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A. Stotz All Weather Strategies – November 2024

By Andrew Stotz | Dec 9, 2024

Strong rebound in stocks and fall in gold. Performance review of our strategies in November 2024 – All Weather Inflation Guard gained 1.9%, All Weather Strategy gained 0.4%, All Weather Alpha Focus gained 1.0%.

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Become a Better Investor Newsletter – 7 December 2024

By Andrew Stotz | Dec 7, 2024

Bitcoin surpassed US$100K. US GDP is 50% larger than the EU’s. Data centers drive construction. Short-lived martial law in Korea. Musk gets socialist support.

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Paradigms of Variation: Misunderstanding Quality (Part 7)

By Andrew Stotz | Dec 6, 2024

In this episode, Bill Bellows and Andrew Stotz explore the intersection of variation and quality through awareness of the “Paradigms of Variation”. Learn how to decide which paradigm your quality management system fits into!

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KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering – World Class Benchmarking

By Become a Better Investor | Dec 5, 2024

KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering Company Limited (051600 KS): Profitable Growth rank of 1 was up compared to the prior period’s 2nd rank. This is World Class performance compared to 1,370 large Industrials companies worldwide.

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Japfa Comfeed Indonesia – World Class Benchmarking

By Become a Better Investor | Dec 4, 2024

PT Japfa Comfeed Indonesia Tbk (JPFA IJ): Profitable Growth rank of 3 was up compared to the prior period’s 8th rank. This is above average performance compared to 540 large Cons. Staples companies worldwide.

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Tasly Pharmaceutical Group – World Class Benchmarking

By Become a Better Investor | Dec 3, 2024

Tasly Pharmaceutical Group Company Limited (600535 SH): Profitable Growth rank of 5 was down compared to the prior period’s 1st rank. This is average performance compared to 360 large Health Care companies worldwide.

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My Worst Investment Ever November 2024

By Andrew Stotz | Dec 2, 2024

In November 2024, we published 2 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 November 2024

By Andrew Stotz | Nov 30, 2024

The end of the US$ is not near. Luxury brand power. Milei brings prosperity. DEI for hostility, authoritarianism, and extremism. Korean demographic collapse.

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Enrich Your Future 20: Passive Investing Is the Key to Prudent Wealth Management

By Andrew Stotz | Nov 29, 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 20: A Higher Intelligence.

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Myth of Tech Omnipotence: Boosting Lean with Deming (Part 6)

By Andrew Stotz | Nov 28, 2024

Many companies strive to automate by using more technology and fewer humans. But does their productivity really improve? Does it keep them agile? In this episode, Jacob Stoller and Andrew Stotz share stories of companies that improve productivity because they focus on processes instead of tech alone.

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