An adviser’s year in graphics

BIGGEST TECH acquisition ⇒$2.7B SS&C Technology Holdings Inc. agreed to pay $2.7 billion for Advent Software Inc.

BIGGEST TECH acquisition

⇒$2.7B

SS&C Technology Holdings Inc. agreed to pay $2.7 billion for Advent Software Inc.

TOP FIVE ADVISER MOVES

Source: Investment Research

JOSH BROWN’S TWITTER FOLLOWERS

⇒125K

Santa Claus’s coat was made red at the request of Coca-Cola’s advertising executives in 1931.

Merry Christmas.

— Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) December 21, 2015

Tibble v. Edison

In Tibble v. Edison, the Supreme Court held that ERISA’s underlying foundation of trust law imposes a “continuing duty to monitor trust investments and remove imprudent ones,” undercutting the defendant’s argument that monitoring ended with ERISA’s six-year statutory limitation on violations. The court granted the plaintiffs a judgment of

$370,732

Historic rate hike

Source: Federal Reserve

⇒3,456

days since the last Fed rate hike;

⇒25BPs

size of the increase

generational wealth transfer

⇒$30T

will be passed down from baby boomers to Gen X over the next 30 years.