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So You Wanna Be a Stock Picker

The Irrelevant Investor

The stock market has been a treacherous place for the last few months. You wouldn't know it by looking at the indexes. I wrote this opening salvo earlier in the week when the S&P 500 was hovering near all-time highs. This morning, due to a new variant in South Africa, stocks are selling off sharply. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the people's index, is down over 1,000 points, sitting 5% below the all-time highs from earlier this month.

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How Public-Market ESG Investors Generate Impact without Compromising Performance

Brown Advisory

How Public-Market ESG Investors Generate Impact without Compromising Performance jharrison Wed, 11/24/2021 - 13:26 Karina Funk , Chair of Sustainable Investing at Brown Advisory and co-portfolio manager of the Large-Cap Sustainable Growth strategy , spoke as part of a global CIO Symposium, co-hosted by VS Partners and Financial Times/FTChinese.com. In this interview, moderated by Selena Li, China Editor of Ignites Asia, Karina shares her insights on public ESG investing.

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Dear Mr. Market

Dear Mr. Market: When it comes to the stock market it’s easy to see the road we just traveled; what’s more difficult is trying to assess and figure out where we’re going. In last quarter’s newsletter from My Portfolio Guide, LLC we put out a fairly bold prediction of the S&P 500 hitting 5,000 and the Dow Jones reaching 40,000 within the next year.

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Using Drawdown Data As A Market Indicator

Andrew Thrasher

Before we dive into today’s post I wanted to share that my weekly Thrasher Analytics letter is 20% off for Black Friday until December 1st. Use code BlackFriday21 to save 20% on any of the subscription periods and begin receiving Continue reading Using Drawdown Data As A Market Indicator → The post Using Drawdown Data As A Market Indicator first appeared on.

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

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, 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: The High Beta Crash

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. On today’s show we discuss: Our Super Bowl w/Derek Thompson Shadow stats Tokenize Everything Ken Griffin is a troll Elon Musk is a troll Zillow selling all of its homes iBuyer expert Mike DelPrete The CEO turned himself into a cartoon character One good thing about inflation/labor shortages Cars are expensive Leasing a car Crypto in RE Listen here: Transcrip

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Keep Going: McKay’s Story

MazumaBusinessAccounting

Sometimes doing the opposite of what everyone else is doing is the right approach. That is what McKay learned when he started his business, Five Star Commerce. Five Star Commerce is a marketing and consulting service for brands selling on Amazon and Walmart as third-party sellers. McKay found a niche in his pricing model by offering hourly pricing rather than a flat monthly fee like most agencies.

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Missing the Market’s Best Days

ClearMoney

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You’re Hot then You’re Cold

The Irrelevant Investor

Remember the stay-at-home stocks? These names were the epicenter of the greatest speculative stock market mania since the dot-com bubble. And similar to that movie, think Uncut Gems, this one isn't ending well either. The chart below shows the 2020 returns plotted alongside their current drawdown. The following chart zooms in with some household names.

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CIO Roundtable: Inflation, “Greenflation” and Tech Regulation

Brown Advisory

CIO Roundtable: Inflation, “Greenflation” and Tech Regulation. jharrison. Mon, 11/22/2021 - 11:44. The discussion drills down into one of the key themes of the year: inflation. It examines how transitory inflation may actually be, and how we have been positioning portfolios. We also discuss “greenflation,” why the semiconductor shortage is playing an outsized role in inflation and why a potential capital expenditure boom could help contain inflationary pressures over the longer term.

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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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Animal Spirits: Saving For a Down Payment

The Irrelevant Investor

Today’s Animal Spirits is brought to you by LifeGoal Investments On today’s show we discuss: The question we get most from listeners Investing for a down payment Listen here: Links Budget calculator Home Down Payment Investment ETF HOM fact sheet Contact us at animalspiritspod@gmail.com with any feedback, recommendations, or questions. Follow us on Facebook , Instagram , and YouTube.

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These Are the Goods

The Irrelevant Investor

Articles More than ever, venture capital is a game of speed. (By Mario Gabriele) The true believers are Losers who haven’t lost yet (By Jack Raines) Try something new (By Ramp Capital) Despite rapidly escalating prices everywhere, vacancy continues to plummet (By Marc Rubinstein) Crypto doesn't need to be applied to literally everything, but it will be applied to a lot of things that we can't even begin to imagine today.

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A Billion Dollars isn’t Cool

The Irrelevant Investor

When The Wall Street Journal first published "The Billion Dollar Startup Club" in February 2015, 84 companies had the rare unicorn status. Today there are 1,000 of 'em. A private company with a billion-dollar valuation used to be special. Now it's ordinary. These numbers, which felt crazy at the time, seem quaint compared to today. Since this was published, Moderna is up 35x.

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