Wednesday Reading List

January 26, 2022

ICYMI:

Best Personal Finance Books – The best personal finance books broken down by category, complexity, and expected takeaways to help you build wealth.

This Month’s Market Volatility – After a tame year, we’re experiencing some market volatility to start 2022. Here’s what it means and what you should do about it depending on what type of investor you are.

Our team’s latest…Looking for a quick update on market conditions and answers to your top investing questions in less than 5 minutes? Check out this week’s video through the link below or directly on YouTube.

Where Are the Best Values in Global Stock Markets? by Heritage Financial

Concerned about a market drop of 5%?

Since 1927, the S&P 500 has averaged a pullback of at least 5% about every 71 trading days, or about once every 3.5 months.

Basically, it happens all the time. And yes, some turn into corrections.
— Peter Mallouk (@PeterMallouk) January 19, 2022

People keep wanting to dismiss the Legend, but it never seems to stick. Berkshire Hathaway’s shares have climbed as Ark’s flagship fund is hit by the growth-to-value rotation

Warren Buffett closes in on Cathie Wood as tech stocks tumble by Robin Wigglesworth

Funds that gained more than 100% in 2020 fell about 3% on average last year, with most badly lagging the market. This fits the historical pattern.

How Have the Highest-Flying Stock Funds Done Lately? Not Great by Jeffrey Ptak

There are a lot of myths about diversification. Today, I want to address a pernicious lie floating around out there that diversification only works when times are good.

Diversification Works In A Crisis (But It Doesn’t Work Miracles) by Bob French

Howard Marks is out with his latest memo. Long-time readers know that I never miss reading one of these. They are long, which is why I suspect his firm releases them as a podcast as well. Read or listen through the links below.

Selling Out by Howard Marks (article)

Podcast link here.

Schneider has known for months that she’d pass Matt Amodio to notch the second-longest winning streak in show history. Her experience keeping that hidden has been bizarre—and mirrors the stories told by other legendary ‘Jeopardy!’ champs.

Amy Schneider and the Art of Keeping a ‘Jeopardy!’ Winning Streak Secret by Claire McNear

Heat 2 is on the way. Book version.

‘Heat’ Fans Rejoice: Michael Mann & Meg Gardiner Novel ‘Heat 2’ Has August 9 Pub Date And Will Detail Lives Of Characters Before & After 1995 Crime Classic by Mike Fleming Jr.

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