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Financial Planning January 1, 2009 Donald Jay Korn |
Outlook 2009 The long-term outlook is brighter than the current vista. Markets have always turned up after downturns and there's no reason to think this pattern will end. |
Financial Advisor March 2006 Marla Brill |
Courting A New Crowd Rydex Investments hopes to move beyond market timers to mainstream financial advisors. |
Registered Rep. January 3, 2008 John Churchill |
Morningstar's "Best Of 2007": A Dubious Distinction? Morningstar announces the three winners chosen as "Mutual Fund Managers of the Year." But with many studies showing one year's hot managers often don't perform as well the following year, is it a distinction anyone really wants? |
Financial Advisor April 2010 Marla Brill |
A Good Complement More advisors think both bond mutual funds and ETFs belong in client portfolios. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2007 Donald Jay Korn |
Different Strokes This summer's volatile markets proved that allocating funds among uncorrelated assets really does work. |
Financial Advisor April 2008 Bruce W. Fraser |
Strategic Income Funds Can Limit Volatility The traditional safe harbor of fixed income in times of extreme market volatility doesn't mean your clients have to settle for today's low yields on Treasurys. Strategic income funds, often overlooked, offer diversity, reduced risk and the potential for higher returns. |
Investment Advisor June 2010 Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Investing Like the Big Boys Alternatives can make a big difference in client portfolios. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2008 Suzanne McGee |
The Perfect Alternative Is there an asset class for your clients portfolios whose price moves in the opposite direction to that of mainstream investments like stocks and bonds? |
Financial Advisor August 2009 Craig L. Israelsen |
A Better Balanced 'Core' Balanced funds are based on outdated models and need to be better diversified. |
Financial Advisor July 2008 Alan Lavine |
On Target, Or Not Think you can plunk down money on any target date fund as a low-risk way to accumulate retirement savings? Think again. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2011 Donald Jay Korn |
Double Plays When clients want a total return fund, it may be difficult for advisors to sort out the options. Determining what role a total return fund can play in a client's portfolio requires a deeper understanding of this confusing category. |
Financial Advisor October 2004 Tracey Longo |
Investing For Retirement Investing for retirement is feeling pretty dicey. That has investors looking for all the advice they can find. Here's what financial advisors are saying. |
Financial Advisor June 2004 Marla Brill |
The Cash Conundrum Should fund managers let cash build or stay fully invested at all times? |
Investment Advisor April 2006 Maya Ivanova |
Self Improvement In the recent supplement to the 2005 Rydex AdvisorBenchmarking Survey, many advisors recognize that simply maintaining the status quo is not enough. They're continuously examining their business plans and investment processes to look for improvements. |
BusinessWeek January 31, 2005 |
A Fixed-Income Fund with a Twist Bill Eigen of Fidelity Strategic Income says a broadly diversified focus and careful risk management help his fund outperform |
Registered Rep. December 22, 2009 Stan Luxenberg |
Forget Stock Market Gains, It's Best to Avoid Losses Many financial advisors and portfolio managers who held to traditional buy-and-hold stock-bond portfolios are now emphasizing new kinds of diversification. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2009 Craig L. Israelsen |
Upper-Left Quadrant Prudent investing requires the construction of multi-asset portfolios. |
The Motley Fool February 2, 2007 Nathan Slaughter |
Don't Do It! When it comes to your mutual funds, though, keep your eyes on the road -- not the rearview mirror. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2007 |
New Products Alternatives: State Street Global Advisors has launched five fixed-income SPDR ETFs... Unit investment trust based on the KLD Global Climate Change 100 Index... etc. |
Financial Advisor June 2004 Kevin M. Wilson |
Why Value Beats Growth Portfolios using asset allocation combined with value investing produce better financial results. How should you advise clients to invest? |
Investment Advisor April 2009 Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Timing Is Everything Now that (nearly) all asset classes have sunk, advisors are rethinking their investment strategies. |
Financial Planning August 1, 2008 William Harding |
A Different Mix As investors suffer through this year's unstable market, the wounded are talking about alternative investments. |
Financial Advisor April 2009 |
Advisor Emporium Products of interest to advisors: AdviceAmerica launches ClientVision Web-based client relationship management tool... Genworth Financial Investment Services is launches fee-based, money management platform, Managed Wealth ADVANTAGE... etc. |
Financial Advisor April 2010 Jeff Schlegel |
An Alternative World A growing number of financial advisors and their clients are clamoring for alternative investments in the wake of the massive market maelstrom of '08-'09, but it's a broad space requiring lots of due diligence. |
The Motley Fool June 13, 2008 Julie Clarenbach |
A Retirement Portfolio You Can Set and Forget Don't let lifecycle funds target your retirement without taking a very close look at them. |
The Motley Fool July 31, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
Funds for Impatient Investors Asset allocation funds typically invest in a mix of stocks and bonds to hopefully lower risk and gain higher returns over time. Research shows that investors tend to hold these mutual funds longer. |
Financial Advisor March 2010 Alan Lavine |
Markowitz: MPT Holds Up Modern portfolio theory never claimed diversification would help during financial crises. |
Registered Rep. February 1, 2011 Diana Britton |
American Funds: A Victim of Its Own Success? The mutual fund giant's fortunes seem to have turned, with sizeable outflows. |
Financial Advisor October 2008 Jerry Wagner |
Bonus Copy: Are Investment Returns a "Crazy Quilt"? Callan Charts, or the Periodic Table of Investment Returns, provide advisors with a graphical guide to better returns with less risk than asset allocation portfolios. |
Registered Rep. August 1, 2006 Stan Luxenberg |
From Complexity to Simplicity And Back Using plain-vanilla mutual funds, retail advisors can build low-correlating portfolios, like absolute-return portfolios. In fact, the sophisticated financial advisor is performing like a mini-institutional consultant of yore. |
Financial Advisor May 2005 Karen DeMasters |
Substituting For Stable Value Funds Despite the popularity that stable value funds have enjoyed in the last few years, as part of a diversified portfolio for individuals' retirement accounts, the unique funds have fallen by the wayside in recent months as financial advisors search for alternative investments for their clients. |
Financial Advisor May 2011 |
Advisor Emporium Curian launches research portfolio... Investors Capital creates VIP desk... USAA expands mutual fund access... |
Real Estate Portfolio Nov/Dec 2004 Christopher M. Wright |
Q&A with Roger Gibson Roger Gibson is a nationally recognized expert in asset allocation and portfolio design. In a recent interview he discusses among other things, diversification and where REITs fit into his clients' portfolios. |
Investment Advisor December 2005 Kathleen M. McBride |
Hybrid Vehicles? Mutual funds have brought Main Street into investing and been the lifeblood of most advisors' practices. In the future, will there be a better way to invest? |
The Motley Fool December 4, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
10 Trillion Reasons to Invest Mutual funds keep raking in the money. |
Financial Advisor June 2007 |
Advisor Emporium Financial Intermediary Web Site Launched... Rydex Launches High-Yield Funds... Pershing Becomes Bonds Market Maker... etc. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2005 Susan Weiner |
Foreign Indebtedness The falling dollar has sparked an interest in international bonds, but advisers remain cautious. |
Financial Advisor January 2012 Marla Brill |
Making The Cut Financial Advisor and Private Wealth magazines announce their inaugural all-star research team. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2005 Donald Jay Korn |
Foreign Intrigue Financial planners need a passport to follow the money that's flooding into overseas mutual funds, but the wave may be about to break. |
Financial Advisor June 2006 Tracey Longo |
Symposium Roundup The 2nd Annual Financial Advisor Symposium showed how to transform your practice to meet retiring boomers' needs. |
Financial Planning October 2, 2007 Craig L. Israelsen |
Smoothing the Path When comparing active and passive management, financial planners should look at the performance of the whole portfolio. What you find may surprise you. |
Financial Advisor February 2008 |
Frontline News News of interest to the financial advisory industry: Fiduciary Network Buys Stake In Brouwer, Janachowski... Morningstar Names Top Fund Managers... Advisors Gather At Tech Show... State Of The Industry... etc. |
Investment Advisor June 2006 John Rekenthaler |
In Defense of Style Boxes Style boxes are undeniably useful instruments for categorizing funds, for understanding a portfolio's positioning, and for communicating with clients. There is no reason to expect more from them. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2008 Craig L. Israelsen |
A Perfect Portfolio Investment portfolios should include a wide variety of diverse assets. Each one adds an important dimension to the portfolio because it behaves differently. |
Registered Rep. July 1, 2005 Stan Luxenberg |
Killing It Softly Under departing Chairman William Donaldson, one of the SEC's most decisive actions received little attention; it recently eliminated a class of investments: stable value mutual funds. |
On Wall Street April 1, 2010 Elizabeth Wine |
ETFs and Closed-End Funds: New Strategies for a New Day The range of ETFs continues to grow and advisors are graduating to the next level of sophistication, from the traditional use of gaining quick access to a sector or country, to now delivering alpha to clients. |
Financial Advisor May 2011 Jeff Schlegel |
Mainstreaming Alternatives Financial advisors are taking a shine to alternative investments. |
The Motley Fool February 23, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Don't Leave Your Investments on Autopilot An occasional look can reveal profitable adjustments to your portfolio. |
The Motley Fool September 8, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
Another Investing Fad Bites the Dust Say sayonara to 130/30 mutual funds. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2013 Craig L. Israelsen |
Should Clients Avoid Bonds Now? With rates inching upward, some clients may want to skip fixed-income investments entirely. They shouldn't. |