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10 Biggest Ideas in “How NOT to Invest”

The Big Picture

The challenge in writing How NOT to Invest was organizing a large number of ideas, many of which were only loosely connected, into something coherent, understandable, and, most importantly, readable. Bad Numbers : 4. We evolved in an arithmetic world, so we are unprepared for the exponential math of finance. It is March 18th!

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At the Money: Benefits of Quantitative Investing

The Big Picture

As it turns out, there are ways you can use data to your advantage, even if you’re not a math wizard. Barry Ritholtz : So let’s break that into two halves, starting with valuation. Explain why P/E isn’t the best way to measure valuation. People did whatever was working based more on gut feelings than data.

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A Billion Dollars isn’t Cool

The Irrelevant Investor

A private company with a billion-dollar valuation used to be special. These numbers, which felt crazy at the time, seem quaint compared to today. This number comes from Crunchbase , who just published a report showing that the number of newly minted decacorns hit a record high in 2021. Today there are 1,000 of 'em.

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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. Giving an incorrect account number can delay your refund even further. How many times will he have to paint the number 8? What is it?

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Wow, have you seen the stock market lately?

Mr. Money Mustache

Its just basic math. Theres one common theme in the big tech company boom right now: recent advances in AI have surprised the business world as software is suddenly able to display human-like reasoning in a rapidly growing number of fields. What if the Earnings are Rising? 4.3% – 5.3% bonds: 4.3% – 5.3% Wow look at that.

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Transcript: Heather Brilliant, Diamond Hill

The Big Picture

Heather comes from with a fascinating background, having previously been in a number of other places, most notably Morningstar, and, and she has a very specific approach to investment management and thinking about stock selection. They do a number of things at Diamond Hill that many other investment shops don’t.

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Transcript: Antti Ilmanen

The Big Picture

ILMANEN: It’s always good to think of starting yields and valuation sort of two sides of the same coin. But in conclusions, I did put there that it just seems that stars are aligning for some fast pain and it wasn’t just high valuations but there was a catalyst. Explain that. RITHOLTZ: Right. RITHOLTZ: Right.

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