May, 2020

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Ben’s Message

MazumaBusinessAccounting

June Newsletter. As a small business owner, I am constantly hiring new employees and am immersed in the hiring process. I love the beginning of the process, particularly looking through resumes. Each resume has a story. The single piece of paper has years of hard work, dedication, experience, and discipline. I often ponder at my own experience and wonder “what’s my story, and what’s the next chapter?

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These Are the Goods

The Irrelevant Investor

Articles Large growth stocks’ breakthrough innovations and fat profit margins attract capital like bees to a honeypot By Brian Chingono Cheap stocks have underperformed expensive stocks by over 30% this year By Drew Dickson People don’t want accuracy. They want certainty. By Morgan Housel Noobwhales of all shapes and sizes were lured into the stock market by the promise of easy money and overnight riches By Ben Carlson Better is all the buyers ever asked for.

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Your Office Walls Just Got Bigger

AdvisorPR

Steps to staying relevant while working remotely Your four office walls didn’t get smaller. In fact, they got a lot bigger and now include the vastness of the internet. There is a lot more competition in your new virtual world that is also vying for your ideal client’s attention. To generate exposure and establish your trust and credibility, you need to think bigger.

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Our Communications to Clients Regarding the COVID-19 Outbreak

Brown Advisory

Our Communications to Clients Regarding the COVID-19 Outbreak ajackson Wed, 05/20/2020 - 09:19 In the face of the rapidly evolving COVID-19 outbreak and its impact on financial markets, Brown Advisory’s top priorities are the well-being of our clients, colleagues and communities, and the uninterrupted delivery of performance, advice and service to our clients.

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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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How to prepare your portfolio for the uncertain future?

Truemind Capital

Don’t fight the forces, use them. – R. Buckminster Fuller. Everyone thinks that due to the recent events caused by Coronavirus we are in uncertain times. I believe we are always in uncertain times. The emergence of any event has multiple co-dependent factors and nothing gets created out of a vacuum. Since we cannot know and control all the factors that lead to the manifestation of any situation; we cannot be 100% certain about any event.

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Staying Home? Take These 5 Easy Steps To Supercharge Your Marketing (Video)

Indigo Marketing Agency

Do you need to improve your marketing as a financial advisor? Financial advisors across the country are now working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic. Even if you can’t meet with prospects face-to-face, there are steps you can take to improve your marketing—beef up your online presence and attract your ideal clients—without even leaving your couch.

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Animal Spirits: Valuations Don’t Matter

The Irrelevant Investor

Today’s Animal Spirits is brought to you by YCharts Mention Animal Spirits to receive 20% off when you initially sign up for the service Listen here: On today’s show we discuss: Joe Rogan going to Spotify Joining Bill Simmons People are using their stimulus checks to gamble Commercial rent plummeting Netflix turning off inactive accounts Call her daddy Amazon buying J.C.

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Creating a Digital Storefront

AdvisorPR

An Advisor’s Guide to “The New Normal” of Business During COVID-19 It’s the “new normal” they say. “We could see a resurgence in the fall,” some warn. #Stayhomestaysafe or some iteration is everywhere you look. So how is a financial advisor supposed to “advise” amidst a lingering pandemic? While a pandemic in it of itself is mind-boggling to grapple with, and if you are an advisor who caters to the retirement demographic, you cannot ignore the fact that they are most impacted by this virus.

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Our Communications to Clients Regarding the COVID-19 Outbreak

Brown Advisory

Our Communications to Clients Regarding the COVID-19 Outbreak. ajackson. Wed, 05/20/2020 - 09:19. In the face of the rapidly evolving COVID-19 outbreak and its impact on financial markets, Brown Advisory’s top priorities are the well-being of our clients, colleagues and communities, and the uninterrupted delivery of performance, advice and service to our clients.

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Introducing Coverage Critic: Time to Kill the $80 Mobile Phone Bill Forever

Mr. Money Mustache

A Quick Foreword: Although the world is still in Pandemic mode, we are shifting gears back to personal finance mode here at MMM. Partly because we could all use a distraction right now, and even more important because forced time off like this is the ideal time to re-invest in optimizing parts of your life such as your fitness, food and finances. Canadian Readers – we have also collected some recommendations for you at a new Canadian Mobile Phone recommendations page. — Every now and

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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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How To Grow Your Retirement Business In The 2020 Economic Crisis (Webinar)

Indigo Marketing Agency

How To Grow Your Retirement Plan Business In The 2020 Economic Crisis. If you’re like most advisors, you’re likely starting to come up for air after the shock of the coronavirus pandemic. Now that you’ve contacted your clients, rebalanced accounts, and communicated your plans, it’s time to think about growing your business during this crisis.

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Should Pre-Retirees Take a New Look at #Retirement Income?

Yardley Wealth Management

The post Should Pre-Retirees Take a New Look at #Retirement Income? appeared first on Yardley Wealth Management, LLC. Should Pre-Retirees Take a New Look at #Retirement Income? By Michael Garry Yardley Wealth Management May 21, 2020. I recently was interviewed for an article in a national publication on retirement income, given the current market and job losses.

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These Are the Goods

The Irrelevant Investor

Articles If capitalism is driven by a search for profit, the food delivery business confuses the hell out of me By Ranjan Roy Rather than seeing trillion-dollar relief packages as “large” or even “bold,” you should see them for what they really are: an appropriate response to a once-in-a-century economic calamity By Derek Thompson As I watch all these commentators, I realize nobody really has any idea By Brooklyn Investor The reason value has underperformed recently is because cheap stocks have

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Linh Nguyen Named Rising Star by Human Resources Executive

SEI

Linh Nguyen Named Rising Star by Human Resources Executive

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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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Reflections for Five Years of Global Leaders

Brown Advisory

Reflections for Five Years of Global Leaders ajackson Tue, 05/12/2020 - 09:38 The Global Leaders strategy is focused on delivering long-term performance by building a concentrated portfolio of market-leading companies from across the globe. We believe that companies that combine exceptional outcomes for their customers with strong leadership can generate high and sustainable returns on invested capital (ROIC) which can lead to outstanding shareholder returns.

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Ben’s Message

MazumaBusinessAccounting

May Newsletter. Nine years ago, we started a small company that helps small businesses with their bookkeeping, taxes, and accounting…a simple but needed service. I value the entrepreneurial spirit and understand the hard work and dedication it takes to run a small business. There are few pursuits that demand more character and grit than keeping your doors open amidst the chaos and risks the world throws at you.

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10 Reasons Why Stocks are More Dangerous than Sports

The Irrelevant Investor

People are trading stocks like it's 1999. Between the quarantine lock-down, free trading commissions, and absence of sports to bet on, this is the perfect storm for brokerage accounts. At first blush you might think that gambling on sports and gambling on stocks are no different, this was my knee-jerk reaction. And while there certainly are similarities, there are many more differences, and these differences would suggest, generally speaking, that betting on stocks is far more dangerous to your

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How Sectors are Driving Value and Growth

The Irrelevant Investor

7% a year for ten years sounds like a pretty decent return, and yet everybody has been complaining about it. This 7% represents the return of large value stocks the last decade, which is pretty good. That is until you consider that few things are more relative in this world than investing, where people compare their returns to what they could have earned elsewhere. 7% isn't bad, but compared to 14%, which is what large growth did over the same time, it's downright awful.

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The Future Of Finance: How To Manage Spend The Right Way

Speaker: Aaron Berson

Managing spend is more than a cost cutting exercise – it's a pathway to smarter decisions that unlock efficiency and drive growth. By understanding and refining the spending process, financial leaders can empower their organizations to achieve more with less. Explore the art of balancing financial control with operational growth. From uncovering hidden inefficiencies to designing workflows that scale your business, we’ll share strategies to align your organization’s spending with its strategic g

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Animal Spirits: Is the Stock Market Wrong?

The Irrelevant Investor

On today’s show we discuss: Pizza arbitrage Vaccine volatility Buffett dumping stocks Uber layoffs Retail hurt by the virus, existing trends, and private equity JC Penney paying bonuses ahead of possible bankruptcy Softbank posts $17.7 billion loss on WeWork and Uber Powell on 60 Minutes Housing demand is through the roof The richest neighborhoods emptying out Damodaran on current markets Vanguard on the benefits of.private equity Softbank slide deck Listen here: Charts: Contact us at animalspi

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The Beginning of the End?

The Irrelevant Investor

Something changed in the market today. The winners became the losers and the losers became the winners. With beaten down names like airlines, cruises, and retail bouncing, and the winners like Clorox and Regeneron lagging, the market is sending a message of hope that this is the beginning of the end of our battle with COVID-19. Being long the "stay-at-home stocks" has been the trade of the year.

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These Are the Goods

The Irrelevant Investor

Articles Value looks cheap on a relative basis, but doesn’t scream totally cheap on an absolute basis. By Wesley Gray What’s the bull case here for stocks? By Daniel McMurtrie The real difference between value and growth investors lies not in whether they care about value, but where they believe the investing payoff is greater By Aswath Damodaran People suffering from sudden, unexpected catastrophe are likely to adopt views they previously thought unthinkable.

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Young Bulls and Old Bears

The Irrelevant Investor

I wrote a version of this post four years ago. It was true then and is true today and will be true tomorrow. The world has always been populated by young bulls and old bears. What do Bill Gross, Sam Zell, Jeremy Grantham and Carl Icahn have in common? They’re all old, they’ve all had brilliant careers, and they’re all bearish on the stock market. ( From April 2016 ) Whether it be in music or in sports or in markets, the prior generation never thinks “kids” will ever measure up.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

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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Animal Spirits: Too Dumb, Too Young, and Too Inexperienced

The Irrelevant Investor

On today’s show we discuss: We're shopping online 3. 8 million Americans are not paying their mortgage Why home prices are rising And why they're likely to hold up fine Ben on housing The city exodus Multiples are not valuation (Mauboussin) Druckenmiller offers a bearish warning (2015) Too Dumb, Too Young You are not Stanley Druckenmiller Young investors pile into stocks Is value investing dead?

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Animal Spirits: Fallen Angels

The Irrelevant Investor

Today’s Animal Spirits is brought to you by YCharts Mention Animal Spirits to receive 20% off when you initially sign up for the service Listen here: On today’s show we discuss: The Fed's going to buy junk bonds Airlines are in big trouble Shanghai Disney Land Air BnB layoffs Air BnB signaling a V shaped recovery Uber Layoffs NBC Universal paycuts Ben's Peloton quote in New York Times The S&P 500 is not a momentum fund $4.5 trillion in stimulus There's a Beef shortage How to save the rest

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How Value Investing Works

The Irrelevant Investor

In March of 1955, Ben Graham was invited to speak to Congress about the stock market. They asked him: When you find a special situation and you decide.that you can buy it for 10 and it is worth 30, and you take a position, and then you cannot realize it until a lot of other people decide it is worth 30, how is that process brought about.what happens?

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The Case Against Value Investing

The Irrelevant Investor

The value premium, which is this idea that a basket of statistically cheap companies would outperform the market was thought to exist for two reasons: You're being compensated for the extra risk that you're taking. These companies are generally flawed businesses, but investors overdo it to the downside. Basically momentum but in reverse. It has not delivered on either of these premises for a very long time.

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Avoiding Lease Accounting Pitfalls in 2025: Lessons Learned from Spreadsheet Errors

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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The Price Is Wrong

The Irrelevant Investor

On February 19th, Chipotle had a market capitalization of $25.93 billion. Today it hit a new all-time high of $26.78 billion. What makes this story so interesting is what happened in between. From the peak of ~$26 billion February, in just 20 sessions, the market cap fell to ~$13 billion. 57 sessions later, it's at a new all-time high. I understand that we just experienced an economic shutdown that is without precedent, but come on, how hard is it to value a burrito company?

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Reflections for Five Years of Global Leaders

Brown Advisory

Reflections for Five Years of Global Leaders. ajackson. Tue, 05/12/2020 - 09:38. The Global Leaders strategy is focused on delivering long-term performance by building a concentrated portfolio of market-leading companies from across the globe. We believe that companies that combine exceptional outcomes for their customers with strong leadership can generate high and sustainable returns on invested capital (ROIC) which can lead to outstanding shareholder returns.

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These Are the Goods

The Irrelevant Investor

Articles Tech is not driving the extreme valuations today vs. the past By Cliff Asness The cost of rolling into new contracts is the main reason ETF returns differ from physical commodity prices By Adam Collins Genius is obvious, only after it was crazy By Scott Galloway The one and only other time that Berkshire's relative strength hit a five-year low, it didn't stay low for long By Bespoke Investment Group Which value screen is right?

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The Rise and the Fall

The Irrelevant Investor

As the 20th century was coming to a close, the dominant retailer J.C. Penney had a market capitalization of $20 billion. Today it's down to $60 million and with $4 billion in debt coming due, they're on the brink of bankruptcy. During the 1990s, JCP, along with American Airlines, Citigroup, Exxon Mobil, Ford Motors, General Electric, IBM, Transocean, U.S.

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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.