No major economic releases scheduled. -- Tuesday, November 5th -- All day: U.S. Election 8:30 AM: Trade Balance report for September from the Census Bureau. The consensus is for the deficit to be $73.5 billion in September, from $70.4 billion in August. This graph shows the U.S. trade deficit, with and without petroleum, through the most recent report.

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Darrow Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

The IRS released the 2025 401(k), 403(b), and SEP IRA contribution limits, including a new special catch-up contribution for workers age 60 to 63. The IRA and Roth IRA contribution limits are unchanged but income eligibility for tax-deductible IRA contributions and Roth IRA contributions have changed. Also updated: health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, estate and gifting limits, qualified charitable distributions and other cost-of-living adjustments.

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Calculated Risk

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

At the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter this week: Click on graph for larger image. • Case-Shiller: National House Price Index Up 4.2% year-over-year in August • Fannie and Freddie: Single Family and Multi-Family Serious Delinquency Rates Increased in September • Inflation Adjusted House Prices 1.5% Below 2022 Peak • Freddie Mac House Price Index Increased in September; Up 3.6% Year-over-year • Lawler: Mortgage Rates Have Surged Since the Federal Reserve Cut Interest Rates Last Month • A P

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Validea

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Validea’s Warren Buffett strategy, also known as our “Patient Investor” strategy, is inspired by the investment principles of Warren Buffett, as interpreted from the book Buffettology by Mary Buffett. This strategy aims to emulate Buffett’s long-term, value-based approach to investing. The strategy looks for firms with consistent earnings over the past decade, consistently high return on equity and total capital, strong cash flows and reasonable valuations.

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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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Advisor Perspectives

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Amazon.com Inc. reported strong results that showed a company humming on all cylinders, a testament to its efforts to cut and reallocate costs and put the cloud computing and e-commerce giant on sounder footing.

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Advisor Perspectives

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Intel Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. have shed a total of $227 billion in market value this year on their lack of leadership in artificial intelligence.

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Validea

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

A groundbreaking new study challenges conventional wisdom about how we look at investing factors. The paper, “Does Peer-Reviewed Research Help Predict Stock Returns” , written by Andrew Chen of the Federal Reserve Board, Alejandro Lopez-Lira of the University of Florida, and Tom Zimmermann of the University of Cologne, asks a provocative question: Does peer-reviewed academic research actually help predict stock returns better than simply mining data for patterns?

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Abnormal Returns

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Autos GM ($GM) and Ford ($F) have taken different approaches to EVs. (nytimes.com) How to eliminate the stigma, and salvage the minivan. (whyisthisinteresting.substack.com) Transport This device is the equivalent of an 'EV gas can.' (newatlas.com) It seems inevitable that electric boats will become a thing. (thecooldown.com) Energy Infrastructure investors are building data centers and associated energy projects.

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Validea

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

In a wide-ranging conversation on the Excess Returns podcast, renowned investor Guy Spier shared valuable insights about investing, personal growth, and learning from mistakes. Here are five key lessons from his discussion that can benefit both professional and individual investors. 1. Learn Early from Your Mistakes One of Spier’s most emphatic points is that making mistakes early in your career can be beneficial – if you learn from them.

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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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The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of Danish Blend coffee, grab a seat outside, and get ready for our longer-form weekend reads: • ‘ Three New York Cities’ Worth of Power: AI Is Stressing the Grid. Across the nation, utilities are worried about expanding the overburdened power grid, citing high costs and concerns about commitment from data center projects ( Wall Street Journal ) • RIP John ‘Mac’ McQuown, the OG quant The father of passive investing has passed away.

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Validea

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Earnings can be easy to manipulate. But cash flow can provide a better indication of the health of an underlying business. Combining high free cash flow yield stocks with the fundamental criteria of Validea’s guru models, which are based on the strategies of Wall Street legends like Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch and Martin Zweig can help find fundamentally sound stocks that trade at discounted valuations.

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