A Top 10 List of How Not to Invest… May 4, 2006
Here’s a list of some of the dumbest things investors say to advisors — presented in no particular order — for advisors to reflect on (and enjoy). Read Now
Broker Job Outlook ’06: A Banner Year April 17, 2006
BrokerHunter.com has just wrapped up its fifth-annual surveys of both candidates and employers in the securities industry. Its major finding: "The best post-9/11 hiring year may be in store for us in 2006," says Steve Testerman, president of the online job board. Read Now
Public Relations 101 for Financial Advisors March 27, 2006
"With everyone calling themselves an investment advisor these days, it's important for advisors to differentiate themselves from the pack." Read Now
Do You Boldly Go...? OCTOBER 2005
Where no man has gone before” with technology? Or are you stuck in another universe?
While attending and speaking at Fidelity Registered Investment Advisor Group’s Technology in Practice Conference on June 8 in Boston, I listened to the presentation of a study, “What’s Keeping Advisors Up at Night?” Read Now
Investors Go Overseas with Their Fund Money OCTOBER 2005
Japan funds tracked by Emerging Portfolio Fund Research have been seeing strong investor demand — $267.9 million during the week ended August 24. It was the sixth straight week of net inflows into these funds, according to EPFR, during which time they have taken in $1.09 billion. Read Now
Brokers are Exempt: SEC Adopts Reg NMS MAY 2005
Nine days ahead of its April 15 deadline, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted 5-0 to allow dealers offering fee-based accounts an exemption from rules governing investment advisors. Read
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James Baker Shares AUGUST 2005
Some advisors like to chat at the water cooler about current events, such as the protracted U.S. war in Iraq and the U.S. fiscal and trade deficits. Read Now
Fixed-Income Bond Indexes and the ETFs that Track Them “Don’t fight the Fed” is a well-known market dictum, and a wise one at that — especially when the Federal Reserve’s inflation-fighting objective is widely known. Read Now
Shape of Things to Come We have watched as the long arm of the law has yanked an ever greater number of suspected corporate criminals into courts and even jails: high-profile fraudsters at big corporations, along with their accountants; Read Now
Expert Shares Practical Ideas on Solving the Retirement Puzzle’ (San Diego) As president of Life Puzzles in Louisville, Colo., former financial consultant Pete Lindquist aims to help advisors and their clients “pretire” successfully.
That’s right. Many baby boomers are expected to work during retirement — rather than go straight from an intense work life straight into a rocking chair. Read Now
Going Virtual To focus on the heart of your business and get rid of the headaches, turn to technology-based resources.
The advice side of financial services may have reached a proverbial fork in the road, leaving you with four choices.
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