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We discuss:
- Why is money flowing out of SPY?
- How can index fund firms differentiate themselves?
- Should you decrease the number of stocks you own at the outset of retirement?
- How to wreck a pension fund
- Why institutional investors are always fighting the last war
- Expected returns for private equity are on the low side
- The ultimate employee IRA account
- How does Renaissance Technologies make money?
- Steve Mandel is calling it quits
- How much is your time worth? How about vacation days?
- Is Boiler Room underrated or properly rated?
- How often should you rebalance in your 401k?
- Pay off your mortgage or save more for retirement?
- Ulysses S. Grant’s financial troubles & much more
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Stories mentioned:
- Investors pulled record $25 billion from ETFs in January
- The ETF industries biggest problem
- How to dodge a market dip that threatens your retirement
- Mind-boggling pension fund mistakes
- Expected returns for private equity
- RenTech creates the ultimate employee IRA
- Star stockpicker exits the hedge fund stage
- Accounting for time
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