Tue.Oct 31, 2023

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Case-Shiller: National House Price Index Up 2.6% year-over-year in August; New all-time High

Calculated Risk

S&P/Case-Shiller released the monthly Home Price Indices for August ("August" is a 3-month average of June, July and August closing prices). This release includes prices for 20 individual cities, two composite indices (for 10 cities and 20 cities) and the monthly National index. From S&P S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index Continues to Trend Upward in August Click on graph for larger image.

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New DOL Fiduciary Rule Cracks Down on 'Junk Fees'

Wealth Management

The Labor Department unveiled its latest version of a fiduciary rule on Tuesday, with supporters arguing the proposal largely fell in line with their hopes. Industry groups warn of its negative impact on advisors and clients.

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HVS: Q3 2023 Homeownership and Vacancy Rates; Rental Vacancy Rates Increased

Calculated Risk

The Census Bureau released the Residential Vacancies and Homeownership report for Q3 2023 today. The results of this survey were significantly distorted by the pandemic in 2020. This report is frequently mentioned by analysts and the media to track household formation, the homeownership rate, and the homeowner and rental vacancy rates. However, there are serious questions about the accuracy of this survey.

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Schwab Sheds More Staff

Wealth Management

While it was a surprise only to those individuals affected, Charles Schwab, the largest custodian by AUM, has cut more employees after concluding TD merger.

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Data Talks, CFOs Listen: Why Analytics Is The Key To Better Spend Management

Speaker: Claire Grosjean

Finance teams are drowning in data—but is it actually helping them spend smarter? Without the right approach, excess spending, inefficiencies, and missed opportunities continue to drain profitability. While analytics offers powerful insights, financial intelligence requires more than just numbers—it takes the right blend of automation, strategy, and human expertise.

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Comments on August Case-Shiller and FHFA House Prices

Calculated Risk

Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Case-Shiller: National House Price Index Up 2.6% year-over-year in August; New all-time High Excerpt: S&P/Case-Shiller released the monthly Home Price Indices for August ("August" is a 3-month average of June, July and August closing prices). August closing prices include some contracts signed in April, so there is a significant lag to this data.

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The Need to Add ‘Communications Surveillance’ to Compliance

Wealth Management

The modern workplace requires financial firms to move with the times.

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Adjusted for Risk: Despite the Known Benefits and Growth of SMAs, Questions Remain

Wealth Management

Revisor's Landon Jones and Ethan Dunbar answer hot topic questions regarding separately managed accounts.

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Tuesday links: buying cheaper assets

Abnormal Returns

Strategy Money market returns look good.almost too good. (wsj.com) Six lessons from William Bernstein's "The Four Pillars of Investing." (humbledollar.com) Why it's easy to say you will buy when stocks 'go on sale.' (behaviouralinvestment.com) Crypto Vanguard is opting out of the Bitcoin ETF race. (markets.businessinsider.com) Investors who bought the Grayscale Bitcoin Investment Trust ($GBTC) at a big discount are looking good.

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What Are the Options for Real Estate Owners Facing Loan Defaults

Wealth Management

Owners facing challenges today have several restructuring options, but it's critical to get guidance.

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#FA Success Ep 357: Building A High-Tech High-Touch Advisory Firm With The Modern Advisor Tech Stack, With Jon Henderson

Nerd's Eye View

Welcome back to the 357th episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! My guest on today's podcast is Jon Henderson. Jon is the Founder and CIO for Echo45 Advisors, an independent RIA based in Walnut Creek, California, that oversees $163 million in assets under management for more than 180 client households. What's unique about Jon, though, is how he has carefully vetted and curated his advisor tech stack of third-party software to provide a strong "high-tech" client experience… and

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What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!

Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.

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Creative Planning Acquires Mesirow’s Retirement Services Business

Wealth Management

The deal adds over 350 retirement plans and about $13 billion in assets to Creative Planning’s existing retirement plan services team.

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Las Vegas September 2023: Visitor Traffic Down Slightly YoY; Convention Traffic Up 9%

Calculated Risk

From the Las Vegas Visitor Authority: August 2023 Las Vegas Visitor Statistics Las Vegas hosted more than 3.3M visitors in September, slightly behind (‐0.5%) last September while est. convention attendance for the month was up 9.5%, supported in part by the PACK Expo tradeshow (32k attendees) that rotated back into the destination since its last Vegas show in 2021.

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12 Midweek Must Reads for Real Estate Investors (Nov. 1, 2023)

Wealth Management

Real estate fundraising fell by 71% between the second and third quarters of 2023, according to numbers provided by research firm Preqin. Yahoo Finance looks at how much of a problem non-performing real estate loans are causing for regional banks. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.

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Wednesday: FOMC Statement, Job Openings, Vehicle Sales, ISM Manufacturing and More

Calculated Risk

Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios. Wednesday: • At 7:00 AM ET, The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index. • At 8:15 AM, The ADP Employment Report for October. This report is for private payrolls only (no government). The consensus is for 135,000 jobs added, up from 89,000 in September. • At 10:00 AM, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey for August from the BLS. • At 10:00 AM, ISM

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Are Robots Replacing You? Keeping Humans in the Loop in Automated Environments

Speaker: Erroll Amacker

As businesses increasingly adopt automation, finance leaders must navigate the delicate balance between technology and human expertise. This webinar explores the critical role of human oversight in accounts payable (AP) automation and how a people-centric approach can drive better financial performance. Join us for an insightful discussion on how integrating human expertise into automated workflows enhances decision-making, reduces fraud risks, strengthens vendor relationships, and accelerates R

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Should RIAs Consider an Insurance Partner?

Wealth Management

Taking a strategic approach to insurance is one possible answer to the call for organic growth.

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Freddie Mac House Price Index Increased in September to New High; Up 5.2% Year-over-year

Calculated Risk

Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Freddie Mac House Price Index Increased in September to New High; Up 5.2% Year-over-year A brief excerpt: On a year-over-year basis, the National FMHPI was up 5.2% in September , from up 4.3% YoY in August. The YoY increase peaked at 19.1% in July 2021, and for this cycle, bottomed at up 0.9% in May 2023.

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Transcript: Michael Carmen, Wellington

The Big Picture

 The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Michael Carmen, Co-Head, Private Investments, Wellington Management , is below. You can stream and download our full conversation, including any podcast extras, on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube , and Bloomberg. All of our earlier podcasts on your favorite pod hosts can be found here. ~~~ This is Masters in Business with Barry Ritholtz on Bloomberg Radio.

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Stop Crying and Buy Bonds

The Reformed Broker

Join Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick for another round of What Are Your Thoughts? On this week’s episode, Josh and Michael discuss the biggest topics in investing and finance, including: ►4th Quarter Rally? – Positive economic surprises say we are due for a Q4 meltup. ►Great News – American wealth hitting new highs. ►Effective Interest Rates – “This increased cost of capital is.

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Book of Secrets on the Month-End Close

Based off SkyStem's popular e-Book, the book of secrets to the month-end close will be revealed in this one-hour webinar. Learn leading practices when it comes to building a strong and sustainable month-end close that has room to grow and evolve. Learn about the power of precise estimates, why reconciliations are critical to closing the books, how and when to automate, and how the chart of accounts play into your close process.

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Correction Territory

The Irrelevant Investor

Warren Buffett once said, “Be greedy when others are fearful. Except when earnings are being revised lower, breadth is bad, and you’re in a higher for longer environment.” (I stole this from Ben) It’s easy to quote Buffett, it’s hard to act like him. And by acting like him, I don’t mean his style of investing, I’m talking about this basic premise that investing should be viewed as.

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Complacency in the U.S. Economy

A Wealth of Common Sense

The Misery Index was created by Arthur Oken, an economist who worked for the Johnson administration in the 1960s. It’s supposed to measure how citizens are doing economically by adding up the unemployment rate and the inflation rate. Here’s the data going back to the late-1940s: It may come as a surprise to some people that we’re actually below average right now.

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Animal Spirits: The Biggest Rug Pull of Our Lives

The Irrelevant Investor

Today’s Animal Spirits is brought to you by Kaplan Schweser: See here to save 10% on Kaplan Schweser CFA exam prep materials On today’s show, we discuss: Gross Domestic Product, third quarter 2023 estimate The U.S. Economy is booming (for now). What does it mean? The American boom GDPNow – Federal Reserve of Atlanta Auto loan delinquencies: What do they really mean?

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How to create more referrals

Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)

By Márta Borbála Király If you would like to find all the new clients you need to grow your business, build a referral system with repeatable processes. There are several ways to find new clients for which you can create a system, or process. One part of my process involves working with existing clients for referrals. The way I do this is to ask a favorite client to meet me for coffee or lunch.

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Stop Falling Short When It Matters Most—The Elite Advisor’s Playbook to Success

Like being inches from the end zone, many advisors are frustratingly close to their next level of success. You work hard. You put in the hours. But if your closing rate is stuck or your pipeline feels like a revolving door… something has to change. Most advisors are just one small shift away from dramatically increasing their revenue. The difference?

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Moving Averages: S&P Finishes October Down 2.2%

Advisor Perspectives

Valid until the market close on November 30, 2023 The S&P 500 closed October with a monthly loss of 2.20%, after a loss of 4.93% in September. At this point, after close on the last day of the month, four of five Ivy portfolio ETFs — Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI), Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund (VEU), iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEF) and Vanguard Real Estate ETF (VNQ)— are signaling "cash", up from last month's triple "cash" signal.

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Why Giving Away Financial Planning for Free as a Financial Advisor May Haunt Your Practice

AdvicePay

As Halloween night approaches with its haunted houses, creepy costumes, and ghoulish tales, you might be tempted to join in on the spirit of giving away financial planning for free. If you are still relying solely on the sale of products and working with clients through AUM (Assets Under Management), then you know that for most of its history, "getting paid" for financial planning has really been about giving away financial planning at little or no cost.

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Wall Street Cuts S&P 500 Expectations as Geopolitical Risk Rises

Advisor Perspectives

A Federal Reserve pause, seasonal tailwinds, an earnings-led rally. Many of the reasons that got Wall Street strategists increasingly bullish coming into the end of the year now look like wishful thinking.

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How Inflation Altered the Stock – Bond Relationship

Fortune Financial

The yield on the ten year Treasury note briefly passed 5% recently, the highest yield on the ten year note since before the financial crisis of 2007 – 2009. This surge in yields has led some commentators to argue that bonds now appear attractive relative to stocks , given that a 5% yield on government backed bonds compares favorably to the S&P 500, which now has an earnings yield (the inverse of the P/E ratio) of ~5.5% if you use a forward earnings yield, or ~5% if you use a trailing

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Demo SkyStem’s Award Winning Month-End Close Solution & Earn $100

Is your finance team bogged down by endless data requests and disorganized spreadsheets during the month-end close? It’s time to consider a better option – automate with ART! SkyStem’s solution works alongside your ERP to transform the close and account reconciliation process and speed up month-end work. Explore SkyStem’s ART - the award-winning account reconciliation automation platform - and receive a $100 Amazon gift card as a thank you for your time.

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FHFA House Price Index Increases 0.6% in August

Advisor Perspectives

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) house price index (HPI) continued to increase in August, coming in at 411.8. U.S. house prices increased by 0.6% from the previous month and by 5.6% from one year ago. After adjusting for inflation, the real index is down 0.2% month-over-month and up 3.6% year-over-year.

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ESAF Small Finance Bank IPO Review – GMP, Details, Price & More

Trade Brains

ESAF Small Finance Bank IPO Review : ESAF Small Finance Bank is coming up with the IPO which is set to be listed on the NSE and BSE. The IPO will be open for subscription on 3rd November 2023 and closes on 7th November 2023. In this ESAF Small Finance Bank IPO review, we take a look the the banks operations, industry, financials, strengths, weaknesses, GMP & more.

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Consumer Confidence Declines for Third Straight Month Despite Continued Spending

Advisor Perspectives

The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index® declined for a third straight month in October despite consumers' continued spending. The index dropped to 102.6 from September's upwardly revised reading of 104.3. This month's reading was better than expected, exceeding the 100.0 forecast.

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Five Steps to a More Effective Financial Plan

WiserAdvisor

Creating a financial plan is the first step toward achieving financial freedom. It is a personalized roadmap that provides you with clarity and purpose. Financial plans are essential for setting your financial goals in motion. But in a world filled with online calculators, simulators, and countless rules and figures, finding the right path can be overwhelming.

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Next-Level Fraud Prevention: Strategies for Today’s Threat Landscape

Speaker: Sierre Lindgren

Fraud is a battle that every organization must face – it’s no longer a question of “if” but “when.” Every organization is a potential target for fraud, and the finance department is often the bullseye. From cleverly disguised emails to fraudulent payment requests, the tactics of cybercriminals are advancing rapidly. Drawing insights from real-world cases and industry expertise, we’ll explore the vulnerabilities in your processes and how to fortify them effectively.