Sat.Dec 03, 2016 - Fri.Dec 09, 2016

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Aaron Brooks and Saving Money

The Irrelevant Investor

Ben Carlson recently wrote about the parallels between dieting and personal finance. In both cases, we know exactly what we're supposed to do, but just knowing is not nearly enough. Our brains function in such a way that sometimes it helps to completely remove our mind from the equation. Other times we have to introduce a barrier to the way we think.

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TEDxWilmington | Jump to the New S Curve: Unleash the Power of Inclusion

Brown Advisory

TEDxWilmington | Jump to the New S Curve: Unleash the Power of Inclusion. ajackson. Mon, 12/05/2016 - 07:33. Speaker: Dune Thorne. Dune Thorne explores the statistic that 70% of high school valedictorians are girls yet 4% of S&P CEOs are women. How can businesses be more supportive of women and gender diversity? Dune illustrates the “S curve” as a potential solution and discusses the need for a new approach and a new conversation—which can benefit women and benefit businesses.

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Don’t Fear the Reaper

The Irrelevant Investor

In a recent Bloomberg article, Luke Kawa writes how investors are positioning themselves as interest rates rise: Cumulative inflows into the iShares Short Maturity Bond ETF (NEAR), Floating Rate Bond ETF, SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Short Term High Yield Bond ETF, PowerShares Senior Loan Portfolio , and the Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF topped $400 million in total for the first session of the week, the highest since the inception date of the most recent member of this product group.

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Use the MACD, And Moving Average Indicators To Perfection!

The Irrelevant Investor

This was the subject line of an email that came into my inbox tonight and it's something I've been thinking about for a while. No, not how to use MACD to perfection, but how investors think about signals and indicators. A few weeks ago I was riding the subway, when after a minute or two of sitting at a station, on came the dreaded “we are delayed due to train traffic ahead of us.

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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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TEDxWilmington | Why Investing in Public Education is So Risky

Brown Advisory

TEDxWilmington | Why Investing in Public Education is So Risky. ajackson. Mon, 12/05/2016 - 08:20. Speaker: Atnre Alleyne. Atnre Alleyne talks about our track record of investing in the right thing - and the wrong thing, using Solyndra, the Snuggie, and the movie "Moneyball" as examples. We’ve got to think differently. To advance we need to reconsider our investments and disrupt the inequitable system.