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In about 6 hours, at 5:10pm HKT (=11:10am Swiss time), I’ll be back on RTHK Radio 3’s “The Close” with Neil Newman discussing another exciting week in the world of elections, interest rate cuts, and the $3 trillion market cap club

Tomorrow, Friday May 24th at 5:10pm HKT, I'm back on RTHK Radio 3's "The Close" with Japan macro strategist Neil Newman, where we're likely to discuss where yields are going in different markets

In 10 minutes, I'll be speaking with Shane Choo about our 2022H2 market outlook: https://www.facebook.com/shanechoo7

Today at 4pm Paris time = 10am New York time, I'll be presenting my thoughts on the upcoming French presidential election and how I expect it to drive stock and bond markets. You can attend live or get the recording through the link below.

France Decides 2022: Trading the Election and Economics of Europe's 2nd Largest Market In this informative webinar, independent wealth manager Tariq Dennison provides an overview of France's economic situation, how this year's election may impact it, along with actionable trading strategies around it using CAC, EURO STOXX 50, VSTOXX, and OAT futures and ETFs.

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How To Run A Report on Your Past and Future Dividends In Interactive Brokers

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How To Run A Report on Your Past and Future Dividends In Interactive Brokers One top goal of investment accounts we manage is to generate consistently growing dividend income. Obviously, for accounts with income as a primary investment goal, the default account display show…

One year ago, I responded to an idea on Twitter that we should test how portfolios of stocks selected completely at random would do compared with a broader benchmark. I then created five random portfolios of 30 stocks each, equally weighting random selections from the Russell 3000 index, all on Folio. Not surprisingly, these portfolios all had a tilt towards smaller cap and higher volatility stocks, but I am surprised that all five outperformed so significantly over the past year, especially the way #3 did. ...

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My Random Stock Portfolio Experiment: One Year Later One year ago, I responded to an idea on Twitter that we should test how portfolios of stocks selected completely at random would do compared with a broader benchmark. I then created five random po…

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How to add trading permissions in your Interactive Brokers account Every now and then, you may find that a stock, ETF, option, or futures contract traded on a certain exchange is not available on Interactive Brokers. This can happen to accounts that thought they …

Quick Chart: 20-Year Rolling Returns of Stocks vs Bonds

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Quick Chart: 20-Year Rolling Returns of Stocks vs Bonds Bonds may be safer than stocks in the short term, but they can actually be riskier in the long term. This is a quick chart of rolling 20-year returns of US stocks vs bonds using Shiller data, showi…

Notes from my China Options Webinar yesterday with and - https://mailchi.mp/618bc0aa163e/2021-03-16-fx-webinar-4320113

Follow-Up: IBKR + Eurex Micro Webinar - https://mailchi.mp/21ec541f5e59/2021-03-16-fx-webinar-4306017

One of the most important inputs into retirement calculators is expected rate of return, and I am still surprised to see so few expected return calculators freely available on the internet. As an even simpler version of my earlier calculator, here is an expected return calculator for dividend stocks (or funds) that only requires four inputs: Initial dividend yield - this is the percentage of your amount invested that you expect to get back within the first year via dividends....

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Calculator: Pure Dividend Growth Stock Return Model One of the most important inputs into retirement calculators is expected rate of return, and I am still surprised to see so few expected return calculators freely available on the internet. As an e…

The other day I happened to pick up a copy of my 11th grade math textbook published in 1992, and came across these two practical personal finance problems as a reminder of how much times have changed. The most obvious difference between then and now is how far interest rates have fallen. In 1992, the yields on 30-year US Treasury bonds…...

https://gfmasset.com/2021/04/personal-finance-math-from-my-1992-high-school-textbook/

Personal Finance Math From My 1992 High School Textbook The other day I happened to pick up a copy of my 11th grade math textbook published in 1992, and came across these two practical personal finance problems as a reminder of how much times have chang…

My next three scheduled webinars cover a variety of topics on a variety of continents: On April 13th, in collaboration with Interactive Brokers and Singapore Exchange, I'll be explaining option strategies investors can use to fine-tune risk/reward exposure to Chinese stocks: Register Here On April 15th, in collaboration with Interactive Brokers and Eurex, I'll be explaining how excited I am about the upcoming launch of "micro futures" contracts on the EURO STOXX 50, DAX, and SMI stock benchmarks: …...

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Webinars on China Options, European Futures, and US Universities My next three scheduled webinars cover a variety of topics on a variety of continents: On April 13th, in collaboration with Interactive Brokers and Singapore Exchange, I’ll be explaining opti…

Asian Currencies Webinar Follow-up - Interactive Brokers, SGX & GFM - https://mailchi.mp/19d81998eb43/2021-03-16-fx-webinar