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A. Stotz All Weather Strategies – March 2024

By Andrew Stotz | Apr 8, 2024

Stocks continued strong; Developed markets outperformed. Performance review of our strategies in March 2024 – All Weather Inflation Guard gained 1.8%, All Weather Strategy gained 3.6%, All Weather Alpha Focus gained 3.1%.

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Become a Better Investor Newsletter – 6 April 2024

By Andrew Stotz | Apr 6, 2024

China is picking up. New ATHs for gold. US halts SPR refill. S&P 493 picking up on Mag 7. Top talent still moves to the US.

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Goal Setting Is Often An Act of Desperation: Part 1

By Andrew Stotz | Apr 5, 2024

Did Dr. Deming forbid setting goals? Dive into this discussion about healthy goal setting, learn why your process matters, and the four things you need to understand before you start on goals. This episode is the first in a 4-part series about goal setting.

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Jiangsu Guoxin Corp – World Class Benchmarking

By Become a Better Investor | Apr 4, 2024

Jiangsu Guoxin Corporation Limited (002608 SZ): Profitable Growth rank of 8 was up compared to the prior period’s 10th rank. This is below average performance compared to 1,460 large Industrials companies worldwide.

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PTT – World Class Benchmarking

By Become a Better Investor | Apr 3, 2024

PTT Public Company Limited (PTT TB): Profitable Growth rank of 9 was down compared to the prior period’s 8th rank. This is poor performance compared to 320 large Energy companies worldwide.

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Taiwan Was the Best Performer in Asia in 1Q24

By Andrew Stotz | Apr 2, 2024

Asian markets were up in 1Q24 except for China, Thailand and Hong Kong in local currencies. Taiwan was the strongest performer in USD and local terms.

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My Worst Investment Ever March 2024

By Andrew Stotz | Apr 1, 2024

In March 2024, we published 7 new episodes of the My Worst Investment Ever podcast. Listen to all of them here.

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Become a Better Investor Newsletter – 30 March 2024

By Andrew Stotz | Mar 30, 2024

Fed has US$1trn in unrealized losses. The 2nd wave of inflation. China is buying gold. Japan’s 34-year drawdown is rookie numbers. Daniel Kahneman has left us.

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Get Off Of My Cloud: Awaken Your Inner Deming (Part 16)

By Andrew Stotz | Mar 29, 2024

“The Cloud” is a metaphor for the top level of corporate authority – the CEO, CFO, CTO and maybe some Vice President positions. And if you’re trying to transform an organization, your ideas need to penetrate the Cloud – but how? In this episode, Bill Bellows and host Andrew Stotz talk about influencing others with the aim of transformation.

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ISMS 40: Larry Swedroe – Market vs. Hedge Fund Managers’ Efficiency

By Andrew Stotz | Mar 28, 2024

In this episode of Investment Strategy Made Simple (ISMS), Andrew gets into part two of his discussion with Larry Swedroe: Ignorance is Bliss. Today, they discuss two chapters of Larry’s book Investment Mistakes Even Smart Investors Make and How to Avoid Them. In this series, they discuss mistake 30: Do You Fail to Understand the Tyranny of the Efficiency of the Market? And mistake 31: Do You Believe Hedge Fund Managers Deliver Superior Performance?

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