Abnormal Returns
MARCH 31, 2024
Also on the site Everything has an opportunity cost, everything. (abnormalreturns.com) Top clicks this week The Roaring 20's are here. Enjoy it while you can. (awealthofcommonsense.com) There's no alpha left in private equity. (linkedin.com) Patrick Mahomes finally takes an L. (sportico.com) Are index funds propping up the stock market? (awealthofcommonsense.com) Which bonds prove as the best portfolio diversifier?
A Wealth of Common Sense
MARCH 31, 2024
I’m really late on this one, but I finally got around to reading Andre Agassi’s autobiography.1 He writes about what it was like to finally win his first Grand Slam tournament at Wimbledon. Everyone’s perception of Agassi changed from choke artist to the real deal. Winning, however, didn’t change how he felt about himself: But I don’t feel that Wimbledon has changed me.
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Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)
MARCH 31, 2024
By Romel Rivera Garganera Clients don’t know what we do and haven’t seen what we have. It’s understandable then that they may not always understand the cost of delaying insurance is about more than saving on the premium. Below is something I tell clients to help them understand the cost and impact of delaying their financial planning, and I hope you find it helpful as well with your clients.
The Irrelevant Investor
MARCH 31, 2024
Today’s Animal Spirits is brought to you by Halo Investing: See here for more information on investing with Halo. We had Jason Barsema back on the show to give us an update on investing in structured notes. On today’s show, we discuss: Investing in structured notes based on single stocks The difference between hard and soft protection, and why hard protection is cheap right now Why banks offer structured notes What.
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Calculated Risk
MARCH 31, 2024
Weekend: • Schedule for Week of March 31, 2024 Monday: • At 10:00 AM ET, ISM Manufacturing Index for March. The consensus is for the ISM to be at 48.5, up from 47.8 in February. • Also at 10:00 AM, Construction Spending for February. The consensus is for 0.5% increase in construction spending. From CNBC: Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures S&P 500 are up 8 and DOW futures are up 67 (fair value).
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Abnormal Returns
MARCH 31, 2024
Strategy On the benefits of keeping an investment journal. (radreads.co) When an asset has no intrinsic value, i.e. gold, you have more decisions to make. (humbledollar.com) Finance Private credit firms are on a hiring spree. (wsj.com) On the rise and fall of the Hipgnosis Song Fund. (variety.com) Boeing Boeing's ($BA) quality problems didn't happen overnight.
The Big Picture
MARCH 31, 2024
Avert your eyes! My Sunday morning look at incompetency, corruption and policy failures: • Remember the Silicon Valley Bank Disaster? A year after the regional bank crisis, Wall Street is still fighting the measures we need to protect the financial system. ( Washington Monthly ) • ‘Shortcuts Everywhere’: How Boeing Favored Speed Over Quality. Problems have plagued the manufacturer even after two fatal crashes, and many current and former employees blame its focus on making planes more quickly.
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