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Why the market is bouncing

The Reformed Broker

Why did the stock market bounce this summer? Everyone has their explanation: The Fed might pivot! Inflation readings have now peaked! Oil prices are down 25%! China is ending the lockdowns! The labor market is staying strong! Earnings are still coming in better than expected! All true. But there’s an even better reason that doesn’t invalidate any of the ones I’ve posted above.

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Debt Denominator Blindness

A Wealth of Common Sense

Consumer debt is on the rise. This comes from a recent report by the New York Fed: Total household debt rose $312 billion, or 2 percent, in the second quarter of 2022 to reach $16.15 billion, according to the latest?Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit. Mortgage balances—the largest component of household debt—climbed $207 billion and stood at $11.39 trillion as of June 30.

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The Optimal Industry Structure

Fortune Financial

A recurring theme in my articles has been the importance of industry-level economics to the success of an investment; it is not uncommon for all participants in an industry with favorable dynamics to outperform, and, similarly, it is all too common for even the best operators in a poor industry to underperform. However, industry importance is not limited to economics; competitive structure is crucial as well.

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The Trouble with Sentiment

The Big Picture

Barry Ritholtz, Ritholtz Wealth Management Chairman and CIO & “Masters in Business” host, discusses recession risk and inversion of the 2-year/10-year curve. US Economy Facing Growth Recession. ?. Source: Bloomberg , August 9th, 2022. See also : Blame Election Deniers for Faltering Consumer Sentiment. by Matthew A. Winkler. Bloomberg, August 8, 2022.

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5 Ways You’re Setting Yourself Up to Fail

Don Connelly & Associates

I don't think any financial advisor wakes up in the morning and intentionally sets out to fail. But I can think of many examples of advisors who unwittingly find ways to sabotage their efforts to build a successful practice. It's often the little things they are either unaware of or don't recognize as problems. But they're big enough to turn prospects and clients away from you.

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When is a Bear Market Over?

A Wealth of Common Sense

A reader asks: So I know you guys have talked a lot about are we in a recession now and being in a bear market (equities declining 20%). When is a bear market by definition over? For instance if we just trade flat for the next year and then do enter a recession does this correction still count as part of that? The short answer is, yes, if we don’t reach all-time highs and rollover again at some point in the coming m.

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10 Monday AM Reads

The Big Picture

My back-to-work morning train WFH reads: • The Metaverse Real Estate Boom Turns Into a Bust : The metaverse is in the midst of a real estate meltdown. Sales volumes and average prices for virtual land have plunged this year, part of a broader slide in crypto and non-fungible token prices. Soaring interest in virtual property spawned an industry that mirrors traditional commercial real estate—buyers develop land by adding virtual storefronts, and then sell or rent it to companies looking to set u

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Bridge Loans

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

When fundraising gets tougher for startups, the existing investors (insiders) will often provide a bridge loan to the company to extend the runway for getting another round done. There is more of this sort of thing happening in today’s fundraising market and I thought I’d share some of the things I have learned about setting up bridge loans.

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The Michael Scott Economy

A Wealth of Common Sense

Paul Samuelson is credited with the quip that, “The stock market has predicted 9 out of the last 5 recessions.” You can credit Ben Carlson with a new variation on this quote: The stock market has predicted 1 out of the last 0 recessions. No one ever truly knows what the stock market is pricing in at any moment but it sure felt like it was pricing in an imminent recession in June when the market was down more t.

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3 Tips for Getting Your Finances on Track

Integrity Financial Planning

A recent survey found that 85% of Americans said their personal finances were causing them stress. One of the most common concerns was having enough saved for retirement. There’s no better time than now to review your current situation and get your finances on track. #1 Establish a List of Goals. As the year goes by, significant events can impact your outlook on life and retirement.

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10 Thursday AM Reads

The Big Picture

My morning train WFH reads: • Private Equity Doesn’t Want You to Read This : Not only do private equity partners make money even if their companies blow up; they also get a pretty good deal from the government on what they earn. Private equity funds generally charge their investors two different fees: a management fee of 2 percent of invested assets per year (funds are held for an average of about six years), and a “carried interest” fee that is 20 percent of any investment gains realized in the

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Choose Your Own Retirement Adventure – The 4 Types of Retirement Journeys, Ep #170

Financial Symmetry

Have you ever wondered how your retirement preparations compare with others? This is a common question that we hear as financial advisors. On this episode, we’ll take a look at data from a recent study about the 4 types of … Continued. The post Choose Your Own Retirement Adventure – The 4 Types of Retirement Journeys, Ep #170 appeared first on Financial Symmetry, Inc.

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How Should I Save for Short-Term vs. Long-Term Goals?

Wealthfront

When you think about your financial future, you probably have two kinds of goals: short-term goals, like a vacation you plan to take later this year, and long-term goals, like sending a child to college or retiring. In order to give yourself the best chance of comfortably reaching those goals, you should approach your short-term […]. The post How Should I Save for Short-Term vs.

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Animal Spirits: Soft Landing

A Wealth of Common Sense

Today’s Animal Spirits is brought to you by Masterworks: See here to learn more about investing in contemporary art. On today’s show we discuss: Does this look like a recession to you? H1 was not a recession Uptick in home searches and tours Home listings are stale Softbank taking major losses HOOD earnings Z earnings OPEN earnings UBER earnings AMC earnings NVDA earnings Robinhood laying off 23% of workfo.

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10 Weekend Reads

The Big Picture

The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of Volcanica coffee, grab a seat by the pool, and get ready for our longer-form weekend reads: • Is Scott Galloway the Howard Stern of the Business World? The professor and podcaster aspires to be an influential thought leader. But his appeal to a mostly male fan base is about more than just his prognostications. ( New York Times ). • Venture capital’s silent crash: when the tech boom met reality Investors of all stripes have crashed the clubby world of V

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10 ways to get on someone’s radar

Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)

By Bryce Sanders Have you ever come across a person with the potential to be a great prospect? There’s just one problem: You don’t know them. How can you change that? Let’s look deeper. This person might be a high-profile person mentioned in the news. They might be a local philanthropist you do not know or a senior executive who recently relocated to the area.

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Nigeria’s president drops support for ExxonMobil deal

Financial Times M&A

Sudden reversal comes just three days after president approves sale of the oil company’s Niger Delta business

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What to Expect When Your Expecting in the Stock Market

A Wealth of Common Sense

When my wife got pregnant for the second time she said something felt off. It was just a different feeling than the first time. On the way to her first ultrasound, she had an uneasy feeling. “I feel like it’s multiples.” I said no way that’s possible. We had infertility problems for years. Having one child felt like a miracle.

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The Path to Independence: 6 Key Elements to Consider Before Starting Your Journey

Diamond Consultants

With so many options to choose from, how does an advisor decide which path to independence to take? Many advisors dream of going independent for the freedom and flexibility to control their business, client service model, and bottom line. And the path to independence used to be simple—for most breakaway advisors, it was a straight line from an employer to an independent broker dealer (“IBD”).

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Is your “About us” webpage pushing clients away?

Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)

By Antoinette Tuscano, MDRT Content Specialist In this internet age, before clients do business with you, they go online to find who you are, what your business is and why you might care about doing your best for them. When researching online, your “About us” webpage is often one of the first places people visit. Have you looked at your “About us” page lately?

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Musk sells $7bn of Tesla stock ahead of court fight with Twitter

Financial Times M&A

Billionaire seeks to avoid ‘emergency sale’ of shares if social media company forces $44bn deal to close

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Talk Your Book: Choose Your Own Investments

A Wealth of Common Sense

Today’s show is brought to you by Composer. See here for an easy way to invest using rules-based strategies. On today’s show, we spoke with Benjamin Rollert, CEO of Composer about investing using rules-based strategies and algorithms and how they fit within a portfolio. On today’s show we discuss: How Composer got started Examples of strategies on Composer How to invest using Composer Having a good strateg.

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Record outflows from commodity ETPs obscure long-term demand

Financial Times: Moral Money

‘Recency bias’ is scaring some investors off, experts say, despite shortage of materials for energy transition

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3 steps to overcome your plateau and boost your productivity

Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)

By Jim Ruta, B.A., CFU It happens to us all. You’ve worked very hard for a long time, and you’ve made outstanding progress. All of a sudden, though, putting in more effort doesn’t mean more money anymore. Your case count levels out. Your revenue stagnates. You lose your enthusiasm. You might even slide backward. You’ve plateaued. The popular advice was “work your way through it,” as if banging your head against the wall helped your head or made a dent in the wall.

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ExxonMobil completes exit from Niger Delta with $1.3bn deal

Financial Times M&A

Seplat Energy will acquire the four oilfields as big international groups withdraw from the area

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Market Update for July 2022

ModernAdvisor

July was strong month for both equity and fixed income investors alike. July 2022 Market Performance All index returns are total return (includes reinvestment of dividends) and are in Canadian Dollars unless noted. *Absolute change in yield, not the return from holding the security. July was strong month for both equity and fixed income investors alike.

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The Science of Hitting

The Reformed Broker

Welcome to the latest episode of The Compound & Friends. This week, Michael Batnick, Alex Morris, and Downtown Josh Brown discuss earnings, the jobs recovery, Netflix and the streaming wars, the bull case for Meta, the worst investing advice ever, and much more! You can listen to the whole thing below, or find it wherever you like to listen to your favorite pods!

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What Will You Do With Your Time in Retirement?

Integrity Financial Planning

When someone enters retirement, a common question they’ll get is, “What are you going to do next?” We talk about what that means for Brian’s clients and famous football players alike. As football season nears, receiver Rob Gronkowski won’t be on the field but retired instead. While he’s done with football, his life isn’t over. Now, he’s trying to figure out what else he really wants to do with his life.

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UK to hold national security review of £4.2bn deal for key gas network

Financial Times M&A

Government to use new powers to scrutinise sale of critical energy infrastructure by National Grid to Macquarie-led group

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Why Exercising Incentive Stock Options When the Stock Price is Down May Not Be Your Best Strategy

Zajac Group

Wouldn’t it be great if your company stock price only ever went up—especially if you’re participating in its growth through incentive stock options (ISOs)? Unfortunately, that’s not always how the world turns. If the share price goes down instead, you may be bummed to see the value of your incentive stock options is less than what it once was. However, a down stock price might mean that you could score some tax breaks if you exercise and hold some of those ISOs.

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Organizations We Support

Tobias Financial

At Tobias Financial Advisors, we adhere to a strict set of core values. Community involvement and helping people are at the top of the list. We take great pride in finding meaningful ways to support a variety of non-profits, personally and professionally, and have the privilege of serving our local, national, and global community. This year, we are humbled and honored to help spread awareness about the missions of the following organizations: ACEing Autism – connecting individuals with autism th

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Clips From Today’s Closing Bell

The Reformed Broker

Ritholtz’s Josh Brown warns investors Fed quantitative tightening is coming along with rate hikes from CNBC. The post Clips From Today’s Closing Bell appeared first on The Reformed Broker.

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ValueAct takes 7% stake in New York Times with call for new approach

Financial Times M&A

Activist investor says news publisher should promote higher-priced bundles to subscribers

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How To Get Clients as a Financial Advisor: 6 Strategies and Examples

FMG

Beyond making sure current clients are happy, most advisors want to know how to get more. If you are looking to grow your clientele base, digital platforms like websites, social media and more are your conduits. So today, we’ve compiled 6 actionable marketing strategies to help you attract and convert leads as a financial advisor. . 1. Lead With a Strong Home Page.