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Become a Better Investor Newsletter – 12 October 2024

By Andrew Stotz | Oct 12, 2024

Lost decades are common. Blackrock–the new BTC maxi. US creates more gov’t jobs. China sees record drop. Peak obesity in the US.

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Setting the Challenge: Path for Improvement (Part 2)

By Andrew Stotz | Oct 11, 2024

In this episode, John Dues and Andrew Stotz discuss the first part of John’s path for improvement model – setting the challenge. Using an example from United Schools Network, John explains their aspirations for cutting chronic absenteeism rates.

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Goertek – World Class Benchmarking

By Become a Better Investor | Oct 10, 2024

Goertek Incorporated (002241 SZ): Profitable Growth rank of 1 was up compared to the prior period’s 9th rank. This is World Class performance compared to 630 large Info Tech companies worldwide.

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AGL Energy – World Class Benchmarking

By Become a Better Investor | Oct 9, 2024

AGL Energy Limited (AGL AU): Profitable Growth rank of 3 was up compared to the prior period’s 10th rank. This is above average performance compared to 290 large Utilities companies worldwide.

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Pakuwon Jati – World Class Benchmarking

By Become a Better Investor | Oct 8, 2024

PT Pakuwon Jati Tbk (PWON IJ): Profitable Growth rank of 2 was same compared to the prior period’s 2nd rank. This is World Class performance compared to 290 medium Real Estate companies worldwide.

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A. Stotz All Weather Strategies – September 2024

By Andrew Stotz | Oct 7, 2024

China saw a massive rebound, and Gold did well. Performance review of our strategies in September 2024 – All Weather Inflation Guard fell 0.1%, All Weather Strategy was gained 1.6%, All Weather Alpha Focus fell 0.4%.

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Become a Better Investor Newsletter – 5 October 2024

By Andrew Stotz | Oct 5, 2024

The Chinese stimulus rally. Money supply on the rise again. S&P 500’s dividend yield at 1.3%. Gold trades at extremes. Germans keep money in the bank.

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Enrich Your Future 15: Individual Stocks Are Riskier Than You Believe

By Andrew Stotz | Oct 4, 2024

In this episode of Enrich Your Future, Andrew and Larry Swedroe discuss Larry’s new book, Enrich Your Future: The Keys to Successful Investing. In this series, they discuss Chapter 15: Individual Stocks Are Riskier Than Investors Believe.

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Pay Attention to the Choices: Misunderstanding Quality (Part 4)

By Andrew Stotz | Oct 3, 2024

Continuing their discussion from part 3 of this series, Bill Bellows and Andrew Stotz talk more about acceptability versus desirability. In this episode, the discussion focuses on how you might choose between the two.

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Taiwan Was the Best Performer in Asia in 9M24

By Andrew Stotz | Oct 2, 2024

Asian markets were up in 9M24 except for Indonesia and Korea. Taiwan was the strongest performer in USD and local terms.

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