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Volatility Cocktail
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Volatility Cocktail

“It’s one thing to not be overwhelmed by obstacles, or discouraged or upset by them. This is...

The Shot Heard Round The World
Innovative ETFs Channel

The Shot Heard Round The World

“Practice gratitude. It’s tempting to whine and complain when things go wrong. But it’s crucial...

Macro Thoughts – Recalibration or Accommodation
Innovative ETFs Channel

Macro Thoughts – Recalibration or Accommodation

“What’s ironic (or perhaps natural) is that research tells us that we judge people in areas where...

Macro Thoughts – Fasten Your Seatbelt
Innovative ETFs Channel

Macro Thoughts – Fasten Your Seatbelt

Thought to ponder…

“Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No...

The Good and Evil Angels and Powell’s Shoulders
ETF Building Blocks Channel

The Good and Evil Angels and Powell’s Shoulders

“’We have perceptions about our experience, and we judge them: ‘This is good.’ ‘This is bad.’ ‘...

Macro Drivers: Election, Interest Rates, Earnings
ETF Building Blocks Channel

Macro Drivers Impacting the Markets: Election, Inflation/Interest Rates, Earnings

“Anyone who is of sound mind and body can sit down and think of twenty things in their life that...

The Recalibrating Rates Case Gets a Winning Streak
Innovative ETFs Channel

The Case for Recalibrating Rates Gets a Winning Streak

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s...

Weak Labor Data & Reduced Growth Boost Rate Cut Hopes
Innovative ETFs Channel

Weak Labor Data and Reduced Growth Expectations Boost Rate Cut Hopes

“’Passing through difficulties.’ We often feel that suffering will engulf us, or that the...

Weaker Economic Data vs. Nvidia Juggernaut
Innovative ETFs Channel

Weaker Economic Data vs. Nvidia Juggernaut

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model...

Haywire Labor Data Points in Every Direction
Innovative ETFs Channel

Haywire Labor Data Points in Every Direction

“I think of all the people I have spoken to who have said, ‘When I know exactly what the next...

Softer Nowcast Data and Price Cuts
Innovative ETFs Channel

Softer Nowcast Data and Price Cuts

“The time we spend worrying is actually time we’re spending trying to control something that is...

AI Leaders vs. Economic Data
Innovative ETFs Channel

What a Title Fight Would Look Like Between AI Leaders & Economic Data

“Persistent and consistent effort over time can yield results. “So far” and “not yet” are the...

Downshift in Inflation & Strong Earnings Breed Optimism
Innovative ETFs Channel

Downshift in Inflation Pressures and Strong Earnings Breed Optimism

“Adversity, illness, and death are real and inevitable. We choose whether to add to these...

Cutting Through the Noise
Innovative ETFs Channel

Cutting Through the Noise

“Remember, if there is one core teaching at the heart of this philosophy, it’s that we’re not as...

Macro Thoughts – A Return to the Bond Market Driving the Boat
Innovative ETFs Channel

Macro Thoughts – A Return to the Bond Market Driving the Boat

“Joy comes to us in moments—ordinary moments. We risk missing out on joy when we get too busy...

New Themes Emerge in 2024
News

New Themes Emerge in 2024

Thought to ponder…

“Because of the spirit, I say. Because of the heart. Writing and reading...

Focus Point Institutional Research
ETF Building Blocks Channel

Focus Point Institutional Research

“Most of us don’t think about the motivating force behind our decisions as we approach the...

Resetting Interest Rate Expectations
ETF Building Blocks Channel

Resetting Interest Rate Expectations

“A collection of talented individuals without personal discipline will ultimately and inevitably...

Macro Thoughts – Stuck Between A Rock and A Hard Place
ETF Building Blocks Channel

Macro Thoughts – Stuck Between A Rock and A Hard Place

Thought to ponder…

“We don’t have the power to choose all of our experiences, but we always have...

This Is What Momentum Looks Like
Commodities Channel

This Is What Momentum Looks Like

“Instead of competing to be the best, companies can—and should—compete to be unique. This concept...

Fairytale Endings With a Geopolitical Subplot
ETF Education Channel

Fairytale Endings With a Geopolitical Subplot

“Vast emptiness, nothing holy. What is the mind like if it’s not occupied with plans and schemes,...

The Outlook for 2024
Innovative ETFs Channel

2024 Outlook

“… after the laws of physics, everything else is opinion.“

— Neil deGrasse Tyson,...

Black Friday Expectations & AI Hype
Innovative ETFs Channel

Black Friday Expectations & AI Hype

“In the short run, the market is a voting machine but in the long run, it is a weighing machine.”...

Lining Up Doves
News

Lining Up Doves

“After each storm, we become stronger, more solid, and soon we’re no longer fearful of storms. We...

Treasuries Grab the Wheel
US Treasuries & TIPS Fixed Income Channel

Treasuries Grab the Wheel

“E. L. Doctorow once said that ‘writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only...

Changing Forces
Innovative ETFs Channel

Changing Forces

“Turbulence is dangerous. Its output—the pressure or velocity of water, the average or change in...

Cannot Live Up to the Hype
Core Strategies Channel

Cannot Live Up to the Hype

“Your outer world reflects the state of your inner world. By controlling the thoughts that you...

Rates Take the Stage
Fixed Income Channel

Rates Take the Stage

“The basis of karma is simple: you are the source of all your baggage. When you clearly perceive...

Super Bowl Week for Economists and Assets
Modern Alpha Channel

Super Bowl Week for Economists and Assets

“Another concept used to cope with uncontrollable events is known as amor fati which is Latin for...

The Plotline image
Commodities Channel

The Plotline

“The very first lesson the Gita teaches us is how to handle fear. In the moments before the...

Recalibrating image
Core Strategies Channel

Recalibrating

“Enlightened thinkers know that their thoughts form their world and the quality of one’s life...

Coincident vs. Leading Indicator Debate
Innovative ETFs Channel

Coincident vs. Leading Indicator Debate

“Artists often have no idea what they’re going to create. They make art in order to know what...

A Different Reaction Function
Fixed Income Channel

A Different Reaction Function

“When Hinton was interviewed on the American television show 60 Minutes, the interviewer asked...

Skip, Pause, or Hike, Leans Towards Hike
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Skip, Pause, or Hike, Leans Towards Hike

“Our suffering is impermanent, and that is why we can transform it. And because happiness is...

2 Sides to Every Coin
Beyond Basic Beta Channel

2 Sides to Every Coin

“The purpose of setting goals is to win the game. The purpose of building systems is to continue...

The Fed vs. the Markets
ETF Education Channel

The Fed vs. the Markets

“We cannot solve life’s problems except by solving them. This statement may seem idiotically...

Is a Recession Inevitable?
Modern Alpha Channel

Is a Recession Inevitable?

“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.“

...

Picking Up Nickels in Front of Steamrollers
ETF Education Channel

Picking Up Nickels in Front of Steamrollers

Thought to ponder…

“While I am not sure what my focus on truncating downside risk has cost...

Uneven Inflation Data and a Hawkish Fed
Core Strategies Channel

Uneven Inflation Data and a Hawkish Fed

“In sum, no matter the domain, the highly successful had a kind of ferocious determination...

Technical and Narrative Chop
Volatility Resource Channel

Technical and Narrative Chop

“For now, Americans are anything but united. A report from the Pew Research Center published in...

Narratives Converge
Portfolio Strategies Channel

Narratives Converge

“The true hero is flawed. The true test of a champion is not whether he can triumph, but whether...

Fed and Market Expectations Diverge
News

Fed and Market Expectations Diverge

“…be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions...

Recalibrating Policy to Bank System Realities
Core Strategies Channel

Recalibrating Policy to Bank System Realities

“To ‘leave the jersey in a better place’ means to work incrementally towards a better collective...

A Nudge in the Fed’s Direction
Innovative ETFs Channel

A Nudge in the Fed’s Direction

“The trap is this: only after we do the difficult work does it become our calling. Only after we...