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10 Biggest Ideas in “How NOT to Invest”

Barry Ritholtz

Economic Innumeracy : Some individuals experience math anxiety, but it only takes a bit of insight to navigate the many ways numbers can mislead us. We evolved in an arithmetic world, so we are unprepared for the exponential math of finance. Primarily Treasuries, investment-grade corporates, munis, and TIPs. Bad Numbers : 4.

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Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities: What Investors Should Know About TIPS

CFO News Room

TIPS have suddenly moved to center stage for investors, as the surge in inflation has drawn new interest in Treasury inflation-protected securities. This has already happened in the past three months; rates on 10-year Treasury notes have risen to 1.930% from 1.431% in early November. on average, Morningstar says.

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Avoid the Unforced Investment Errors Even Billionaires Make

Barry Ritholtz

Duration and leverage issues are well known, but lets discuss adding risk: In 2004, I walked into my offices conference room to hear a rep from Lehman Brothers pitch a higher-yielding fixed income product: AAA-rated, safe as Treasuries, but yielding 200-300 basis points more. That was the pitch for securitized subprime mortgages (MBS).

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (June 22-23)

Nerd's Eye View

Also in industry news this week: A recent survey indicates that financial advisors continue to move towards ETFs and away from mutual funds when it comes to client portfolio recommendations, though a majority of advisors continue to see a role for active management in the investment management process A former employee has filed a lawsuit alleging (..)

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The Greatest Missed Opportunity of Our Lifetimes

Barry Ritholtz

Treasury Bond (May 19, 2016) Last Call for 50-Year Treasury Bonds (March 16, 2017) Deficit Spending Should Be Counter-Cyclical Not Pro-Cyclical (August 28, 2017) Can We Please Have an Honest Debate About Tax Policy? This will be looked at as the greatest missed opportunity of our lifetimes.

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Catastrophizing Debt

Barry Ritholtz

So when I see a chart like this two things come to mind the first is that looking at crisis peaks — GFC and Covid-19 — is inherently problematic; you are taking outliers that come along once every 15-20 years as opposed to the ordinary treasury issuances. Do we simply ignore the growth in the size of the economy and the U.S.

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10 Tuesday AM Reads

Barry Ritholtz

My Two-for-Tuesday morning train WFH reads: • Stock Pickers Never Had a Chance Against Hard Math of the Market : In years like this one, when just a few big companies outperform, it’s hard to assemble a winning portfolio. Mortgage rates typically trade a spread to the 10 year Treasury yield. With the 10 year at 4.2%