Nerd's Eye View

MAY 29, 2023

When a financial advisor starts their own firm, they face many important choices. One of the key decisions is determining the type of clients they want to serve. Some advisors may choose to take a generalist approach that leaves the door open to working with the broadest possible pool of prospective clients. But with hundreds of thousands of financial advisors competing for the same prospects, it can be challenging to build a generalist advisory business from scratch.

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The Reformed Broker

MAY 29, 2023

Okay, it’s up 10,000% since May of 2013 and is now the best performing stock in America during the past decade. Everyone is obsessed. It’s the biggest story in the market this year. Cramer has now named a second family dog after it. Jensen Huang’s name is now in the mainstream alongside Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 1, 2023

“Tight labor markets have raised concerns about the role of labor costs in persistently high inflation readings. Analysis shows that higher labor costs are passed along to customers in the form of higher nonhousing services prices, however the effect on overall inflation is very small. Labor-cost growth has no meaningful effect on goods or housing services inflation.

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Abnormal Returns

JUNE 2, 2023

The biz Consolidation is here, again, as independent podcast companies sell out. (bloomberg.com) Ad buyers love podcasts, especially business-focused ones. (insideradio.com) The number of songs uploaded to streaming services just keep increasing. (om.co) Finance David Rubenstein talks with Cliff Asness about the return of value. (bloomberg.com) Christine Benz and Jeff Ptak talk with Joel Tillinghast about his biggest investing mistake, the implications of AI for portfolio management, and how pri

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Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

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Nerd's Eye View

MAY 30, 2023

Welcome back to the 335th episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! My guest on today's podcast is Tim Wyman. Tim is a Managing Partner for the Center for Financial Planning, a hybrid advisory firm based in Southfield, Michigan, that oversees $1.5 billion in assets under management for 1,000 client households. What's unique about Tim, though, is how, as a second-generation partner, he helped redesign the firm’s organizational structure from siloed advisors to an ensemble practice,

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The Big Picture

JUNE 2, 2023

When confronted by a problem or challenge, it is useful to try and change your perspective. Merely shifting your frame of view by a few degrees can reveal what you may have missed in your initial viewing. This is very easy to do when you are looking through the viewfinder of a camera, but much more challenging when you are intellectually pondering a set of choices.

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Abnormal Returns

JUNE 2, 2023

Strategy A lot of issues really come down to perspective. (ritholtz.com) Some career advice from noted investor David Tepper. (investmenttalk.co) Companies Meta ($META) is requiring workers to come back to the office three days a week. (cnbc.com) Amazon ($AMZN) is looking to add wireless service for Prime members. (finance.yahoo.com) Apple There are only open questions right now about Apple's ($AAPL) VR efforts.

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Nerd's Eye View

MAY 31, 2023

The 2017 Tax Cuts & Jobs Act introduced a $10,000 limit on the State And Local Tax (SALT) deduction that was previously available for taxpayers who itemized their deductions. In response to the new deduction limit, many states enacted laws creating a new Pass-Through Entity Tax (PTET) designed to help owners of pass-through businesses (partnerships, LLCs, and S corporations) avoid the limitation and preserve the deductibility of their state tax payments.

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The Reformed Broker

JUNE 2, 2023

Welcome to the latest episode of The Compound & Friends. This week, Michael Batnick, Cathie Wood, and Downtown Josh Brown discuss investing in innovation, AI fact vs fiction, how big Tesla can get, why Ark bought Nvidia in 2014, Zoom vs Google Meet vs Microsoft Teams, and much more! You can listen to the whole thing below, or find it wherever you like to listen to your favorite pods!

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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 Big Picture

MAY 27, 2023

 This week, we speak with entrepreneur John Hope Bryant , the founder and chief executive officer of Operation HOPE, which is the US’s largest not-for-profit provider of financial literacy and economic empowerment tools. Described as the “Conscience of Capitalism,” Bryant is also chairman and chief executive officer of John Hope Bryant Holdings , Bryant Group Ventures and The Promise Homes Company.

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Abnormal Returns

JUNE 1, 2023

Books An excerpt from "Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most" by Adam Alter. (theatlantic.com) Five insights from "Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World" by Henry Grabar. (nextbigideaclub.com) David Marchese talks with Peter Attia, MD about his book “Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity.” (nytimes.com) A Q&A with Theresa MacPhail author of "Allergic: Our Irritated Bodies in a Changing World.

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Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 2, 2023

Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” - this week’s edition kicks off with the news that a recent study found that advisory forms working with a younger client base tend to have relatively stronger growth in assets under management and revenue over time. In addition, the researchers found that referrals from centers of influence were one of the strongest drivers of new client growth, with client referrals playing an important role as well.

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The Reformed Broker

MAY 27, 2023

Eleven years ago this spring, a startup called Betterment published a blog post stating that human financial advisors were obsolete and that the people who work in the advice industry are pigs. The basis of their post was an NBER study that sent secret shoppers out to meet with “financial advisors” who then received high-cost, unsatisfactory advice.

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The Big Picture

MAY 28, 2023

Avert your eyes! My Sunday morning look at incompetency, corruption and policy failures: • We Want Them Infected : These ‘experts’ sold the U.S. on a disastrous COVID plan, and never paid a professional price. A painstakingly documented new book by Jonathan Howard, a neurologist at New York University and a veteran debunker of the pseudoscience contaminating our efforts to fight the pandemic.

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Abnormal Returns

MAY 31, 2023

Podcasts Jonathan Hollow talks with Andrew Hallam author of "Balance: How to Invest and Spend for Happiness, Health, and Wealth." (podcasts.apple.com) Morgan Housel on the 'art of spending money.' (open.spotify.com) Taxes What Is a 83(b) election? (thomaskopelman.com) Who is eligible for the retirement savings tax credit? (humbledollar.com) Fraud How to protect yourself against check fraud.

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Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 1, 2023

While advancing a career in any industry can be challenging, the lack of formal career development programs offered in the workplace for associate advisors can make it particularly difficult for them to gain the experience they need to become lead financial advisors. And since managing the client relationship – a key responsibility for lead advisors – relies so heavily on nuanced ‘soft’ skills that are gained only through direct experience, finding ways to get hands-on ex

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The Reformed Broker

MAY 27, 2023

Reminder: The Ritholtz crew is coming out to Austin, Texas next month. Details about how you can meet with us here. And if you haven’t subscribed yet, don’t wait. Check it out below or wherever fine podcasts are played. These are the most read posts on the site this week, in case you missed it: . The post This Week on TRB appeared first on The Reformed Broker.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 2, 2023

My end-of-week morning train WFH reads: • Wall Street Banks Are Using AI to Rewire the World of Finance : Lenders are experimenting with artificial intelligence. Not even Warren Buffett is sure what happens next. ( Bloomberg ) • The $1 Trillion Company That Started at Denny’s : AI made Nvidia the world’s most valuable chip maker. So did three guys sipping diner coffee and planning to conquer markets that barely existed. ( Wall Street Journal ) • Is Apple’s weird headset the future?

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Abnormal Returns

JUNE 1, 2023

Markets The market's biggest stocks are having a big year. (axios.com) The S&P 500 Top 50 returned 3.97% in May 2023. (on.spdji.com) How major asset classes performed in May 2023. (capitalspectator.com) Strategy Cullen Roche, "The beauty of indexing is that you own the haystack rather than worrying about the needles." (disciplinefunds.com) There's nothing magical about dividend investing.

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Calculated Risk

MAY 29, 2023

Way back in 2013, I wrote a post " Predicting the Next Recession. In that 2013 post, I wrote: The next recession will probably be caused by one of the following (from least likely to most likely): 3) An exogenous event such as a pandemic , significant military conflict, disruption of energy supplies for any reason, a major natural disaster (meteor strike, super volcano, etc), and a number of other low probability reasons.

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The Reformed Broker

JUNE 1, 2023

Final Trades: Amazon, Freeport-McMoRan & Boeing from CNBC. The post Clips From Today’s Halftime Report appeared first on The Reformed Broker.

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Speaker: Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader

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JUNE 1, 2023

Welcome to June! My morning WFH reads: • We Asked Workers Why They’re Not Coming Back to the Office : Terrible commutes. Expensive child care. Employees explain why they will keep working from home. ( Wall Street Journal ) • Why Are Food Prices So High in Europe? Throughout the European Union, consumer food prices were on average 17% higher in April than a year earlier — the fastest pace of growth in over two and a half decades.

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Abnormal Returns

MAY 29, 2023

Podcasts Michael Kitces talks with Meg Bartelt of Flow Financial Planning about evolving her practice. (kitces.com) Brendan Frazier talks with Bari Tessler, author of "The Art of Money: A Life-Changing Guide to Financial Happiness." (wiredplanning.com) Cameron Passmore and Benjamin Felix talk with David Blanchett about regret optimized portfolios. (rationalreminder.libsyn.com) Austin, TX RWM is coming to Austin, TX!

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Calculated Risk

JUNE 2, 2023

The BEA released their estimate of vehicle sales for May this morning. The BEA estimates sales of 15.05 million SAAR in May 2023 (Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate), down 6.5% from the April sales rate, and up 19.6% from May 2022. Click on graph for larger image. This graph shows light vehicle sales since 2006 from the BEA (blue) and BEA's estimate for May (red).

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The Reformed Broker

MAY 30, 2023

ChargePoint upgraded to buy at Bank of America from CNBC. The post Clips From Today’s Halftime Report appeared first on The Reformed Broker.

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Speaker: Joe Buhrmann, MBA, CFP®, CLU®, ChFC® Senior Financial Planning Practice Management Consultant eMoney Advisor

During an era of evolving consumer preferences, the banking sector is undergoing a profound shift. As customers continue to broaden their perspectives, banking professionals must support their customers' financial wellness by providing holistic financial advice that aligns with individual goals and circumstances. Without adapting, financial institutions will find that loyalty may crumble amid uncertainty.

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MAY 27, 2023

The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of coffee, grab a seat outside, and get ready for our longer-form weekend reads: • The King’s Dominion (The real Succession) : His sons are at war. He’s divorced his fourth wife and broken an engagement to a would-be fifth. The jewel in what’s left of his crown faces a billion-dollar lawsuit.

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Abnormal Returns

MAY 28, 2023

Top clicks this week Ten bad market takes including 'Recession is inevitable?' (ritholtz.com) Why so many Americans think their house is the best investment. (awealthofcommonsense.com) 10 charts this week including the surge in Nvidia ($NVDA). (bilello.blog) What do adult children owe their parents? (fatherly.com) Buy-and-hold forever doesn't work out very well.

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A Wealth of Common Sense

JUNE 2, 2023

The AI craze is in full effect so everyone is trying to figure out who the winners will be. Maybe it will be the upstarts, some new start-up that gives you your own personal assistant in your ear, on your iPhone and at your desk. Or maybe it will be the big tech players who have gobs of money to throw at AI like Microsoft, Google and Facebook. Maybe it’s a company like NVIDIA that supplies the chips and software.

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