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Big Money Blunders to Avoid Real estate, college costs, family finances, death and divorce. We asked Sheryl Garrett, the financial planner to the people, for advice on avoiding the monumental money blunders before they occur. |
The Motley Fool June 24, 2010 Dayana Yochim |
3 More Things Your Advisor's Too Scared to Tell You "You're alone," "you aren't getting younger," and other things you need to hear. |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2005 Mark Feffer |
The Family Lock Box Retirement planning is all about identifying the client's desired retirement lifestyle, then translating that into savings and investment goals. But increasingly, family crises, and the emotions that go with them, are disrupting these well-laid plans. |
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. |
Investment Advisor May 1, 2011 Olivia Mellan |
It's Not Working Retirement is great for some people; for others, not so much |
The Motley Fool January 25, 2005 Dayana Yochim |
You're on Your Own, Kiddos In the standoff between retirement savings and college savings, retirement wins. |
Registered Rep. May 1, 2004 Anne Field |
Role Reversal What happens when adult children take over part or all of their parents' finances - at the request of Mom or Dad? How should an advisor approach such situations? |
Financial Advisor September 2007 Bruce W. Fraser |
Role Reversal What financial advisors can do to prepare their clients to care for elderly parents. |
Investment Advisor May 2008 Olivia Mellan |
Quittin' Time? How a financial advisor should respond to various situations faced by clients contemplating retirement: Fear of boredom... Couple with conflicting retirement dreams... Couple with a large age difference... Need to support parents... etc. |
Investment Advisor February 2008 Olivia Mellan |
The Bell Tolls Clearly, aging baby boomers need financial advisors to help plan their upcoming retirements. But how can you coax them into your office or persuade them to make changes that will ensure a more pleasant future? |
Registered Rep. August 28, 2013 Carina S. Diamond |
We Need More Female Advisors When it comes to attracting women to our ranks, the industry still has a long way to go |
Investment Advisor March 2008 Olivia Mellan |
The Age of Enlightenment Long-lived but short-sighted, optimistic but anxious, self-centered but altruistic, baby boomers badly need your financial advice. |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2004 Steve Gresham |
Party's Over The most tragic investing calamities are repeated by clients who should know better and by advisors who did know better and let the clients get in trouble anyway. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2013 Christine Fahlund |
Smart Ways to Talk About Retirement & Social Security Use these concepts to frame conversations with your clients. |
The Motley Fool January 24, 2007 Mary Dalrymple |
College Financial Aid 102 Understand how colleges view your assets when computing financial aid. |
On Wall Street October 1, 2010 |
Letters Most people think that health care reform will solve many of the problems facing retirees and people about to retire. Nothing could be further from the truth. Financial advisors need to be prepared to talk about health care costs. |
On Wall Street July 1, 2011 Keith J. Weber |
A Generational Retirement Shift Midlife is changing. The longevity gains seen over the last 100 years haven't just added years onto the end of our lives, they've added quality years to the middle of our lives. |
The Motley Fool July 22, 2005 Dayana Yochim |
College vs. Retirement? Retirement Wins Before you set up your child's golden future, pay off high-interest debt, establish an emergency fund, get adequate insurance, and beef up your retirement savings. After those items are crossed off your list, you can start spoiling the youngsters. |
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. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2013 Martha White |
Special Needs Clients: 'Retirement for 3' For families with a special-needs child, advisors must employ a variety of tactics. |
Financial Advisor December 2006 Mary Rowland |
The Real Scoop On Manipulating The Press Financial advisors need to understand that talking to journalists is not a substitute for working on a marketing plan. |
Investment Advisor January 2006 Olivia Mellan |
The Psychology of Advice: The Silent Generations A huge chunk of our nation's wealth is in the hands of baby boomers' parents. Whether you represent older parents or a grownchild, better intergenerational communication is as important to you as it is to your financial advisory clients. |
On Wall Street October 1, 2013 Mason Braswell |
Addressing Those Who Resist Retirement Here's how to talk to your clients about retiring when they don t want to. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2010 Susan Bradley |
Where Widows Go Advisors who can guide someone through one of the most difficult life passages are rare and treasured resources whom widows want to share with every other widow they meet. |
The Motley Fool June 1, 2005 |
When Do You Need a Financial Advisor? Just about anyone who goes through some life changes needs to reevaluate his or her personal financial situation. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2010 Gregory Salsbury |
A New Conversation The market meltdown forced people to start thinking more seriously about retirement. But they're still held back by misconceptions. |
Investment Advisor August 2007 Kara P. Stapleton |
Tassel Hassle A hot-button issue this time of year that brings clients to advisors is funding their child's college education. Here's what advisors can do to help. |
The Motley Fool May 28, 2009 Dayana Yochim |
Facing Mom and Dad's Money Issues Talking to Mom and Dad about their finances can help ease your mind and give you a head start mulling over what you'll face in the future. |
Financial Advisor July 2008 Tracey Longo |
Can Advisors Protect Retirees From Themselves? Fear of loss and greed for gains accelerates when investors retire. This has financial services firms working overtime to find ways around investors' emotions. |
The Motley Fool May 5, 2007 Elizabeth Brokamp |
5 Great Gifts for Grads and Newlyweds Ditch the salad spinners and place settings. Give presents with a future. 1. A plan for life... 2. A leg-up on retirement... etc. |
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. |
The Motley Fool October 20, 2011 |
Exactly Why Your Broker May Be Dangerous Be careful out there, because the broker you choose may have an agenda. |
Financial Advisor November 2007 Mitch Anthony |
Boomer Interuppted Baby boomers may envision a retirement with lots of freedom, but some already are finding that's not the case. Here's what financial advisors need to know. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2007 Ray Sclafani |
The Future is in Retirement By helping clients envision later-life goals, You can build value in your practice. An exclusive conversation with coach Dan Sullivan. |
On Wall Street September 1, 2008 Parisi & Leung |
Are You Prepared for the Retirement Boom? Meeting the retirement and estate planning needs of the baby boomer generation represents today's greatest growth opportunity for financial advisors. But are advisors ready for it? |
The Motley Fool March 22, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
How Boomers Will Retire Our retirements will differ greatly from those of our moms and dads. If you're invested in companies that rely heavily on employee knowledge, give some thought to the aging of the employee base and how it might affect the firm's future. |
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. |
Investment Advisor September 2005 Joni Youngwirth |
Draw Up a Plan Financial planners work with retirees every day. But, due to the changing face of retirement, when it comes to planning their own retirements, they may be as befuddled as their clients. |
The Motley Fool August 6, 2004 Robert Brokamp |
Do You Want to Work Forever? How will you retire if you're not saving enough? |
The Motley Fool July 28, 2004 Dayana Yochim |
Get in a Retirement Frame of Mind Don't panic about the future. Ease into it with these six general rules. |
The Motley Fool October 13, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Don't Make These 4 Money Mistakes Parents are making some wrong moves with their money. When it comes to saving for their children's college education, a lot of parents are making mistakes that are keeping their money from working as hard as it could for them. |
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. |
Financial Advisor June 2007 Tracey Longo |
Grown Up, But Not Gone More and more retired or nearly retired investors are engaging in something that is extremely difficult for even the brightest advisors to accommodate in a financial projection: unplanned giving to their adult kids. |
On Wall Street October 1, 2008 |
The 2008 Retirement Roundtable Our industry experts gather to discuss the big issues facing financial advisors and their clients. Read their opinions on the decumulation phase of retirement plans |
On Wall Street April 1, 2011 J. Graydon Coghlan |
Retire Later, Collect More If your clients want to receive full Social Security benefits, it's important that they wait until their official retirement age. |
On Wall Street November 1, 2012 |
Five Questions with Don Blandin The president and CEO of Investor Protection Trust discusses issues facing seniors and the special problems for which advisors should watch, including protecting them against fraud. |
Financial Advisor October 2012 Michael J. McDermott |
Our House How can financial planners help those with three generations living at home? A multigenerational household certainly has financial complexities that need to be addressed. |
Financial Advisor January 2006 Karen DeMasters |
Sudden Wealth, Sudden Mess? Windfall recipients may need special handling by financial advisors -- and maybe a kick in the pants. Done right, that relationship can translate into a multigenerational client. |
AskMen.com Nick Kennedy |
Money Management: Take Control Of Her Finances Follow the money management steps below and take control of her finances without upsetting the couple dynamic. |