Abnormal Returns

JUNE 23, 2024

Top clicks this week There are two types of money people. (awealthofcommonsense.com) The traditional IRA looks less and less attractive. (thinkadvisor.com) What's different about the Magnificent Seven stocks. (awealthofcommonsense.com) What matters when your mortality stares you in the face. (humbledollar.com) The case for swapping large caps for small caps.

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Calculated Risk

JUNE 23, 2024

From STR: U.S. hotel results for week ending 15 June The U.S. hotel industry reported higher performance results from the previous week but mixed comparisons year over year, according to CoStar’s latest data through 15 June. 9-15 June 2024 (percentage change from comparable week in 2023): • Occupancy: 70.3% (-0.6%) • Average daily rate (ADR): US$161.70 (+0.9%) • Revenue per available room (RevPAR): US$113.62 (+0.3%) emphasis added The following graph shows the seasonal pattern for the hotel occu

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A Wealth of Common Sense

JUNE 23, 2024

I posted the following on Twitter this week: It’s turning into another banner year for the U.S. stock market (so far). Here’s a good follow-up question on these numbers: This is a legitimate concern. Since 2020 the S&P 500 has compounded at more than 14% per year. That’s not just a pandemic phenomenon either. Since the start of 2009, the S&P 500 has seen returns of 14.5% per year.

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Calculated Risk

JUNE 23, 2024

Weekend: • Schedule for Week of June 23, 2024 Monday: • At 10:30 AM ET, Dallas Fed Survey of Manufacturing Activity for June. From CNBC: Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures S&P 500 and DOW futures are little changed (fair value). Oil prices were up over the last week with WTI futures at $80.73 per barrel and Brent at $85.24 per barrel. A year ago, WTI was at $69, and Brent was at $74 - so WTI oil prices are up about 17% year-over-year.

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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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Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)

JUNE 23, 2024

By Elke Rubach, LL.M., CLU Sometimes during your career as a financial advisor, you may feel like you’re struggling, and working harder isn’t getting you anywhere but more frustrated and tired. When this happens, my advice is to take a day off, sit down and don’t think about anything. This is your time to disconnect and hit the reset button. This gives you space to think about what’s at the root of your challenges as well as to think back to why you wanted to be a financial advisor.

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Trade Brains

JUNE 23, 2024

Downside Tasuki Gap Candlestick Pattern: Candlestick patterns are integral to technical analysis, offering traders insights into market psychology and potential price movements. The Downside Tasuki Gap is one such pattern, known for signalling bearish continuation during a downtrend. In this article, we shall explore the meaning, psychology, formation, and trading strategy of the Downside Tasuki Gap candlestick pattern with an example.

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Advisor Perspectives

JUNE 23, 2024

Private credit investors in Europe are abandoning leveraged plays to try to get ahead of a potential wave of defaults.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

JUNE 23, 2024

On Sunday afternoon I dug into the recently listed Neuberger Berman Option Strategy ETF (NBOS). It is yet another derivative income fund, this one sells put options, it is a putwrite fund. It turns out it is actually a mutual fund conversion from the Neuberger Berman US Equity Index Putwrite Strategy Fund, it had symbol NUPIX before changing to NBOS.

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oXYGen Financial

JUNE 23, 2024

![CDATA[ The Enduring Legacy of Diamond Marketing One of the most enduring and well-known advertising slogans emerged in the 1940s when De Beers declared, "A Diamond is Forever." In fact, this tagline was named "The Slogan of the Century" by Advertising Age in 1999. More recently, in the movie How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Matthew McConaughey's character coined the phrase "Frost yourself," a.

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Advisor Perspectives

JUNE 23, 2024

Are you bored with the cash, stocks and bonds in your retirement portfolio? Then perhaps it’s time to spice things up with shares in an NFL outside linebacker.

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Abnormal Returns

JUNE 23, 2024

Strategy Mean reversion happens in the stock market. Good luck trying to time it. (awealthofcommonsense.com) Successful investing requires getting your time horizon correct. (disciplinefunds.com) Always check the ticker. (scheplick.com) Business The degenerate economy is booming. (howardlindzon.com) How veterinary medicine became a big business. (nytimes.com) The defense sector can't hire workers fast enough.

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Advisor Perspectives

JUNE 23, 2024

Some money managers that buy junk bonds have been pouring money into investment-grade notes instead, because the yields can be almost as high now.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 23, 2024

10 Avert your eyes! My Sunday morning look at incompetency, corruption and policy failures: • The Great American Poisoning or, wtf is going on with our food system. We’ve evolved to exist in an ancestral environment where health was the default. Today, as I look around, I see the opposite. Americans have never been fatter. We’ve never been sicker. Our kids have never had more cancer, more obesity, more diabetes, more behavioral disorders.

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Advisor Perspectives

JUNE 23, 2024

Sales of existing homes in the US fell for a third straight month in May while prices set another record, underscoring persistent affordability challenges that hobbled the important spring selling season.

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Advisor Perspectives

JUNE 23, 2024

Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is releasing a new AI model that it calls its fastest and most capable yet in a rivalry with OpenAI.

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Advisor Perspectives

JUNE 23, 2024

We are excited to announce that Ian Bremmer will once again headline Exchange, happening on March 23-26, 2025 in Las Vegas.

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Advisor Perspectives

JUNE 23, 2024

Senior loan ETFs have gained traction as elevated rate expectations spill over into the second half of the year.

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