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How to succeed and stay a successful financial advisor

Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)

Working hard and excellence There must be a secret formula for people to be successful , thought MDRT Past President Ross Vanderwolf, CFP , early in his career. “Since 2000, I’ve been Top of the Table every year. Three MDRT Past Presidents discuss what this was for them. Then he attended an MDRT Annual Meeting.

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Turn Off TV – Emperor Media Has No Clothes!

Investing Caffeine

Dot-Com Bubble: The Hottest Market Ever (2000) In March 2000, at the peak of the tech bubble, Money magazine ran a cover story: How to Invest in the Hottest Market Ever. Slome, CFA, CFP Plan. Once again, the media acted as a perfect contrarian indicator with the Dow quadrupling over the next decade. Suboptimal timing once again.

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No Market Misgiving on This Thanksgiving

Investing Caffeine

In fact, the index concentration is the highest it has been in more than a half century – even higher than at the peak of the 2000 Tech Bubble when Cisco Systems, Microsoft, GE, Intel, and Exxon Mobil were the five largest companies by market capitalization (see chart below). Slome, CFA, CFP® Plan. stock market. www.Sidoxia.com Wade W.

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Chalk Talk: Passing on Your Legacy: Planning for Smooth Asset Transfer

MainStreet Financial Planning

Passing on Your Legacy: Planning for Smooth Asset Transfer Hosted by: Vida Jatuils , CFP® & Anna Sergunina , CFP® Guest: Barry W. Join Anna Sergunina, CFP® and Vida Jaulis, CFP®, and guest estate planning expert Barry W. Finkelstein Are you prepared for how your assets will pass to your loved ones? About Barry W.

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Mideast War an Investor Bore as Markets Soar

Investing Caffeine

For context, that’s 40% more than the company spent over the entire 2000–2020 period combined. Slome, CFA, CFP® Plan. In the U.S., the four biggest hyperscalers—Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Meta—are projected to spend over $300 billion on capital expenditures in 2025 alone ( see chart below ). www.Sidoxia.com Wade W.

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How to Profit from the Trump Crypto Wave

Investing Caffeine

In my more than three decades of investing, I have repeatedly encountered extensive segments of the financial markets that would qualify as speculative bubbles, whether it was subprime mortgages and credit default swaps (CDS) in the 2008 Financial Crisis, or dot-com companies in the 2000 bursting of the technology bubble.

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The 83(b) Election and Restricted Stock Plans

Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

2000. $ 3,000.00 . $ 4,000.00 . 2000. $ 4,000.00 . $ 3,000.00 . 2000. $ 5,000.00 . $ 2,000.00 . 2000. $ 6,000.00 . $ 1,000.00 . 2000. $ 7,000.00 . $ – . Candidate for CFP® Certification. Cost Basis. Capital Gain.