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Why I Remain Bullish on the United States of America

A Wealth of Common Sense

Following the Great Financial Crisis of 2008 a number of macro doom-and-gloomers began predicting a collapse of the U.S. dollar. The Fed was “printing” trillions of dollars. Interest rates had never been that low before. It was an appealing narrative if you were someone stuck in the negative feedback loop of the biggest economic crash since the Great Depression.

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The First Totally Honest Stock Market Story

The Big Picture

The First Totally Honest Stock Market Story. FRIDAY’S MARKETS. By Vinnie Foster Wynans III. Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal. The market rallied early this morning for reasons nobody understands and nobody predicted. CNBC analysts confidently asserted it had something to do with the Senegalese money supply but others pointed to revised monthly figures showing a poor tuna haul off the Peruvian coast.

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How to a Memorable Client Event (With 10 Examples to Inspire Your Own)

FMG

While presentations and town hall meetings still have their place in today’s event landscape there are better ways to host memorable client events. Between choosing a topic, venue, and theme, the possibilities are endless. Even better, with current technology, we’re now able to host virtual events that can be as engaging as in-person ones. . First, let’s talk about some of the benefits of hosting a client event , and then we will cover some creative ways to get your clients and their famil

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What do sidebar and ESG have in common?

Investment Writing

Do you know the answer to the question I posed in the title of this blog post? Both “sidebar” and “ESG” are words that people in some fields immediately understand, but they perplex many other people. “ Sidebar ” refers to area of text, often placed in a box, to the side of an article. “ESG” is short for “ e nvironmental, s ocial, and corporate g overnance.

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How the Fed Screwed Up the Housing Market

A Wealth of Common Sense

I’m not a fan of blaming the Fed for everything you don’t like about the markets or the economy. Markets have always been rigged or manipulated. Truly free markets are a pipe dream. You have to invest in the markets as they are, not as you wish them to be. Having said that, the Fed deserves some blame for what’s going on in the housing market.

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RIP Financial Conferences

The Big Picture

The traditional finance conference was murdered this week. A stake was driven through its heart by innovators tired of the old ways. It was, to be fair, a mercy killing. Living in the past, running on inertia, nobody bothered to tell the patient that it was time to say your goodbyes before we pull the plug. The industry had forgotten why it even exists: To serve an audience that wants to get out of the office, hang with its peers, and learn how to be better at what it does.

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Patagonia chair: ‘Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Milton!’

Financial Times: Moral Money

Plus, France’s answer to Stuart Kirk says it’s ‘taboo’ to question sustainable investing

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Why Do We Always Focus on the Bad Stuff?

A Wealth of Common Sense

I’m in sunny California this week for our Future Proof Festival. There are people from all over the place here so there have been a number of conversations about the prospects of living in California. Some people complain about the high cost of living (especially housing), the high taxes, high gas prices and threat of wildfires or earthquakes.

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10 Weekend Reads

The Big Picture

The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of Volcanica coffee, grab a seat on the aisle, and get ready for our longer-form weekend reads: • An economist studied popular finance tips. Some might be leading you astray : Thinkfluencers versus economists: Economists may know a lot about how people should act. But, as an empirically minded behavioral economists, we recognize that people don’t act this way.

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Adobe to buy design company Figma for $20bn

Financial Times M&A

Deal is part of software giant’s plan to bolster its creative tools offering

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Meet the Team: Elizabeth McArdle

FMG

It’s time for another “Meet the Team” blog! And for this one, we caught up with Customer Success Coordinator, Elizabeth McArdle. When she isn’t looking for ways to better serve our clients, she loves traveling with her family, headed to the beach, crafting and a lot more! . To learn more about Elizabeth and what she does in her free time, be sure to check out our “Meet the Team” blog.

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Filling Up Your Dream Bucket

A Wealth of Common Sense

A reader asks: My wife bought some land in New Zealand a few years before we met, with vague ideas of building a house. Turns out its value has appreciated by 4-5x so she asked me if she should sell it while the prices are high. We don’t really need the money for anything, so I thought the tax burden sounds like a hassle, and I don’t know if the money would be better off in stocks.

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1983 Porsche 911SC Coupe (EV?)

The Big Picture

Earlier this month, we discussed the idea of Electrifying Classic Cars. I spoke to several people and decided to work with a shop in Austin, Texas. After reviewing the process, costs, and timeline, I put down a deposit. Note there is a one-year waiting list before your spot in the queue comes up for work to even begin. Step 2: Decide on a model and date range to convert.

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Investors on edge before $15bn debt sale to fund Citrix buyout

Financial Times M&A

Low demand for bonds and loans is Wall Street ‘canary’ as inflation risks rock capital markets

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Tech is down, but far from out of ESG funds

Financial Times: Moral Money

Always check a fund’s top 10 holdings to make sure you’re comfortable with it

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Talk Your Book: Single Stock ETFs

A Wealth of Common Sense

Today’s Talk Your Book is brought to you by Direxion: On today’s show, we spoke with David Mazza, Head of Product at Direxion about single stock, leveraged, and inverse ETFs. On today’s show we discuss: What these products should be used for How these products are structured Differences between US exchanges and International exchanges How Direxion is seeing these products being traded The ideal holding period.

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Steve Jobs Archive

The Big Picture

The Steve Jobs Archive is now up and running. I have been playing about it a bit, there is a lot to explore. The post Steve Jobs Archive appeared first on The Big Picture.

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Fosun: sell the trophy assets first

Financial Times M&A

Data suggest the highly indebted Chinese conglomerate is in a bad place

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How to Determine Your Client’s Risk Capacity

BlueMind

Category: Clients Risk. Determining the risk profile is essential so that you may construct a feasible financial strategy for your client’s goals. However, it should be well understood that a client’s financial profile includes their risk tolerance and their risk capacity. In this article, although we will be focusing on the latter one and why it is significant to determine your client’s risk capacity let’s first understand the difference between the two.

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A look inside the ECB’s climate strategy

Financial Times: Moral Money

Plus, Sydney takes centre stage in the fossil fuel advertising fight

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Transcript: Kristen Bitterly Michell

The Big Picture

?. The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Kristen Bitterly Michell, Citi Global Wealth , is below. You can stream and download our full conversation, including the podcast extras on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , Google , Bloomberg , and Acast. All of our earlier podcasts on your favorite pod hosts can be found here. ~~~. ANNOUNCER: This is Masters in Business with Barry Ritholtz on Bloomberg Radio.

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Microsoft’s Activision deal faces in-depth probes in Brussels and London

Financial Times M&A

EU regulators expected to follow CMA with plans for a prolonged competition investigation into $75bn acquisition

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Animal Spirits: Live From Future Proof

A Wealth of Common Sense

Today’s Animal Spirits is brought to you by YCharts: See here for YCharts research on which leading indicators best predict market declines. On today’s show we discuss: The worst year ever The Four Pillars by William Bernstein US Dollar Strength The job market is supporting a soft landing A quick housing correction is unlikely Sparkline Capital and Liquid Venture Capital Q2 earnings insights The Robinhoo.

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US providers of ESG ETFs face perfect storm

Financial Times: Moral Money

Fund providers face political battles and a tightening regulatory environment that could prove onerous

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Better Roth Conversions with Income InSight®

Covisum

By now, financial advisors are keen on the idea that Roth conversions can be a very good thing for their clients and their financial planning practice. Why?

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Grindr names new top team as it prepares to go public in Spac deal

Financial Times M&A

George Arison, founder of online car sales group Shift, to become gay dating app’s chief executive

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Introducing the 2022 AdvisorTech Expo Finalists!

XY Planning Network

6.5 MIN READ. Discover the best new advice-centric tech. The seven finalists of the AdvisorTech Expo have been selected, and we can't wait for you to see the advice-centric tech they're set to show off at #XYPNLIVE! This year's #XYPNLIVE AdvisorTech Expo is all about advice engagement and showcasing some of the most innovative new technology that empowers clients to meaningfully engage with their advisor’s advice.

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Fresh concern about the state of ESG benchmarks

Financial Times: Moral Money

Plus, pressure grows on auditors and company directors to take climate issues seriously

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6 perspectives to stay motivated

Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)

By Matt Pais, MDRT Content Specialist You may not think there are overlaps between being a financial advisor and being a musical theater performer. In his 2014 Annual Meeting presentation, “Passion, perseverance and Puccini,” however, Darryl Lovegrove, who has appeared in the Australian and New Zealand tours of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” demonstrated that his philosophies for success are relevant for anyone looking for motivation, inspiration and focus.

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UBS to lift dividend and beat share buyback target

Financial Times M&A

Swiss bank to lift shareholder returns days after pulling out of deal to buy fintech Wealthfront

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Regenerative Finance (ReFi)

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

I’ve always been interested in tapping into the “crowd” to fund things that need to happen and that our current institutions can’t figure out how to support. Our investment in Kickstarter back in 2009 is an excellent example of that. In the last thirteen years, Kickstarter has helped direct $6.2bn towards creative work that would not have been funded by the legacy institutions that support creative work.

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5 Key Components to the Retirement Bucket Strategy

Integrity Financial Planning

Saving for retirement is a long-term endeavor. It’s not about finding the next hottest stock or trying to get rich quickly. It requires a different perspective on your wealth and income that accounts for your needs in different stages of your life, from the beginning of your working years through your retirement. These five key components will help simplify the bucket strategy so you can understand it and apply it to your retirement strategy.

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Monitor quality to improve your productivity

Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)

By By Nadia Wijatno, CLU, ChFC What metrics do you use to gauge your performance? Do you count how many people you met? How many cases you closed? How much revenue you generated or how many referrals you received? Those numbers are important measures of growth, but I believe that if we are not careful, we can become overly focused on the quantitative side of our business and neglect what I find to be equally important: the qualitative side.

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EY’s challenge only just beginning after leaders sign off on historic split

Financial Times M&A

The Big Four firm will have to persuade audit and consulting partners that a radical shake-up is in their interests