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Avoid the Unforced Investment Errors Even Billionaires Make

Barry Ritholtz

The reporters did not suggest wrongdoing, but allow me to point out that any advisor, let alone two, who became billionaires while wildly underperforming their benchmarks are obviously not fiduciaries. Fees of 2% plus 20% of the profits are a huge drag on performance. All of these strategies have been money-losers this century.

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Forecasting Future Fraud: Q&A With Joanne Horton Of Warwick Business School

Global Finance

Now, we know from the academic literature that three years before the fraud, they tend to beat earnings benchmarks. Its going to change your equity, your retained earnings, your profits, your earnings per share, your EBIT, your EBITDAall these numbers would change. And its incredibly difficult.

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Tracking The Trends That Shaped 2020’s The Digital-First Economy

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The Trackers use a number of creative methodologies and frameworks that measure and benchmark an ever-changing landscape. One out of every three Americans said they had experienced a loss of income as a result of the pandemic. This loss can be crippling for consumers who live paycheck to paycheck or have little savings.

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Deep Dive: Credit Unions Work To Keep Members’ Data Private

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The total financial damage from the leak is still being tallied, but the loss of trust experience by Desjardins’ members cannot be easily undone. The breach resulted in more than $5 million in losses, but the damage done to CU members’ trust was incalculable. Problems outside CUs’ control can affect members’ faith in their FIs, too.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (Dec 3-4) 2022

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Outside of work, he serves as a volunteer financial planner and class instructor for non-profits in the Northern Virginia area. For these individuals, advisors who leverage advanced retirement income planning techniques could be particularly attractive. He can be reached at [email protected]. Read more of Adam’s articles here.

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World’s Best Banks 2024—Asia-Pacific

Global Finance

Lending rates followed central bank tightening moves, while deposit rates lagged; and across the region, there were some record profits. In Japan, profits at the country’s five most prominent banking groups leapt 56% to a record ¥2 trillion (about $12.6 billion after-tax profit versus $8.3 of E.Sun’s overall profit.

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Transcript: Kenneth Tropin

Barry Ritholtz

And so, you know, it was relatively, I wouldn’t say straightforward because I don’t think generating consistent profits has ever been something that’s so straightforward or so easy. And it’s always going to expect to lose some of those profits when the trend reverses, but still end up capturing the meat of the trend.