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Investment Advisor May 2010 James J. Green |
Catching Up With... Jeff Montgomery shares his thoughts on what advisors are looking for these days from their asset managers. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2009 Ilana Polyak |
Buy and Hope More and more advisors are rethinking a buy and hold strategy. |
Investment Advisor May 2009 James J. Green |
Catching Up With: Jeff Montgomery A conversation with the CEO of Al Frank Asset Management. |
Investment Advisor March 2009 Bob Clark |
We Can Be Heroes One of the only bright spots we've seen has been those firms offering ETFs that short the markets, use leverage, or track commodities indexes. |
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. |
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? |
Financial Planning January 1, 2012 Bob Veres |
True Cost of Tactical Management Investment companies are going to be facing very different selection criteria than in the past. |
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 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? |
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 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. |
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. |
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. |
On Wall Street June 1, 2011 Carl Resnick |
ETFs: The Ideal Asset Allocation Tool? True diversification has become the primary focus of smart advisors. To the benefit of these advisors and their clients, a wide range of well-built exchange-traded funds has emerged to represent just about every asset class available. |
Investment Advisor June 2010 Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Investing Like the Big Boys Alternatives can make a big difference in client portfolios. |
Investment Advisor August 2008 Melanie Waddell |
Time for an Alternative The volatile market is sparking more use of alternative assets |
Financial Planning October 1, 2009 Dan Moisand |
Tried and True Advisors are rethinking what they are doing, and many have lost faith in traditional strategies like buy-and-hold. |
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. |
Financial Advisor January 2006 Sydney LeBlanc |
Breaking The Mold The new SMA environment will allow advisors to demonstrate in a truly value-added fashion that they bring a great deal of expertise to the table from which clients can benefit. |
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 Planning November 1, 2009 Donald Jay Korn |
Loaded for Bear A year after the worldwide nosedive, though, things look brighter for managed accounts. |
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. |
Financial Advisor July 2009 J. Michael Martin |
Do Something! If modern portfolio theory and the stock market are hurting your advisory business, here are some things you can do about it. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2009 Ingrid Case |
What Clients Want Now Clients do have a right to expect planners to get busy -- very busy -- in three major areas now. As the markets start to recover, advisors need to calm clients, stabilize their portfolios, and take advantage of the upside. |
Financial Advisor September 2007 David Lawrence |
Efficient Rebalancing Whether you embrace traditional strategic allocation techniques or actively trading in and out of asset classes within an allocation, there is still a lot of work to do in managing portfolios and optimizing returns for clients within their risk constraints. |
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 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. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2009 Suzanne McGee |
The Athletic Portfolio In this environment, a good portfolio is one that rides out storms and takes advantage of opportunities -- one that demonstrates strength, flexibility and endurance. What should financial advisors do to deliver peak performance for clients? |
The Motley Fool April 6, 2010 Robert Brokamp |
There's No Such Thing as "Buy and Hold" Here's what a few financial planners think. |
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 |
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 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. |
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 Advisor March 2006 Marla Brill |
Courting A New Crowd Rydex Investments hopes to move beyond market timers to mainstream financial advisors. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Financial Advisor August 2010 James Picerno |
Searching For Progress Financial innovation is under fire. Failing to beat the market is only one reason. |
Registered Rep. June 10, 2011 Diana Britton |
Pershing: Getting Client Assets Off the Sidelines Though the market has been in recovery mode for some time, many investors are still afraid to dive back in and are holding their cash on the sidelines. To get them back in the game, advisors should reset future expectations. |
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 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 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. |
Investment Advisor November 2005 Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Boom Time If you're like most financial advisors, your baby boomer clients will pose a significant challenge in the years to come, both in the way you manage client portfolios and your practice. |
Financial Advisor June 2009 Marla Brill |
ETF Portfolios To Go ETF portfolio management services pitch to financial advisors. |
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. |
On Wall Street January 1, 2012 Elizabeth Wine |
A Fresh Look at Risk Amidst the worried debate over whether the United States will tumble into recession this year, market watchers agree on one thing: volatility is here to stay. |
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 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 Advisor July 2005 Tracey Longo |
AssetMark's Asset Grab How former financial planners found a way to bring their asset management model to 1,200 advisors in less than a decade. |
Investment Advisor February 2010 Robert F. Keane |
The Green Advisor: Adding ESG to Asset Allocation New portfolios aim to help advisors align values and diversification. |