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There’s No Smart Money

The Irrelevant Investor

On this week's Animal Spirits, we talked about: Why the phrase "the smart money" has lost all meaning The rise of fractional trading And how alternative investments could benefit from low interest rates [link] The post There’s No Smart Money appeared first on The Irrelevant Investor.

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How Much Time (and Energy) Do You Waste on Internet Passwords?

Indigo Marketing Agency

Picture this…you need to send a quick update to your email list. You go to log into your email marketing system, but you can’t remember the password. You try one password. Wrong. You try another password. Still wrong. . By this point you’re panicking. You don’t want to lock yourself out of your account, so you admit defeat and click the Forgot your password button.

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How To Save Up For A House Down Payment

Clever Girl Finance

Purchasing a first home is a big financial step. The amount that you need when finding out how to save up for a house can seem daunting. Nonetheless, it’s not impossible. Homeownership can be one of the cornerstones of building wealth. But to ensure that it's a wealth-building tool and not a financial burden, you must be prepared. There are some financial obligations of your investment.

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7 Risk Assessment Blind Spots (and How to Beat Them)

Risk Management Guru

You’ve all been there, driving along knowing you can predictably change lanes with ease, when suddenly a car shows up in your blind spot. You swerve back to your lane and everyone in your car is startled to attention, wondering what happened and knowing you messed up. Or, you’re walking down the sidewalk, consumed by thoughts when you remember something back at the office.

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Are Robots Replacing You? Keeping Humans in the Loop in Automated Environments

Speaker: Erroll Amacker

As businesses increasingly adopt automation, finance leaders must navigate the delicate balance between technology and human expertise. This webinar explores the critical role of human oversight in accounts payable (AP) automation and how a people-centric approach can drive better financial performance. Join us for an insightful discussion on how integrating human expertise into automated workflows enhances decision-making, reduces fraud risks, strengthens vendor relationships, and accelerates R

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Bye Bye, New York

The Irrelevant Investor

This feels real. TAK Room, the super fancy Hudson Yards restaurant, which opened just over a year ago, has permanently closed its doors. The famous chef Thomas Keller said “Given the challenges of the past five months, we could not find an economically viable path to continue operating without expected seasonal, New York tourism and traffic." It's easy to see why a $100 a plate experience can't survive a shutdown, but they're hardly the only ones that are finally saying enough's enough.

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How To Choose A Winning Webinar Topic (For Financial Advisors)

Indigo Marketing Agency

Webinars for financial advisors are a great way to secure high conversion rates. So you’ve decided to create a webinar. Congratulations! Now the tough part—choosing your topic. After doing dozens of webinars myself and creating countless webinars for financial advisors, I’ve come to realize one thing. Your webinar attendance rate is only as strong as the topic you select.

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Animal Spirits: The Smart Money

The Irrelevant Investor

On today’s show we discuss: Public to private Robinhood is not sharing their data anymore Retail investors got crushed Fractional shares. $4.20 per order A new gold research paper GLD holds a lot of gold Lumber at an all-time high Evictions The seduction of pessimism The workforce is about to change Bill Gates is optimistic Twitter and TikTok Holy cow these bankrupticies Facebook buying a ton of real estate in NYC Google borrowing money for nothing Investor expectations Top 100 action movies (no

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The Investor’s Dilemma

The Irrelevant Investor

At some point along the way, every investor will come to a fork in the road. There will be a new investment du jour that everybody is talking about, and you've got to make a decision. You know that most will fizzle out, but you also know that some will not. Some will change the world and offer investors the opportunity to change their life (My life-changing story here).

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Webinars: The Secret to Increasing Your Conversion Rate

Indigo Marketing Agency

Webinar marketing for financial advisors is the key to unlocking high conversion rates. If you’ve spent any time on my website or reading my blogs, you know I really like webinars. Way back when I was working at one large marketing firm serving advisors, I ran a statistical analysis to see which efforts correlated most with new sales revenue. Guess what?

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Building Brand Trust in Our “New Normal”

AdvisorPR

From a global pandemic to seismic movements against social injustices, the vast and numerous headlines of 2020 have sent shockwaves across every aspect of daily life. In the financial industry, these catalysts have expedited many changes that were already in motion, from adopting new technologies to providing more inclusive holistic services that account for all aspects of life.

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Book of Secrets on the Month-End Close

Based off SkyStem's popular e-Book, the book of secrets to the month-end close will be revealed in this one-hour webinar. Learn leading practices when it comes to building a strong and sustainable month-end close that has room to grow and evolve. Learn about the power of precise estimates, why reconciliations are critical to closing the books, how and when to automate, and how the chart of accounts play into your close process.

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These Are the Goods

The Irrelevant Investor

Articles Investments in publicly-traded U.S. stocks improved the wealth of shareholders by over $47 trillion dollars between 1926 and 2019 ( By Hendrik Bessembinder ) More than 90 percent of the stocks that have disappeared since 1996 were those of small- and micro-capitalization companies (By Michael Mauboussin and Dan Callahan) If markets were concerned about the deficit, borrowing costs for the government wouldn’t be at record lows (By Myles Udland) The internet specializes in disentangling t