Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that SIFMA, which represents broker-dealers, investment banks, and asset managers, released a white paper that argues that CFP Board "increasingly functions as a de facto private regulator for CFP certificants" and proposes that CFP Board eliminate rules and standards that duplicate, conflict with, and/or impose in addition to existing SEC and/or FINRA rules and standards.

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Alpha Architect

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The authors of the research discussed developed a machine learning model that can accurately predict trading volume for individual stocks. They then demonstrated how this model can be used to construct a portfolio that outperforms a traditional market-cap weighted portfolio. Using Trading Volume to Optimize Portfolio Construction and Implementation was originally published at Alpha Architect.

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Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In one case, the firm agreed to pay $45 million to settle charges that it didn’t disclose financial conflicts regarding a portfolio management program to clients.

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A Wealth of Common Sense

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Paul Tudor Jones made some waves last week on a CNBC interview: He’s worried government spending and deficit levels are going to lead to a crisis: “The question is after this election will we have a Minsky moment here in the United States and U.S. debt markets?” Jones said, referring to shorthand for a dramatic decline in asset prices. “Will we have a Minsky moment where all of a sudden there&#821.

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Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & 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.

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Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

F2 Strategy's co-founder and CEO provides his take on the most important wealth management technology news of the last month.

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Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The asset manager has appointed a new global COO to support its wealth management alts business.

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Calculated Risk

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Inflation Adjusted House Prices 1.5% Below 2022 Peak Excerpt: It has been over 18 years since the bubble peak. In the August Case-Shiller house price index on Tuesday, the seasonally adjusted National Index (SA), was reported as being 75% above the bubble peak in 2006. However, in real terms, the National index (SA) is about 11% above the bubble peak (and historically there has been an upward slope to real house prices).

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Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The former Advent CEO will run day-to-day operations at PureFacts and new integrations at Flourish and MaxMyInterest.

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Calculated Risk

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

From the BLS: Employment Situation Total nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged in October (+12,000), and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1 percent , the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment continued to trend up in health care and government. Temporary help services lost jobs. Employment declined in manufacturing due to strike activity.

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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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Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Omaha-based Homan Wealth Advisors will join Colony's Buckingham Strategic Wealth business, as Focus continues its consolidation strategy.

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Advisor Perspectives

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The latest employment report showed 12,000 jobs were added in October, virtually unchanged, and well below forecasts of the expected addition of 106,000 new jobs. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate held steady at 4.1%.

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Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Jania Stout, who sold her firm to OneDigital in 2021, will lead Prime Capital Retirement and Prime Capital Wellness.

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Discipline Funds

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

If you missed the early weekend reading then please see here. But if you really want to ruin your weekend then please keep reading this special labor market edition of weekend reading. How about that labor report? The October employment report came in at just 12K. It was a very messy report given the impact of the prior month’s hurricane and the big Boeing strike.

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Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Cinda Collins alleged her former employer discriminated against her by terminating her after 30+ years because she was nearing retirement.

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The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

This week, we speak with Annie Lamont, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Oak HC/FT. Prior to founding Oak HC/FT in 2014, Annie spent 28 years at Oak Investment Partners, where she served as a Managing Partner and led the healthcare and fintech practices. Annie has been named to Forbes’ Midas List as well as Fortune’s Top 20 Private Equity Power Players and Modern Healthcare’s 100 Most Influential People.

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Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Omaha-based Homan Wealth Advisors will join Colony's Buckingham Strategic Wealth business, as Focus continues its consolidation strategy.

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Advisor Perspectives

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

As of October 31, 2024, the 10-year note was 376 basis points above its historic closing low of 0.52% reached on August 4, 2020.

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Speaker: Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader

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Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The transaction doesn’t include B. Riley’s roughly 190 independent advisers or its 90 tax professionals.

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Advisor Perspectives

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The yield on the 10-year note ended November 1, 2024 at 4.37%, the 2-year note ended at 4.21%, and the 30-year at 4.57%.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

ReturnStacked ETFs added some very interesting info to the pages for its ETFs. They are now providing transparency on risk weighting of the markets that they invest in as well as whether they are long or short for managed futures and carry. Here's today's screen shot for Stocks and Managed Futures (RSST). And for Stocks and Futures Yield (RSSY) aka carry.

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Advisor Perspectives

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

There is a general belief that there are four big indicators that the NBER Business Cycle Dating Committee weighs heavily in their cycle identification process. This commentary focuses on one of those indicators, nonfarm employment. October saw a 12,000 increase in total nonfarm payrolls and the unemployment remained at 4.1%.

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Carson Wealth

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

This week on Take 5, in the spirit of Halloween, Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist at Carson Group, and Sonu Varghese, VP, Global Macro Strategist at Carson Group, discuss market fears in a lighthearted way. They mention potential economic concerns like elevated mortgage rates, energy prices, and the recent strong growth potentially influencing the Fed’s policy.

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Advisor Perspectives

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Official recession calls are the responsibility of the NBER Business Cycle Dating Committee, which is understandably vague about the specific indicators on which they base their decisions. There is, however, a general belief that there are four big indicators that the committee weighs heavily in their cycle identification process.

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Alpha Architect

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Full exposure to domestic equities. Full exposure to international equities. Full exposure to REITs. No exposure to commodities. Full exposure to intermediate-term bonds. DIY Trend-Following Allocations: November 2024 was originally published at Alpha Architect. Please read the Alpha Architect disclosures at your convenience.

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Advisor Perspectives

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

A middle-aged man who works in emergency services in the US had been battling depression and suicidal thoughts for 17 years, unable to sleep most nights and leaving his wife and teen daughter walking on eggshells because of his irritability, before he opted for a shot in the dark.

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Speaker: Hilary Akhaabi, PhD - Founder, Chief Financial & Operations Officer at Go Africa Global

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Abnormal Returns

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Listening Podcasts keep growing in popularity. (sherwood.news) Podcasts are a delivery device for misinformation. (washingtonpost.com) How 'The Rest is History' podcast came to be so popular. (wsj.com) What is the future of true crime podcasting? (niemanlab.org) 25 lessons from 150 million podcast downloads, including 'Find your reps.' (ryanholiday.net) How video can help podcast discovery.

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Advisor Perspectives

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Investors who’ve been hedging against a deeper selloff in US Treasuries are preparing for volatility as Friday’s hurricane- and strike-tinged US employment report offers final clues ahead of next week’s Federal Reserve policy decision.

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Abnormal Returns

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

October 2024 How major asset classes performed, or didn't, in October 2024. (capitalspectator.com) The S&P 500 returned -0.91% in October 2024. (on.spdji.com) Strategy Don't fall into the “Buy these X stocks because Y will be elected” fallacy. (covestreetcapital.com) Why mortgage rates are rising. (axios.com) Theft 40,000 limited edition Bluey coins have been recovered.

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