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Calling It Versus Nailing It

The Irrelevant Investor

It's one thing to call a trade, it's another thing entirely to profit off that call. First, there's the issue of timing. Then you have to be able to execute; when to get in, press your bet, take profits, etc. The excerpt below is from Gregory Zuckerman's The Greatest Trade Ever (emphasis mine). Investment advisor Peter Schiff seemed in an ideal position to benefit from real estate troubles.

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Ensuring Legacies Last

Brown Advisory

Ensuring Legacies Last. achen. Wed, 12/02/2015 - 10:29. Heirs who are unprepared for an inheritance may find that a big windfall can quickly become a mixed blessing. An essential step in estate planning is making sure beneficiaries know all the responsibilities and challenges that accompany the management of increasing wealth. When an aging parent with an air-tight estate plan fails to prepare heirs for an inheritance, an act of kindness runs a high risk of backfire.

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Can Stock Market Forecasters Forecast?

The Irrelevant Investor

Long before Jim Cramer's record was being dissected, Alfred Cowles was skeptical of the claims made by stock market pundits. Cowles, who later founded the Cowles Foundation for Research and Economics , spent years working on a paper published in 1933, "Can Stock Market Forecasters Forecast? His mission: "It seemed a plausible assumption that if we could demonstrate the existence in individuals or organizations of the ability to foretell the elusive fluctuations, either of particular stocks, or

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Anchoring Expectations

Brown Advisory

Anchoring Expectations. achen. Wed, 12/02/2015 - 12:50. Stock market corrections can prompt investors to impulse selling or other moves that are often harmful to their long-term financial well-being. By walking through four steps with a client, we can refocus his or her mindset on the fundamental issues that help safeguard financial stability and achieve steady outperformance.

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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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Diamonds In The Rough

Brown Advisory

Diamonds In The Rough. achen. Wed, 12/02/2015 - 12:58. Weak commodity prices and flagging emerging market economies have dimmed the outlook for energy and metals companies, and are shaking up the high-yield bond market. Through conservative, bottom-up analysis, we are taking advantage of current market dynamics to buy attractively priced debt in companies with solid revenues and limited vulnerability to an economic downturn.

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Tis The Season

The Irrelevant Investor

I tend to be on the skeptical side when it comes to investing based on seasonal trends. I'm almost always of the mind that less is more and seasonality encourages more decision making, not less. Making changes to your portfolio based on this type of study would probably not be in your best interest when taking into consideration taxes, transaction costs, and most importantly, the cost of being wrong.

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Off the Beaten Trail

Brown Advisory

Off the Beaten Trail. achen. Wed, 12/02/2015 - 13:46. Investors should expect the market swings of 2015 to carry over into the new year, driven largely by concerns over weak global growth. We are recommending that clients consider high-yield bonds and other asset classes that can offer the prospect of solid gains that diverge from the path of traditional stocks and bonds.

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