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America’s Enormous Math Mistake’s Mistake

The Big Picture

@TBPInvictus here; Let’s cut to the chase : A popular video on YouTube claims the poor are much less poor than the official statistics suggest because those statistics ignore government welfare programs like Food Stamps and Aid to Dependant Children and lots of other safety net programs. It is untrue. ” Was this ignorance?

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Transcript: Albert Wenger

The Big Picture

So along those lines, there are some venture firms that don’t really seem to care a lot about valuations and others seem to focus on a little bit. Is valuation significant, or is it, hey, we’re going to make 100 investments and if two or three workout, the valuations are irrelevant? How do you fall in that spectrum?

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Weekly Market Insights – January 8, 2024

Cornerstone Financial Advisory

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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Transcript: Mike Wilson, Morgan Stanley

The Big Picture

He has a very interesting approach to thinking about market valuations and strategies and when to deploy capital, when to go with the crowd, when to lean against the crowd, and has amassed and excellent track record. Second part of our framework is valuation fundamental work. Well, that means valuations are probably too high.

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Transcript: Brian Higgins, King Street

The Big Picture

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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Transcript: Brad Gerstner

The Big Picture

You have privacy and governance requirements, HIPAA requirements, whatever they are. It was about $170 million valuation. This idea is a bipartisan piece of legislation where the federal government will seed a private investment account for every child born in America. So here’s the math, Barry. billion a year.

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Transcript: Mike Green, Simplify Asset Management

The Big Picture

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. We built a company that was focused on valuation, initially, actually targeting corporate strategic planning departments.

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