The Big Picture

MARCH 23, 2024

By Pouring Billions Into Public Housing : One quarter of residents in the French capital live in government-owned housing, part of an aggressive plan to keep lower-income Parisians — and their businesses — in the city. Maybe his fight with Disney could change that. link] • How Does Paris Stay Paris? Here’s a gentle primer.

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The Big Picture

AUGUST 8, 2022

Why has technology developed the way it has and, more or less, exempt from a lot of government regulations or protected by government regulations? ANAT ADMATI, PROFESSOR OF FIANCE AND ECONOMICS, STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS: So, my journey starts where I took a lot of math. I was good in math and I love the math.

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Discipline Funds

MARCH 28, 2025

What it shows is that consumers are not going to eat the full cost increase from these tariffs and that other factors (like government cuts) are starting to bleed into broader consumption data. Even some of the most Liberal economists in the world like Paul Krugman will tell you that the government shouldn’t meddle in trade.

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The Big Picture

AUGUST 29, 2023

My Two-for-Tuesday morning train WFH reads: • Stock Pickers Never Had a Chance Against Hard Math of the Market : In years like this one, when just a few big companies outperform, it’s hard to assemble a winning portfolio. The government is trying to suppress it. (

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Mish Talk

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Someone do the math for me. Governments can do nothing about this. How much will Michael Saylor be worth? Oh, one more small thing. It's guaranteed. The Crypto Crash and Why It's Impossible For "You!" to Cash Out In case you missed it, please understand that it will be impossible for "You!"

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Discipline Funds

MARCH 6, 2024

So the US government is paying out an extra $390B per year in interest. That’s certainly enough to drive demand higher, but the problem with that narrative is that, out of the $34 trillion in national debt $12T is held by the Fed and other government agencies. And another $8T is held by foreign governments.

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Advisor Perspectives

AUGUST 5, 2023

Admittedly, I’ve glossed over the other catalysts in Ackman’s thesis — including the aforementioned supply-demand issues and the fiscal and governance challenges that Fitch underscored in its recent downgrade — but the inflation call seems to be the linchpin to his argument, at least going by the math in the post.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

One topic that CEOs are very focused on at the moment is ESG, environmental, social and governance, and how they are bringing sustainable practices to the market. Transparency, good governance you get. RITHOLTZ: But you also have a, a relationship with the government regulator. RITHOLTZ: That’s interesting. MARTIN: Yeah.

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Discipline Funds

AUGUST 15, 2023

But the math starts to change substantially when yields are 4.2% As a result, the US government bond market looks increasingly attractive on the whole and we’d argue that anything in the intermediate and shorter duration range looks especially attractive now and is likely to generate much better risk adjusted returns going forward.

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The Irrelevant Investor

MAY 22, 2018

I would agree with Ben's thoughts, which is that the math says no, but the psychological constraints say yes. But drilling a little deeper into the question, because why not, are these bonds corporate, government or municipal? By June 2009*, stocks had trailed long-term government bonds over the previous 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 years.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Unless we really course correct very hard, very dramatically, and by dramatically, I mean, the level of government activation that we had in World War II. WENGER: Well, if you look at World War II, the government went to Ford and said, “We need you to build airplanes, not cars.” And it is very clear that even in the U.S.,

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

JANUARY 8, 2024

Math errors: Simple addition and subtraction mistakes can delay your return. Consider using electronic filing software that does the math automatically to avoid mistakes. Treasury Notes are guaranteed by the federal government as to the timely payment of principal and interest.

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Clever Girl Finance

JANUARY 29, 2023

The math for this adds up over years of work and can cost quite a bit of income. It needs to be addressed from a government policy perspective and also by lawmakers. The government and The Department of Education can act by increasing grants and scholarships for minority demographics and providing reasonable repayment plan options.

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 21, 2024

I’m good at math and science and you know, I always had an idea what go into business, but I felt that electrical engineering would be a good foundation. You know, I, it always, I I see different numbers all the time, so it’s always kinda like, who’s math if you will? 00:02:16 [Speaker Changed] Me too.

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Nationwide Financial

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The curve, however, continues to project cuts to the rate beginning next May, which seems optimistic given the tone of Fed officials and the math around getting inflation back close to their 2% target. on depressed spending from COVID and drought-driven shutdowns, driving calls for accelerated stimulus from the government.

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Yardley Wealth Management

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Social Security is one of the most popular government programs of all time, and it’s one that enjoys wide support across the population. While there always seems to be a future funding shortfall for Social Security, it’s a political problem, not a math problem. Worried about your future Social Security benefits?

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Investing Caffeine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Math Matters. I did okay in school and was educated on many different topics, including the basic principle that math matters. Source: Calafia Beach Pundit. This notion rings especially true when it comes to finance and investing.

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Steve Sanduski

AUGUST 4, 2022

The total US Government Bond market total return for the 5 years ending December 2021 was 19.5%. Simple math says the CAGR of NET NEW ASSETS (i.e., Organic growth is the lifeblood of a business and without it, you are at the mercy of volatile financial markets. Crunch the Numbers. Here’s how I crunched the data. Revenue Growth.

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Trade Brains

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The topics covered are personal finance math, retirement problems, introduction to mutual funds, the concept of fund & NAV, equity schemes, debt funds, investing in bonds, index funds, rolling returns, Exchange-traded funds(ETF) and basics of macroeconomics.

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The Big Picture

AUGUST 15, 2023

RITHOLTZ: But did the oversight, the governance get it? SEIDES: The success of that governance. RITHOLTZ: So hold the duration risk aside with those two, but just for an investor in treasuries, I know you’ve done the math before. You can’t have investment success with a bad governance structure” by Karl Scheer.

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Brown Advisory

MAY 31, 2018

She highlighted the Chinese government’s role in the country’s pursuit of AI advancement; the government already has taken steps in terms of implementation, allocating data resources to startup companies with test-phase algorithms and establishing fully funded AI research laboratories.

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Brown Advisory

MAY 31, 2018

She highlighted the Chinese government’s role in the country’s pursuit of AI advancement; the government already has taken steps in terms of implementation, allocating data resources to startup companies with test-phase algorithms and establishing fully funded AI research laboratories.

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The Big Picture

MAY 30, 2023

They give you criteria at the state and local level and they give you money, they incentivize you with grant payments from the federal government to meet that criteria. Bush, to make financial literacy the policy of the US federal government. That meant the federal government. I got President Bush, George W. RITHOLTZ: Right.

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Good Financial Cents

JUNE 25, 2023

It’s a cryptocurrency, or digital currency, not backed by any government. These include some high-profile Wall Street CEOs, analysts, and government officials. Unlike government-backed fiat currencies, there is no large organization behind Bitcoin that guarantees its value.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

I — I loved math, but really, I was going to go down that literature route more than anything else and — and study Spanish literature. BITTERLY MICHELL: You don’t want to be overweight and when, you know, 40 percent of the world’s government debt is negative yielding, you know …. Governance is a big piece of that, right?

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Clever Girl Finance

JULY 13, 2022

If you liked math in school and have a knack for numbers, you might make a great bookkeeper. Just keep in mind that with any food business, you'll be governed by your state's applicable requirements on food safety. With a home organization business , you can charge an hourly fee to declutter a home and style rooms in a better way.

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 17, 2023

So I, I did a math degree at Oxford, which is more pure math. You know, pure math can be very theoretical and detached from the real world, and it’s getting worse. It’s just math stick to it over long periods of time. And then I was looking for something more applied. The second is excess returns.

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The Better Letter

OCTOBER 5, 2023

This math explains why we shouldn’t be surprised when the market remains “irrational” far longer than seems possible. Totally Worth It Congress has kept the government open, at least for now, which means the National Park Service’s annual Fat Bear Week contest is still on. But we are.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

It not that I would draw some sort of truly nefarious, Matrix-like manipulation conclusion but more like from the perspective of the government, it might be easier to manage society if more people had more of their day structured for them. Some people need a second act that pays in order to make their retirement math work.

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The Irrelevant Investor

OCTOBER 18, 2015

The math showed it was inevitable that a few traders would stand out, but that didn't mean they had skill. Because, like Fama said, markets are not governed by the laws of physics, which allows for a gray area. I'm not aware of anyone else. These freak geniuses may be out there, but I don't know who they are. Tell them to flip.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 16, 2024

I was always good at math, but I really, I just didn’t relate to things that were more esoteric bonds options. And clearly the banking system wasn’t free fall, but the government was there with, you know, the big RTC bailout and it didn’t feel like the world was falling apart. I have no family history.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

I mean, if you take out the government spending, you probably are on a recession in a private economy. And that’s your focus on government, both fiscal and monetary support for the economy. You’re looking at all these different aspects of the market, of the economy, of, of various government policies. And we did.

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The Big Picture

AUGUST 20, 2024

00:03:14 [Mike Greene] So that was actually an outgrowth from my experience coming out of Wharton and you mentioned the, the, you know, the transition of people who tended to be skilled at math or physics into finance. From the government standpoint, those rules actually began to change quite significantly. 01:11:54 Right?

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Good Financial Cents

MARCH 15, 2023

They work closely with local organizations, businesses, and government agencies to identify areas where services are lacking and develop solutions that meet the needs of residents. You must also possess solid math and cash-handling skills and be able to multitask.

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The Better Letter

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This is the best thing I read this week (it combines magic, music, mystery, and math); this is the best thing I saw. government-guaranteed paper at 15 percent. Subscribe now Share The Better Letter Please send me your nominations for this space to rpseawright [at] gmail [dot] com or via Twitter (@rpseawright). The saddest. The wildest.

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Brown Advisory

JUNE 16, 2022

We discount each year at our 10% minimum weighted average cost of capital (WACC) and some infinite series maths gives us the basis for some rough approximations 2. Hence, in aggregate we are more sensitive to rising interest rates than any 10-year bond but less than a 30-year 3% coupon government bond at par.

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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 6, 2022

People in Spain when I was growing up in the ‘80s and ‘90s, they expect to just retire and have the government give them like a paycheck every month. You have lots of catalysts towards more adoption of electric vehicles, government support incentivizing clients to buy electric vehicles.

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