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Investment Advisor October 2009 Olivia Mellan |
Give and Take Lately, many clients who want to share their wealth are finding they may not have enough of it left. A look at the state of charitable giving, and how advisors should deal with those in a state over having their philanthropic dreams dashed. |
Investment Advisor October 2008 Olivia Mellan |
Long-Term Losses How can you cut your losses when they keep going on and on? |
Investment Advisor December 2009 Olivia Mellan |
The Psychology of Advice: A Time Forgiving More than just a time for giving, the holidays can be a time for forgiving. Here are some ways you might apply this philosophy to situations that crop up in your practice around this time of year. |
Registered Rep. April 10, 2012 Kevin McKinley |
Helping Clients Cut Off the Kids If you have clients stretched between supporting their older youngsters and saving for retirement, you can delicately help the parents nudge, shove, and kick the offspring out of the proverbial nest. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2011 Suzanne McGee |
Full-Nest Syndrome Even when a financial advisor is able and willing to work with clients on containing and managing requests for financial help from their boomerang children, they can end up squarely in the middle of one of the most perilous kinds of disagreements: family squabbles over money. |
Registered Rep. August 20, 2012 Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
When Dream Schools Become a Nightmare Many parents will go to great lengths to send to their children to their dream schools, but it's not always the best financial decision. |
Investment Advisor April 1, 2011 Olivia Mellan |
And the Pass Is Incomplete Baby boomers are scheduled to inherit $8.4 trillion from their parents -- but don't expect it all to go smoothly |
Investment Advisor January 2008 Olivia Mellan |
Splitting Heirs When parents and children are involved in divorce-related issues, it will be difficult (if not impossible) for an investment advisor to recommend financial strategies if they are still nursing unresolved wounds, anger, feelings of betrayal, or a thirst for revenge. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2013 Miriam Rozen |
How to Have the Money Talk With Kids Advisors say their own family experiences offer lessons for clients. And sometimes the reverse is true, as well. |
The Family Room Jimmy Patterson |
No wait, don't go ... please stay When a child's classmate dies. |
Registered Rep. March 19, 2012 Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
The Risks of Independence When parents realize that they haven't saved nearly enough money for college, some of them start wondering how their college-bound teenagers could qualify as independent students. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2009 Deborah Fox |
Coming Up Short The current economic environment is putting considerable pressure on families. But if parents and their financial advisors take a proactive approach to college planning, parents and students can avoid reliance on credit markets. |
Financial Advisor March 2011 Caren Chesler |
Homeward Bound In a tough economic environment, some clients must deal with their children moving back home. |
Investment Advisor August 2005 Olivia Mellan |
The Psychology of Advice: Blindsided Help your financial advisory clients keep life's little ambushes in perspective. |
Financial Planning August 1, 2010 Donald Jay Korn |
Borrowing Trouble When conversations about college affordability take place, planners may be able to introduce some realities into the discussion. |
Investment Advisor January 2010 Olivia Mellan |
The Psychology of Advice: The Gift to Be Simple If you or any of your clients are mulling over how to create a simpler lifestyle, these comments may help. |
Entrepreneur April 2010 Rosalind Resnick |
Paying for the Old College Try Advice for small-business owners on how to finance your kids' college educations. |
Investment Advisor December 2006 Olivia Mellan |
Gone, but Not Forgotten When clients are contemplating the kind of legacy they want to pass on to their family, to society, or to a certain charitable cause, consider helping them to take stock of their deeply cherished values, beliefs, and life goals before they focus on the financial aspects of legacy transfer. |
Registered Rep. June 17, 2013 Kevin McKinley |
The Power of Persuasion These small acts for clients' children and grandchildren can make a big difference. |
Investment Advisor August 2010 Marlene Y. Satter |
Spend Wisely and Lower Your Expectations Parents are starting to consider such economy measures when it comes to college planning for their children. |
Investment Advisor July 2009 Olivia Mellan |
The Psychology of Advice: Crash Consciousness To keep the current crisis from weakening your bonds with your clients, you need to tune into their beliefs and fears at the deepest level. |
Financial Planning August 1, 2009 Donald Jay Korn |
College Panic Many of your clients with teenage children may be feeling the college panic about now. They are looking at diminished net worths and an uncertain job market and economy |
Registered Rep. May 25, 2011 Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
College Aid Checklist for Grandparents Seven tips that will allow grandparents to safely contribute to their grandkids' college education. |
Registered Rep. June 18, 2015 Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
How to Handle Overblown College Fears It's only natural that your clients dread the approach of this milestone, but as they prepare for it, you can help minimize their stress level. |
Fast Company Evie Nagy |
Tiger Moms, Take Note: How Science Can Make You A Better Parent Fast Company spoke with New York University sociologist Dalton Conley about the principles in his new book on parentology, the importance of improvisation, and what parents can do to learn how to not freak out. |
Registered Rep. February 23, 2015 Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Helping Parents Deal with College Stress The number of parents who express concern about getting their kids into college is almost as many as those who worry about paying the tab. |
Investment Advisor May 2010 Lewis Schiff |
The Affluentialist: Raising Responsible Children Advisors to wealthy families can offer sensitivity and guidance. |
Financial Advisor November 2010 Mitch Anthony |
Skin In The Game Why your clients' kids should pay for part of their college educations. |
Financial Advisor July 2010 Dalton & Dalton |
The College Game Affluent families who want to fund college expenses without ruining retirement can take steps that may position them for financial aid. |
Investment Advisor May 2006 Olivia Mellan |
The Psychology of Advice: Toxic Friends From a psychological standpoint, here's what investment advisers can do when clients' pals provide risky investment tips. |
Registered Rep. February 25, 2015 Kevin McKinley |
The Costs and Effects of High Tuition Advisors can diplomatically help clients and their children get the degree the kids need at a cost the family is willing and able to pay. |
Investment Advisor June 2010 Lewis Schiff |
The Affluentialist: Growing Up Rich and Responsible Financial literacy for the children of affluence starts early -- just as models of nonproductive behavior do. |
Financial Advisor November 2005 Karen DeMasters |
When Grandparents Raise Grandchildren Some financial advisors have developed an expertise in helping families work through the financial issues involved when grandparents are raising grandchildren. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2011 Katie Kuehner-Hebert |
Hard Lessons Many parents may have made the right personal choice by having children later in life, but they'll likely find their retirement and their kids' college years are on a financial collision course. For those parents and their planners, that could spell trouble. |
Investment Advisor August 2007 Olivia Mellan |
Are We Having Fun Yet? Sometimes we forget why we wanted money in the first place. Here's how to help your financial advisory clients enjoy the fruits of their labor. |
Salon.com August 21, 2001 Amy Halloran |
Suicide at 16 One mother contemplates the grief -- and guilt -- of another... |
Investment Advisor July 2006 Olivia Mellan |
The Psychology of Advice: Unreal Estate With real estate prices having set new records in many areas of the country, clients' attitudes toward real property may lead to emotionally loaded financial questions or disputes that end up in your lap. Here are some ways you might approach helping clients sort out their options. |
Investment Advisor May 2010 Olivia Mellan |
The Psychology of Advice: Positively Irrational You can often make people's irrationalities work for them. |
Investment Advisor December 2007 Olivia Mellan |
The Mourning After If you or one of your financial advisory clients is struggling to cope with grief, now or at any other season of the year, the advice that follows may help ease the pain. |
Investment Advisor September 2008 Olivia Mellan |
The Fraud Squad Advisors can help protect older clients and family from con artists. |
Investment Advisor April 2007 Olivia Mellan |
Child Is Father to the Man Few money messages are as enduring as the ones a son learns from his dad. Here's what financial planners need to understand about this special relationship. |
Investment Advisor December 2005 Olivia Mellan |
The Psychology of Advice: Under the Affluence When financial advisory clients come to you wondering what they should do with their money, help them identify the values and goals that are most important to them. Explore their feelings and desires on the deepest level, so you can help them move from fantasies to goals that are grounded in reality. |
Registered Rep. June 1, 2012 Gleeson & Britton |
Youth Exodus Gen X and Y move assets more often than their parents. |
Financial Advisor December 2004 Gregory Bresiger |
Your Next Client May be a Child Financial relationships that took an advisor years to build can be quickly ruined by a young person's recklessness with money. That's why it is often critical for advisors to know the children of their clients. |
Financial Advisor February 2006 Marla Brill |
11th-Hour College Planning Parents of older children turn to financial advisors for college funding strategies. |
Financial Advisor March 2011 Jerilyn Klein Bier |
Special Consideration Advisors help parents of special needs children tackle unique planning challenges. |
Job Journal August 5, 2012 Penelope Trunk |
Brazen Careerist: The Age of Personal Responsibility We are living in an age where career success depends more and more on personal responsibility and initiative. |
Investment Advisor August 2010 Marlene Y. Satter |
College Savings: Do Your Homework For advisors helping clients pay college tuition, the subject is not a quick study |
Investment Advisor January 2009 Lewis Schiff |
What to Do with the Family Business If your client sells their business, would their children be in a better financial and personal position without the additional role of small business owner? |
On Wall Street May 1, 2013 Lorie Konish |
Younger Clients Need More Direct Contact from Advisors Twenty- and thirty-somethings take investing cues from their parents, and advisors need to reach them by phone or have face-to-face contact, according to a survey. |