The Irrelevant Investor

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Most stocks have underperformed the stock market this year. To add insult to injury, they also experienced deeper drawdowns. 66% of S&P 500 stocks have underperformed over the last year, while 76% had a deeper drawdown, as you can see in the chart below. If you were throwing darts at the S&P 500 over the last year, you were eight times more likely to hit a stock with a max decline of more than 60% than you were to hit a stock that had a max decline of less than 20%.

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Indigo Marketing Agency

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Could you be making the following blogging mistakes? Are you interested in creating your own content? I come across financial advisors every day who are eager to write their own websites, articles, newsletters, and more. But having worked in this industry for quite some time, I’ve come to realize some common blogging mistakes advisors make when creating their own content.

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The Irrelevant Investor

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

On today’s show we discuss: August employment report These temporary layoffs are starting to look permanent (Barron's) Some jobs aren't coming back (NYT) Spending is larger than the entire economy Could government end poverty? GMO on bonds Democracy has failed (if 60/40 continues to work) In defense of endowments SoftBank buying a lot of options Most people didn't touch their retirement accounts in the first quarter Rents are falling in expensive cities Not commuting is putting money back in pe

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Indigo Marketing Agency

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

I released my latest book, The Marketing Guide For Financial Advisors , about a year ago. It’s always nerve-racking to pour your heart and soul into a book because you never truly know what people will think. . But I’m happy to report that The Marketing Guide For Financial Advisors has received glowing reviews since its release. In fact, it has a perfect 5-star rating on Amazon.

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The Irrelevant Investor

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

We're spending a lot of money trying to beat the virus. From vaccine research to economic relief, $2.7 trillion has been added to our tab. And now for the first time since World War II, our annual spending is larger than the entire output of our economy. Whenever the growing deficit comes up, you can always count on the following concerns: We're going to run out of money We're not going to be able to pay this back We have to balance the budget We're destroying the value of our dollar This is goi

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The Irrelevant Investor

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Articles Today’s low bond yields, which are without precedent in U.S. history, create several challenges for investors (By Ben Inker and Matt Kadner) Natural and man-made disasters have shaped our greatest cities, and our ideas about human progress, for millennia (By Derek Thompson) A lot happens when momentum descends from the ivory towers of academia and steps into the harsh reality of Wall Street (By Ben Johnson) One can't put an economy into a laboratory, control for a single element, and th

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The Irrelevant Investor

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

On this week's Animal Spirits Ben and I discuss: -My plumber's Sharpe ratio -Stock splits is the hottest new factor -The new look Fed, and more [link] The post The Stock Split Bonanza appeared first on The Irrelevant Investor.

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