Is the Prospect of a Biden Win Powering the Yuan?
People have been asking (a lot) for election scenarios. What will markets do if Biden wins? What will they do if Trump wins? And I have covered those topics here and here. As time ticks on and the situation changes (Supreme Court vacancy anyone?), prognostications may become further removed from actual results.
How’s VaR working out?
If there is one theme that underpins our writing on risk, it is that stress testing and scenario analysis are far superior to value at risk (VaR) measures. It is...Read More
Coronavirus Follow-up
COVID-19 gives us a rare opportunity to watch a stress play out in real time. And in this case, I actually made a prediction for how markets would react, so this blog will look at the progress of the virus and the suitability of the original prediction given the passage of time.
Doing Custom Stress Tests with Options
There are a few features in the new Portfolio Crash Testing Pro (PCT Pro) that allow an advisor to compare and contrast the outcomes of various portfolio allocations. Some of...Read More
Capture Your Client’s Risk Profile with the PCT Questionnaire
Sending a Risk Questionnaire First, Risk Tolerance Expanding the Picture with Risk Capacity So the Investor Completed the Questionnaire, Now What? Key Takeaways At Larkspur-Rixtrema, we know how important...Read More
Case Study: Understanding Risk Capacity
Oftentimes, an investor may be especially averse to risk on an emotional level, but their need to take more risk in order to reach investment goals may be lost on them. Advisors need a way to reconcile this concept to their clients. How do you make a client understand this relationship between risk and return in a constructive way?
The Deep Internet: Why Bitcoin and Crypto Must Beat Centralized Platforms or Die
There is a great deal of content about cryptocurrency and blockchain, so why read this article? To put it simply, it will make sense of the future of cryptocurrency for you. Pretty ambitious.
11 Client Acquisition Tips for Financial Advisors
Blog, blog, blog Be Original Having a Target Market Makes you Memorable! A Bit of Networking can go a Long Way Know Your Numbers Modernize Improvise Hold a Free Seminar...Read More
Proof-of-Work vs Proof-of-Stake: Theory & Practice Part 1
Blockhain is obviously a chain of linked blocks with transaction data in them, so that each block references all previous blocks before it and the chain is unbroken.
Active vs ETFs: Do active funds give you what you pay for?
Most fund managers justify the higher fees associated with the fund by explaining that their skill will allow them to deliver better results than the index. We have taken a...Read More