Venture Populist » Readings http://venturepopulist.com "Venture to the People" Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:21:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Suggested Readings (5.19.09) http://venturepopulist.com/2009/05/suggested-readings-51909/ http://venturepopulist.com/2009/05/suggested-readings-51909/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 12:22:27 +0000 VenturePopulist http://venturepopulist.com/?p=665

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Broker Model Needs Repair (Financial Post)

“By charging you 1% annually to manage your money, a large portion of your wealth ends up in his or her pocket.”

 

Financial Advisers Face a Crisis of Confidence (Investment News)

“About 80% of affluent investors — that is, those with more than $500,000 in investible assets — are disgusted with their adviser because their adviser is spooked”

 

 

Album:   Read All About It, The Newsboys, 1988

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Leave the Capital Gains Tax Rate at 15% (Seeking Alpha)

Entrepreneurship and private sector investment should be encouraged in order to accelerate our economic recovery.

Ten Principles for a Black Swan-Proof World (Taleb, FT)

I am a big fan of Talebs, and principle #1…“What is fragile should break early while it is still small.”

 

 

Album:   Huey Lewis and the News, 1980

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The Future of Investing: Evolution or Revolution? (Pension & Investments, Bill Gross)

A must read. Gross ponders the impact of global de-leveraging, deregulation and the reverse of globalization on long-term equity returns…

Treasury-Bubble Trouble? (Forbes)

In a recent letter to shareholders Warren Buffet cautioned that “the U.S. Treasury bond bubble … may be regarded as almost equally extraordinary” as other recent bubbles.

 

 

Album:   Read All About It, The Newsboys, 1988

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