4 Simple Tips for Advisors on How to Make Portfolio Diversification Easier
Know your client: Ask about risk aversion and financial goals. The portfolio diversification should be based on the risk aversion and financial goals of a client. Know your funds: select the best suited funds for your client based on their risk/return profile. Managing cost of the funds, tax status can play an important role in the...Read More
5 Articles for the Financial Advisor Weekend Reading List: December 1-2, 2018
Here are five suggested articles for financial advisors to read this weekend: 1. Analyzing Yield Curves to Position Your Clients’ Portfolios – The recent equity selloff has dropped S&P 500 10.2% from the September peak to its November 23 trough and removed about $2.5 Tn in market cap from the index. 2. Everything to Know About Retirement...Read More
Making Sure Your 401K Clients Get the Retirement Paycheck They Want
In a recent article from Kitces.com, the main topic of discussion are the different ways that investors and advisors have been ensuring a retirement paycheck throughout the years. In the past, people have evolved from using a bond-based portfolio, to high-dividend paying stocks, to now just using capital gains. Some investors may even opt to...Read More
Featured Advisor Interview: How to Relate to Clients & Work with Plan Sponsors
Nick Fuller is the owner of Fuller Wealth Management based out of Tempe, AZ. Read the full interview to learn more about the importance of talking risk with clients, working with 401k plans, the fiduciary outlook and much more. Luke: Thank you again Nick for joining us for the interview. Before we begin could you...Read More
Analyzing Yield Curves to Position Your Clients’ Portfolios
The recent equity selloff has dropped S&P 500 10.2% from the September peak to its November 23 trough and removed about $2.5 Tn in market cap from the index. Similarly, the Nasdaq has fared worse with a 14.8% drop from its August peak while global markets have fared even worse, off more than 20% since...Read More
15 Useful Weekly Stats for Financial Advisors: Week of November 26, 2018
Matt Meyer and Michael Robinson are founders of The BluePrint Insurance Services. Their mission is to be the premier insurance partner for RIAs and comprehensive financial advisors. The BluePrint provides an operational insurance platform that allows our partners to provide the highest level of insurance access and support. We feature weekly update with permission: Matt...Read More
Post DOL Fiduciary Rule Effect on Investors
The story of the Department of Labor fiduciary rule has been nothing else but a roller coaster ride. The ride which began in 2015 and initiated by President Obama’s administration, it peaked in June of 2017 after DOL fiduciary rule’s partial implementation, and finally, on June 21, 2018, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals confirmed...Read More
10 Articles for the Financial Advisor Thanksgiving Weekend Reading List
Here are ten suggested articles for financial advisors to read this Thanksgiving weekend: 1. End-Of-Year Medicare Planning Opportunities During The Open Enrollment Period – The final weeks of the year are some of the busiest for financial advisors as they help their clients not only plan for the upcoming year but wrap up their planning for the...Read More
15 Weekly Stats: Week of November 19, 2018
Matt Meyer and Michael Robinson are founders of The BluePrint Insurance Services. Their mission is to be the premier insurance partner for RIAs and comprehensive financial advisors. The BluePrint provides an operational insurance platform that allows our partners to provide the highest level of insurance access and support. We feature weekly update with permission: Matt...Read More
Significant Number of 401k Participants Relying on Target Date Funds
Statistics show that average retirement plan balances have almost doubled over the past decade, and a large portion of it is now contained in target-date funds. According to Fidelity data, more than half of 401(k) plans hold 100% of their funds in target-date funds. Target-date funds are tailored to an age and retirement year of...Read More