Calculated Risk

JANUARY 11, 2025

The key reports this week are December CPI, retail sales, and housing starts. For manufacturing, the December Industrial Production report and the January New York and Philly Fed manufacturing surveys will be released. -- Monday, January 13th -- No major economic releases scheduled. -- Tuesday, January 14th -- 6:00 AM: NFIB Small Business Optimism Index for December. 8:30 AM ET: The Producer Price Index for December from the BLS.

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Advisor Perspectives

JANUARY 11, 2025

Many people these days are on heightened alert for bubbles, and I’m often asked whether there’s a bubble surrounding the Standard & Poor’s 500 and the handful of stocks that have been leading it.

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Validea

JANUARY 11, 2025

Technology stocks have had a great run. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t stocks within the universe that are still fundamentally sound and represent attractive values. Using Validea’s scoring system, which ranks stocks using 22 fundamental strategies based on legendary investors like Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch and Martin Zweig, we have identified a group of technology stocks that offer fundamental value.

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Calculated Risk

JANUARY 11, 2025

At the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter this week: Click on graph for larger image. Moody's: Apartment Vacancy Rate Increased in Q4; Office Vacancy Rate at Record High 1st Look at Local Housing Markets in December Asking Rents Mostly Unchanged Year-over-year Update: The Housing Bubble and Mortgage Debt as a Percent of GDP This is usually published 4 to 6 times a week and provides more in-depth analysis of the housing market.

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Advisor Perspectives

JANUARY 11, 2025

Indonesia isn’t taking a step back from its hardball approach to Apple Inc. The showdown has turned into quite a spectacle, but it’s unlikely the wins will be sustainable.

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Advisor Perspectives

JANUARY 11, 2025

US Treasuries plunged as evidence of a resilient labor market pushed traders to shift their expectations for the Federal Reserve’s next interest-rate cut to the second half of the year.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 11, 2025

The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of Colombia Tolima Los Brasiles Peaberry Organic coffee, grab a seat outside, and get ready for our longer-form weekend reads: Learn smart lessons from the L.A. fires, not stupid lessons : Ignore the political propaganda. We live in a world with more fires now, and we need to prepare for it. Ignore the political propaganda.

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Advisor Perspectives

JANUARY 11, 2025

2024 certainly saw cap-weighted strategies outperform equally weighted alternatives, but that could very well change this year.

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Advisor Perspectives

JANUARY 11, 2025

When Mark Zuckerberg earnestly looked at a camera and told the world (or President-elect Donald Trump) that he was shutting down all fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram, he left out some important context.

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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.

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