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Registered Rep.
November 10, 2010
Diana Britton |
Advisor Appetite For Absolute Return Growing While growing, advisors surveyed still largely view absolute return as a satellite holding, with only 16 percent viewing it as a core holding.   |
Investment Advisor
July 1, 2011
John Sullivan |
Catching up with... Bob Reynolds In June 2008, Bob Reynolds, the former Fidelity Investments vice chairman and COO, joined Putnam Investments. His impact was nearly immediate. |
Investment Advisor
February 2009
Kara P. Stapleton |
Upgrades New products and programs: Putnam Investments launches four absolute return mutual funds... TD Ameritrade Institutional launches new Unified Managed Account (UMA) program... SEC approves temporary exemptions allowing LCH.Clearnet Ltd. to operate as a central counterparty for credit default swaps... |
Registered Rep.
May 3, 2011
Diana Britton |
Rising from the Ashes: Putnam Makes Comeback With Advisors Since 2008, Putnam's assets have grown from $39.8 billion to $69 billion as of the end of March. |
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. |
Financial Advisor
December 2009
Evan Simonoff |
Absolute Return Obsession With the correlation landscape changing, the interest in absolute return funds is growing. |
Financial Advisor
September 2012
Eric Rasmussen |
Absolute Tonic Water? Fund firms are offering an apple to investors: absolute positive returns. |
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 Planning
September 1, 2007
Jim Grote |
What Retirement Means Now To your affluent clients, retirement anxiety has as much to do with emotional issues as financial ones. The newest thinking adds human capital, everything from earning capacity to feelings of personal satisfaction, to the funding equation. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2006
Elizabeth O'Brien |
Fund Manager Profile Taking the Global View: Jeff Knight leads a standout fund at beleaguered mutual fund group Putnam. |
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. |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2011
Elizabeth Wine |
Active Resistance It's not been a good recovery for actively managed mutual funds. Investors have been steadily pulling money out, while sending waves of cash into passively managed index funds and exchange-traded funds. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2006
Len Reinhart |
Retirement Hedges To meet your clients' needs, your process will have to include planning for each stage of their retirement years. If used correctly, alternative investments can reduce risk in lifetime investment plans. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2003
David Geracioti |
In Praise of Gains, Any Gains Hedge funds are not the daredevil investment vehicle that they're made out to be. In fact, they might very well be an essential component of a bear market portfolio. |
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? |
Investment Advisor
August 2008
Melanie Waddell |
Time for an Alternative The volatile market is sparking more use of alternative assets |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2008
Chuck Saletta |
The Real Reason to Invest for Your Retirement It's not just your cash, it's your freedom. |
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. |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2009
Elizabeth Wine |
Hedge Funds: Are They Worth It? Strategists in the wirehouses and elsewhere say hedge funds were wrongly maligned, and that the good funds can still serve the purpose of diversifying a portfolio and reducing risk. |
The Motley Fool
February 16, 2011
Amanda B. Kish |
A Helping Hand With Your Investments Options for folks who want a little bit of help in crafting their asset allocation. |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Do Pensions Beat 401(k)s? A recent study shows that investors aren't doing as well on their own and underscores the need for employees to understand and take full advantage of their retirement plan options. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2008
Richard K. Fullmer |
Reducing Retirement Risk How should retirees configure their portfolios for the long term, while not exposing themselves to inappropriate risk? |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2005
Jim Otar |
A Matter of Luck Contrary to popular opinion, there's more to portfolio success than the asset allocation decision. As an adviser, you can find peace of mind in recognizing and quantifying the luck factor for individual retirement portfolios. |
The Motley Fool
June 17, 2005
Dayana Yochim |
How the Well-Heeled Invest If nothing else, act like the rich in at least one way: Take a healthy slice of today's income -- maybe even 10% -- and put it away for your future. |
Registered Rep.
January 21, 2011
Stan Luxenberg |
Fund Families Rolling Out Absolute Return Funds Seeking to reach skittish investors, fund companies have been introducing a wave of absolute return funds. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2005
Len Reinhart |
Multiple Choice No single product will meet all the needs of aging boomers. Advisers must develop strategies combining multiple products into retirement portfolios. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
March 25, 2008
Chuck Saletta |
The World's Easiest Retirement Plan Doing anything -- anything at all! -- to prepare for retirement, is better than doing nothing. Read on for our simple plan. |
The Motley Fool
April 5, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Are You Too Old for Stocks? Seniors need to balance all of the risks they face. As you approach or enter retirement, you no longer have the luxury to weather long downturns in stocks. |
The Motley Fool
August 4, 2008
Todd Wenning |
A Longer Retirement Than You Ever Dreamed Of Will you have enough money when you turn 100? |
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
Get a Bigger Bang from These Investments Target-date funds may soon be easier to evaluate. |
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
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. |
Investment Advisor
August 2006
Kathleen M. Mcbride |
News: Ibbotson on Asset Allocation Here Roger Ibbotson, chairman and CEO of hedge fund Zebra Capital Management, discusses how advisors can guide their clients to retirement portfolio allocations that fund longer retirements, as well as keep them comfortable when markets gyrate. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
April 9, 2010
Robert Brokamp |
9 Retirement Killers Make sure you sock it away, and sock it away the right way. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2008
Gregory P. Brown |
Target-Date Technique The simplicity of many existing target-date funds conceals a number of obstacles that can impede investors' efforts to adequately fund their retirement income needs. |
The Motley Fool
January 27, 2005
Dayana Yochim |
Allocation for the Rest of Us How does your portfolio compare with that of the average affluent American? |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2005
Len Reinhart |
Staying Active To fund boomers' later-life plans, advisers will need to change the way they think about active and passive portfolio management. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2010
Craig L. Israelsen |
The Responsible Investor Investors who rely on portfolio performance to do the heavy lifting (that is, to make up for insufficient contributions during their working years) will usually fall into the trap of having too much equity exposure and therefore be exposed to too much risk. |
Financial Advisor
January 2006 |
Frontline News Independent Threat To Wirehouses Mushrooms... Seven Million Americans Working After Retirement... Retirement Income Association Is Formed... Most Americans Don't Know Investment Basics, Study Finds... etc. |
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. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2007
David Macchia |
Protect Retirement Financial advisors should pay attention to ROI -- not return on investment, but reliability of income. Planners must help clients assess the real capacity of their portfolios to generate long-term retirement income. |
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. |
Financial Advisor
August 2008
Jef Schlegel |
The Clock Is Ticking If you believe the hype, the retirement picture isn't pretty. How secure are your clients' retirement plans? |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2009
Craig L. Israelsen |
Disappearing Act In light of the recent market implosion, clients are anxious to make up for lost time (and returns). When their needs in retirement are unrealistic, their portfolios cannot support them. However, the composition of their portfolios can mitigate the blow. |
The Motley Fool
June 5, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Overcome the Market Meltdown Despite the recent rally, the market is still some 40% off its highs. And that probably means that your retirement funds have taken a substantial hit. But change your game plan and you can still win the game. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2008
Elizabeth O'Brien |
Foundation for Retirement Foundations and endowments can teach advisors strategies for constructing and maintaining retirement income portfolios. Here's a look at how. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2006
Joel P. Bruckenstein |
Move on Down the Road Retirement Road Map, one of the first asset distribution programs, takes a simple approach to a complex subject. With a few tweaks, it could become a truly useful tool for financial planners as well. |
The Motley Fool
May 17, 2008
Chuck Saletta |
You Will Lose More Money If you're serious about investing for your retirement, you need a strategy to deal with days when you lose money. How will you handle it when it happens? |
