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Global VC investment remains muted

Future CFO

Global VC investment dropped for the sixth consecutive quarter in Q2’2023 – falling from US$86.2 In Asia, VC investment fell for the 6th consecutive quarter, reaching only $20.1 The Americas accounted for the largest share of VC investment with $42.9 The Americas accounted for the largest share of VC investment with $42.9

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At The Money: Concentrated Portfolios

Barry Ritholtz

APPLE EMBED At The Money: Concentrated Portfolios: Andrew Slimmon, Morgan Stanley (May 8, 2024) Are your expensive active mutual funds and ETFs actually active? AndrewToday, we discuss the advantages of concentrated portfolios. The number is probably a lot lower than you think. What exactly is a concentrated portfolio?

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Weekly Initial Claims for Unemployment Benefits Ticked Up but Remain Very Low – AIER

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The number of ongoing claims for state unemployment programs totaled 1.960 million for the week ending November 27, a rise of 403,147 from the prior week (see second chart). The gain was concentrated in the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program and the Pandemic Emergency UC program, which accounted for 93,338 of the 107,674.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (February 24-25)

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Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that while both the total number of RIAs and advisor headcount have seen significant gains in recent years, client assets remain concentrated among the largest firms, according to data from Cerulli Associates, with the 7% of RIAs (..)

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What Investors Need to Know

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Going forward, the network of participants and the number of use cases could continue to see rapid growth, giving cryptocurrencies in this category plenty of further upside. In 2021, there were a number of digital asset company IPOs, led by Coinbase , the largest listing (IPO, SPAC, or otherwise) of any digital asset company in history.

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China: House Divided | AIER

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I have come to think of it in terms of concentric circles, each smaller than, and fully contained in, the larger category. I have written a number of papers ( this , and this ) on the nature of “truly voluntary,” or euvoluntary , exchanges. For me, the categories are exchange relations, market societies, and capitalism.

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Data Update 4 for 2024: Danger and Opportunity - Bringing Risk into the Equation!

Musings on Markets

In this post, I look at risk, a central theme in finance and investing, but one that is surprisingly misunderstood and misconstrued. Risk Measures There is almost no conversation or discussion that you can have about business or investing, where risk is not a part of that discussion. What is risk?