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The Greatest Gift
December 26, 2022 | One of my (Matthew) favorite movies is the holiday classic, "It's a Wonderful Life," the 1946 film where an angel comes to help a frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
Market Anomalies
December 23, 2022 | According to Scott Bauer of CME Group, the anomaly extends back to the 1970s, when traders noticed that returns tended to be exceptionally strong in the first trading session after Christmas and in the two sessions following the New Year.
Yield Giving
December 22, 2022 | Amid giving season, it's a great time to dissect Scott's philanthropic efforts. Plus, the novelist, activist, and ex-husband of Jeff Bezos just launched a site to track how she donates her money, and why.
Just Do It
December 21, 2022 | We’ll discuss two items in the news today: Strong earnings from Nike, and Apple’s latest moves to keep its production of iPhones and MacBooks operating smoothly, plus our main story on trend following as an investment strategy.
Spending Spree
December 20, 2022 | Hagstrom is a brilliant writer and researcher uncovering many details about Buffett, who bought his first stock at age 11 and read every book on investing in the Omaha libraries.
Japan’s Pivot
December 19, 2022 | Unsurprisingly, supply chains are unfathomably complicated, and our fragile system wasn't prepared for those disruptions. Masturzo notes, "Central banks are actively raising rates in an effort to put the lid back on the pot, but massive sovereign debt levels challenge this effort."
Setting Expectations
December 18, 2022 | When we compare ourselves to others, we implicitly set expectations for our lives that aren't always attainable and serve to make us appreciate what we have less.
BlackRock’s Warning to Investors
December 16, 2022 | With interest rates surging higher this year, many institutional investors are starting to find bonds priced quite cheaply since bond prices and interest rates have an inverse relationship. BlackRock (BLK), however, does not.
Pump-and-Dump
December 15, 2022 | Today, we'll discuss two items in the news: Why the risk of Chinese stocks being delisted has fallen, and the influencers caught up in a pump-and-dump scheme, plus our main story on the crises in "crypto."
Bond Rally Goes Poof
February 14, 2024 | And just like that, they’re gone. No, that’s not a Valentine’s Day musing about the one who got away. Rather, we’re talking about bond market gains since investors got hooked on the prospect of rate cuts in 2024 amid the Fed’s December meeting.
America’s Shipbuilding Problem
February 13, 2024 | One of America’s great strategic assets during World War II is long gone: its shipbuilding industry.
Illegal Index Funds
February 12, 2024 | Should index funds be illegal? It’s more of an intellectual question than a serious one. For example, the U.S. stock market couldn’t really function if 100% of investors held all their money in S&P 500 index funds, at least not as any useful tool for allocating capital.
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