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A Little Light

The Irrelevant Investor

I'm lucky that I get to work with such incredible people. Dina and Tony Isola are as good as it gets. Tony wrote a beautiful piece yesterday called Ring Life's Bell. In it he said: "Overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles are what defines us." The Isola's obstacle came when their fourth grade child, Joe, was diagnosed with stage 2 Hodgkins Lymphoma.

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Global Leaders Investment Letter - Q1 2018

Brown Advisory

Global Leaders Investment Letter - Q1 2018 ajackson Fri, 03/30/2018 - 09:50 Global Leaders Strategy Investment Letter - Q1 2018 In this letter, the team discuss their view of the importance of capital allocation. They feel that it is a discipline that is frequently overlooked by investors but it is a key area of focus for the global equity team. Download the Letter Past performance is not a guarantee of future performance and you may not get back the amount invested.

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Belief and Doubt

The Irrelevant Investor

The psychologist Dan Gilbert once said "Findings from a multitude of research literatures converge on a single point: People are credulous creatures who find it very easy to believe and very difficult to doubt." I'm guilty of this. I'm much more inclined to see something and say, "Huh, that's interesting" rather than "this is total garbage." But there are limits, even for people like myself whose knee-jerk reaction is to believe rather than to doubt.

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Animal Spirits: Horizontal Support

The Irrelevant Investor

On this week’s Animal Spirits with Michael & Ben we discuss: Jim Carrey nailed it Two centuries of momentum Do most people need life insurance? To find the right advisor, do a beauty contest. Whitney Tilson opens up If buybacks are bad. Buybacks demystified Listen here: Tweet of the Week [link] Tweet Storm of The Week [link] Charts Mentioned Recommendations Legacy of Ashes I Contain Multitudes Bill Simmons and Chuck Klosterman Daniel Pink and Tim Ferriss Thanks for listening!

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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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The Beginning of the End?

The Irrelevant Investor

Over the last nine years, the NASDAQ 100 gained 55%, 20%, 3%, 18%, 37%, 19%, 9%, 7%, 32%. These numbers are insane. But the past is the past and today's question is whether the recent selling is the beginning of the end, or just another shakeout? The chart below shows that all of the FAANG stocks are down at least 10% from their highs, with the exception of Apple.

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Sometimes This Sucks

The Irrelevant Investor

Buy and hold isn't a perfect strategy. If you convinced somebody in the fall of 2007 that this was the right way to invest, they'd have a bone to pick with you, as they'd watch U.S. stocks crash by nearly 60% over the following sixteen months. But if this person were able to hold on, even if they bought on the day that the market topped, they would have received 7.48% per year over the next 10.5 years.

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These Are the Goods

The Irrelevant Investor

Articles Anecdotes are nice and interesting to examine, but what about the average firm? By Jack Vogel How is it possible that on average the strategy is a winner if each and every path is expected to decay over time? By Corey Hoffstein Selling is as unnatural to me as writing with my less dominant hand. By Dina Isola The quest for "slow and steady" is largely misguided By Jeffrey Ptak If you can tell a good enough story, you can raise someone’s expectations By Nick Maggiulli Consider your por

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Global Leaders Investment Letter - Q1 2018

Brown Advisory

Global Leaders Investment Letter - Q1 2018. ajackson. Fri, 03/30/2018 - 09:50. Global Leaders Strategy Investment Letter - Q1 2018. In this letter, the team discuss their view of the importance of capital allocation. They feel that it is a discipline that is frequently overlooked by investors but it is a key area of focus for the global equity team. . .

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Outlook for 2018 | Confronting the Unknown

Brown Advisory

Outlook for 2018 | Confronting the Unknown. achen. Fri, 03/30/2018 - 11:57. Throughout 2017, our meetings and conversations with clients very frequently focused on the topic of risk. With the market doing so well for so many years, we all knew that downward volatility would eventually manifest, but we didn’t know when, or to what extent. In February, just days before publishing this report, it happened; the S&P 500 Index fell into correction territory, and no one can say for sure if the market w

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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.