Similar Articles

Browse Main Topics:

Business
Computers & Electronics
Education & Reference
Entertainment & Leisure
Family & Home
Finance & Investment
Health
Internet
Pets & Animals
Science & Technology
Society, Politics & Culture
Sports & Recreation

Similar Articles

Financial Advisor December 2011 Somnath Basu	The VIX Fix Where in the past there was a sense of sanity, today each morning brings only apprehensions about how to understand and manage market volatility.
Financial Planning September 1, 2009 Paul Menchaca	Income from Where? Financial advisors are realizing the mean variance efficient frontier model is flawed for retirement planning. The main shortcoming is its focus on a portfolio's risk-return tradeoff in terms of returns rather than generation of sustainable income.
Financial Advisor March 2010 Alan Lavine	Markowitz: MPT Holds Up Modern portfolio theory never claimed diversification would help during financial crises.
Financial Advisor February 2011 Somnath Basu	Mistiming Retirement The portfolios of many people who retired shortly before the 2008 market crash still have not recovered. But advisors can help to mitigate such "sequence risks."
On Wall Street December 1, 2008 William Harding	Endowments Offer Investment Lessons for Retirees The number of Americans who turn 65 each week could fill a sports stadium -- and they all need income. Portfolios for people saving for retirement should be structured differently from those already there.
Investment Advisor August 2009 Melanie Waddell	More Annuities Used in Income Portfolios Advisors are increasingly turning to annuities to help cover their clients' basic needs in retirement.
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.
On Wall Street February 1, 2013 Matthew Lemieux	Fine-Tuning a Portfolio Gets Year off to a Good Start The beginning of a year offers an opportunity to see how investments align with life goals.
Financial Planning September 1, 2009 Geoff Considine	Not Without Risk Any discussion of whether the theoretical constructs of asset allocation and diversification broke down must start with a reasonable estimate of what they were supposed to provide.
Financial Advisor January 2009 Ray Fazzi	Retirement Dreams Deferred Vanguard Group's Fran Kinniry addresses why what some call the lost decade for equities shouldn't cause clients to bail at just the wrong time.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2004 Stan Luxenberg	Nest Eggs in Multiple Baskets Increasingly, employers have begun offering life cycle funds, which include broad mixes of stocks and bonds. By picking one life cycle choice, an investor can hold a nicely diversified 401(k) portfolio.
Financial Advisor January 2007 Raymond Fazzi	Collaring Peace Of Mind Asset allocation and diversification are the principal risk management tools used by an advisor in a typical client portfolio. An equity collar strategy offers a different take on risk management.
Financial Advisor May 2009 David J. Drucker	Does Asset Allocation Need A Facelift? Has the 2008 stock market changed the rules of asset allocation and how we manage asset volatility?
On Wall Street January 1, 2010 Matthew Leung	Getting Retirement Portfolios Back on Track Previous assumptions about asset allocation, diversification and the appropriate levels of risk in portfolios are being challenged.
Investment Advisor March 2009 Melanie Waddell	Cover Story: Patience In the quest to generate retirement income for their clients, many advisors relied on their investing-for-accumulation roots, and therefore were not focused on retirement income planning.
Financial Planning November 1, 2009 Donald Jay Korn	Loaded for Bear A year after the worldwide nosedive, though, things look brighter for managed accounts.
Financial Planning February 1, 2010 Paul Menchaca	Growth Spurts It's still tricky to invest for retirement, but planners are starting to seek out long-term growth. Next trick: convincing skittish clients.
Financial Advisor April 2004 Raymond Fazzi	Conservatism Rules In Retirement Planning After a traumatic four years marked by a recession, a war on terrorism and a market decline, many advisors are rethinking their retirement planning strategies.
On Wall Street May 1, 2010 Gerald Buetow	In Defense Of Modern Portfolio Theory As stock markets plunged worldwide and investment portfolios took it on the chin, revisionists sought to expound on what they deemed were the inherent flaws of the deeply entrenched MPT. In short, the theory became the scapegoat for the failure of diversification.
Investment Advisor January 2008 Kathleen M. McBride	Built to Last Although their strategies vary, Rob Arnott and his investment advisor peers are hewing to a long-term focus on fundamentals, valuations, costs, and taxes.
Investment Advisor September 2005 Kathleen M. McBride	But Are They a Good Deal? MFS asset allocation funds pass the three-year mark and get high ratings from S&P.
Investment Advisor February 2009	A New Benchmark for Advisors With many advisors using an asset allocation strategy, the S&P 500 is no longer a great benchmark against which to set your pace. Take a look at these new benchmarks.
On Wall Street November 1, 2010 Gallant & Schneider	Navigating The Retirement Business The demand for retirement income support will continue to grow rapidly in the coming years as the aging of the baby boom generation is inevitable.
Financial Advisor October 2005 David Reilly	Is Risk Really A Four Letter Word? Once esoteric investing strategies, such as managed currency and commodity futures, real estate, short selling, arbitrage and event-driven strategies, allow portfolio risk management to be taken to the next level. Advisers, take note.
Financial Planning September 1, 2009 Craig L. Israelsen	Upper-Left Quadrant Prudent investing requires the construction of multi-asset portfolios.
Financial Advisor January 2007 Marla Brill	Simple Solutions? Life cycle funds are expanding beyond the 401(k) market to financial advisors. Advisors considering using target date funds, whether on a limited or for a broad swath of clients, need to consider a number of features.
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.
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.
Financial Advisor June 2012	Forward Progress Five experts discuss the state of the advisory business.
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 May 2005 Jeff Schlegel	"Assets-In-A-Box" Investing Considering the appeal of prepackaged asset allocation, it's little wonder that lifecycle funds are one of the hottest areas in the mutual fund industry.
On Wall Street September 1, 2009 James MacPherson	Investing for the Future If classic asset allocation did not prevent most portfolios from losing value, what might investors and advisors do to protect their portfolios, now and in the future?
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.
Investment Advisor September 2009 Lewis Schiff	The Affluentialist: Building Retirement Portfolios Now Few advisors use a cookie cutter approach to retirement income support.
Financial Advisor August 2010 James Picerno	Searching For Progress Financial innovation is under fire. Failing to beat the market is only one reason.
Financial Advisor September 2010 Carty & Carty	Both Sides Of The Ledger Barra co-founder Andrew Rudd is helping advisors build portfolios that balance client resources against future claims.
Investment Advisor April 2010 Robert J. Lindner	Expert's Corner: Putting It in Neutral Advisors can improve a client's portfolio by using a market neutral strategy.
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.
Investment Advisor August 2008 Melanie Waddell	Time for an Alternative The volatile market is sparking more use of alternative assets
Investment Advisor April 1, 2011 Bob Clark	Boring No More With baby boomers moving into their distribution years, bonds -- and the folks who manage them -- are becoming a lot more interesting
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 August 1, 2010 Donna Mitchell	The Big Bang Harry Markowitz invented the wheel for portfolio construction and management, and that's no exaggeration.
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.
Financial Advisor August 2012 Jarrett Solomon	The Inefficiency Of Efficient Frontiers Studies show that the theory behind the efficient frontier is much sounder than its real-world application. Theoretically, the advisor is always choosing an efficient portfolio: It is just a question of where on the frontier it is appropriate for each client.
Financial Planning December 1, 2008 Stephen Savage	What Just Happened The magnitude of this market decline exceeds the frame of reference of nearly every advisor in business today, and most of their clients. What approach can advisors take with shell-shocked clients?
Financial Planning November 1, 2009 Brian Gaffney	Attitude Adjustment Today, more than a year after the fall of Lehman Brothers, investors seem to be breathing a bit easier.
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 September 1, 2008 Marion Asnes	The New, New Economy The real estate crisis is still going on. Oil prices have skyrocketed. The financial markets are swinging like pendulums. Welcome to the new economy.
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.
Investment Advisor September 2008	21st Century Asset Allocation Over the past several years, institutional investors increasingly have opted to allocate a portion of their portfolios to alternative investments as a way to smooth out market volatility. This trend is now spreading to the retail marketplace.