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Financial Planning April 1, 2008 Steve Savage |
Backward Thinking Investors see more risk when risk is lower and less risk when it's higher. Why is this? |
Financial Planning May 1, 2005 O'Toole & Steiny |
Behavioral Finance 101 Understanding the psychological side of money can help you and your financial advisory clients make the right investing decisions. |
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 Advisor February 2009 James Picerno |
We're All Value Investors Now The financial mindset is moving closer to what Ben Graham discovered long ago: Fundamental value matters. |
Investment Advisor December 2008 James J. Green |
The Failure of Asset Allocation Asset allocation can explain past market performance, but not predict which allocation will work in the future. |
Investment Advisor November 2005 Chris Blunt |
Seven Deadly Sins As advisors help investors move from the seven deadly sins of investing to a long-term strategy of reality-based investing, they will need to be part planner, part coach, and part psychotherapist. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2008 Huxley & Burns |
The Match Makers Advisors can use asset dedication to match client's cash flows to their liabilities. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2005 O'Toole & Steiny |
The Perfect Process A disciplined approach to managing client assets is at the heart of financial planning. How does yours stack up? |
Financial Planning April 1, 2005 |
Mutual Fund Monitor A mutual fund investment strategy based on analysis and not on reactions to market swings helps investors maintain confidence in good times and bad and is critical to long-term investment success. |
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. |
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? |
Investment Advisor May 2009 Nick Giacoumakis |
Expert's Corner: Stage Fright Recognizing the four emotional and psychological stages clients go through during a market downturn can help advisors better understand how to cope with market volatility and avoid some common pitfalls. |
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. |
Registered Rep. February 1, 2003 Stuart Chaussee |
Trading Places It's time for a growth rebound. The argument for growth rests on the reversion-to-the-mean concept. Overly simplified, the concept means that when stocks (or any asset class) outperform their historical average, that asset class enters a period of underperformance and vice versa. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2006 Stephen Savage |
When To Sell a Mutual Fund Applying common-sense guidelines is easy; making a real-world decision is often fraught with difficulties. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2010 Donald B. Trone |
Step Three: Formalize When upholding a fiduciary standard, ensuring your investment strategy is prudently planned and well-documented is vital. |
On Wall Street October 1, 2008 Tim Knepp |
Question Assumptions It's time to ask ourselves whether the blunt tools of broad asset class definitions and traditional asset allocations provide an adequate defense against the complex risk and interaction of today's markets. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2005 |
Are Equities Undervalued? Given the risks that exist, analysts aren't planning to overweight equities at this time. But a decline in prices could make a compelling opportunity for a tactical overweight in stocks. |
Investment Advisor June 2009 Don Schreiber, Jr. |
Danger & Opportunity: A Fool's Errand Banks, markets around the world have been rallying, but before celebrating, advisors should look carefully at the underpinnings of the market's rally. |
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. |
The Motley Fool February 9, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
Investors Are Still Chasing Returns Wise up. Bonds probably aren't the best place for your money. |
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. |
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? |
Investment Advisor April 2008 Ken Tower |
Protection Money Taking a tactical approach in a declining market -- but with a long-term investing horizon -- can help clients, and you. |
Financial Advisor September 2008 Andrew Dodds |
Uphill Climb The catastrophic losses suffered by Bear Stearns employees should serve as a wake-up call for all financial advisors. Investment portfolios intended for retirement must be adequately diversified. |
Financial Advisor October 2006 Larry Fowler |
Beyond Asset Allocation Volatility and the timing of cash flows make a bigger difference on long-term returns. Behavior has a far greater impact on successful financial planning than techniques such as asset allocation. Advisors, take note. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2008 Stephen Savage |
Anatomy of a Recovery Let's look at performance history to analyze how past market downturns have played out and, more specifically, the ultimate impacts of different levels of decline. |
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 Advisor February 2010 Roy Diliberto |
Basic Truths These truths for financial life planners form the foundation of their integrity. |
Investment Advisor March 2007 Susan L. Hirshman |
Managing Fear, Maintaining Your Edge How to educate and enlighten your clients on alternative investments. |
Financial Advisor March 2012 Scott A. MacKillop |
MPT -- A Tool, Not An Answer Improving the data we use and how we evaluate results will lead us to the best conclusions for clients. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2008 Sutherland & Zhu |
Mania and Its Aftermath Behavioral finance teaches us that investors are always vulnerable to the momentum created by fear and greed. How can advisors keep them from falling victim to the next big thing? |
Financial Planning March 1, 2006 Solow & Kitces |
Test Your Tactical IQ One of the most basic decisions a planner must make is whether to follow a passive or active approach to managing client portfolios. Take this quiz to see if you're ready to become a more active asset allocator. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2005 |
Mutual Fund Monitor A logical question for investors to ask themselves is: Given the massive and sustained underperformance of growth stocks, is this asset class sufficiently compelling to justify a tactical overweighting? |
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. |
Financial Advisor August 2008 Ken Ziesenheim |
The Real Thing Investment returns need to be evaluated after taxes, expenses and inflation -- but few do that. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2009 John J. Bowen Jr. |
Success on Purpose The right practice framework is essential to reaching success in the financial advisory industry, and the most important aspects of this framework fit into seven categories. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2008 Mark Willoughby |
Volatility Bites For those who had begun to underestimate the impact volatility can have on managing investment portfolios, the events of 2007 and early 2008 have been a sobering reminder. |
Financial Advisor December 2009 James Picerno |
The First Step There are no easy answers for asset allocation, but at least there's a practical starting point. |
Financial Advisor May 2008 Kurt J. Rossi |
Great Expectations Advisors must be cognizant of the fact that tuning into the emotional needs of clients is the key to helping them remain on the track to realizing their goals and dreams. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2005 |
Mutual Fund Monitor Assessing Assets: Domestic equities... Growth stocks... Small caps... Investment-grade bonds... etc. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2010 Geoff Considine |
Yield vs. Risk New rules for income investing not only help investors to avoid these extremes, but also show the way to create income portfolios that provide the most yield available for a given level of risk. |
Financial Advisor September 2010 Paul R. Sanford |
You Are Not Yale Yale's David F. Swensen held the unofficial title of investment genius for many years until his model nose-dived with everyone else's in the 2008 crash. |
Financial Advisor September 2005 Rick Adkins |
What I Learned About Portfolio Rebalancing Why does conditional rebalancing work so well? Common sense: It allows the markets, not a calendar, to dictate when it is time to rebalance one's portfolio. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2010 Ken Solow |
Strategy, Analyzed The reasons for a buy and hold, strategic asset allocation investment philosophy are flawed and planners should consider adding active portfolio management to their practices. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2006 Stephen Savage |
Satellite of Beta When constructing a core-satellite portfolio, where do your indexes really belong? Here's an approach that is closer to the inverse of the traditional core-and-satellite approach. |
Financial Advisor March 2010 Alan Lavine |
Markowitz: MPT Holds Up Modern portfolio theory never claimed diversification would help during financial crises. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2009 Steve Savage |
Picking the Winners Despite the dismal economic forecast, many fund managers are finding outstanding opportunities at the individual stock level, even after factoring in the negative corporate environment. |
The Motley Fool August 13, 2004 Tom Gardner |
Should You Own 50 Stocks? The majority of individual investors in stocks are still in learning mode and should have very diversified portfolios. |
On Wall Street September 1, 2010 Allan Flader |
Why Risk It? Don't judge, just advise. That has always been one of our mantras as we've developed strong relationships with our clients over the years. |