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Top clicks this week on Abnormal Returns

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scienceblog.com) What are to make of the big, and persistent, valuation disparities between large and small caps. kk.org) A look at how geopolitical events affect the stock market. (collabfund.com) At what age do we say people are 'old'? carsongroup.com) How much do higher taxes prompt millionaires to relocate?

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10 Biggest Ideas in “How NOT to Invest”

The Big Picture

We are too often swayed by recent events. We view valuation as a snapshot in time instead of recognizing how it evolves over a cycle, driven primarily by changes in investor psychology. Economic Innumeracy : Some individuals experience math anxiety, but it only takes a bit of insight to navigate the many ways numbers can mislead us.

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3rd Quarter Economic And Market Outlook: Understanding Risks And Opportunities In The Web Of Inflation, Interest Rates, Valuations, And More

Nerd's Eye View

In reality, though, the economy is a complex web of interdependent factors where events often make sense only in hindsight – and sometimes, not at all. The expectations for the future economic outlook also appear in the valuations of equities, which tend to reflect how markets anticipate that corporate earnings will grow in the future.

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Personal finance links: the idea of enough

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Podcasts Peter Lazaroff talks stock options with Ally Jane Ayers, co-founder of Brooklyn FI and host of The Liquidity Event podcast. awealthofcommonsense.com) Market valuations aren't going to help you time the stock market. morningstar.com) Katie Gatti Tassin talks with Ramit Sethi author of "Money for Couples: No More Stress.

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Bottoming?

The Big Picture

This “Process” is not a single event but rather, a series of events the totality of which increasingly weighs the probability towards that positive resolution. I use the word probability because this outcome is not pre-ordained, but rather, subject to future events which have yet to unfold. Hence, I have caveats.

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Sunday links: household finances

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frontofficesports.com) Why seed stage valuations haven't dropped as much as you would think. reuters.com) Apple Insights from this week's big Apple event. Finance Goldman Sachs ($GS) want to sell HNW clients a piece of a sports franchise. hunterwalk.com) Fund management How securities lending works.

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Why International Diversification Is Still The Prudent Strategy (While Keeping Behavioral Biases, Risks, And Results In A Healthy Perspective)

Nerd's Eye View

Contrary to the view that global diversification may offer little protection from market declines, it is especially salient in cases of a worldwide recession – while the average individual country’s returns after such an event tend to stay depressed, global portfolios go on to eventually recover.

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