Great Recession Deja Vu?: What to say to ignore the peanut gallery
What do you tell fearful clients when they call to suddenly change their investment strategy because of the trending bearish media soundbite? Maybe it is easy to dismiss when the source is...Read More
Are You Capitalizing On Growing ESG-investing Popularity
What is ESG? Trendy, but Who Cares? Advisors are Missing the ESG Market. How Do Advisors Attract ESG Clients? We all can become complacent in our work at times....Read More
Inverted Yield Curves Revisited
I wrote about yield curve inversions back in November 2018. At the time the US yield curve was flattening, but resisting inversion. By the most common measure of inversion, the...Read More
How Target Date Defaults Affect Equity Allocation Exposure
Money market funds used to be common default investments for 401k plans. More recently, it is becoming more common for target date funds to be the default investment of choice. While it might make more sense to use a TDF as a default, How Target Date Defaults Affect Equity Allocation Exposure takes an interesting look at the unintended consequences.
WHY SHOULD YOU BE A 3(21) OR A 3(38) FIDUCIARY?
One of the biggest incentives for plan sponsors to seek a fiduciary to assist with their retirement plan is to share the burden of providing sound advice to all participants...Read More
Technology so good you can taste it.
Beyond Meat has had a wild first month of public trading, rising over 500% from the IPO price before a few analysts urged caution to those expecting incredible financial results....Read More