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Toast CFO leans into tactical investments for market share

CFO Dive

“As CFO it’s my role to make sure I take the strategy and paint the picture with numbers,” Elena Gomez said.

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Layoffs collide with talent shortages in ‘labor market paradox’

CFO Dive

Companies may continue to fill roles that require specialized skills while investing in automation and reducing headcounts in other areas.

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Investing Behavioral Hacks

Barry Ritholtz

Markets screamed higher yesterday after a benign CPI report showed a 0.0% It was a classic fear-driven error, a combination of bad market timing and poor impulse control. It was a classic fear-driven error, a combination of bad market timing and poor impulse control. Last, recognize that markets go up and down.

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Do Magazine Covers Contain Market Signals?

Barry Ritholtz

The 2017 Barron’s cover (above) showing Apple’s extravagant new headquarters and suggesting that the company’s market value would reach $1 trillion in 2018 generated some chatter from the usual suspects. Because separating reality from silliness is the key to making better-informed and more intelligent investment decisions.

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A Timeline Of Financial Markets

Barry Ritholtz

Towards that end, check out Catherwood’s latest project: The Ages Of Finance: A Timeline Of Markets. You can sort the long history of finance on a timeline, either by specific topics — Equities, Milestones & Innovations, Commodities, Debt, and Manias & Crashes — or by “All Market History.”

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Market Concentration

Barry Ritholtz

They are based on historical data that looks at 200 Years of Market Concentration. As the chart above shows, there are long periods of market concentration. Increased concentration is a sign of a bull market and bear markets reduce concentration.” You might be surprised at the findings.

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Dollars Are For Spending & Investing, Not Saving

Barry Ritholtz

“I need the US Dollar to be a store of value between the time I make it until I spend it, invest it, pay my taxes with it, or give it away. To be more precise, I want to discuss the type of chart that reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of money, currency, spending, investing, and taxes. It does that splendidly.”