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Transcript: Steve Laipply, Global Co-Head of Bond ETFs at BlackRock

The Big Picture

I was trying to buy treasuries and I was very frustrated by the commissions I was getting charged on that. A colleague actually pointed me to the iShares website and showed me that bond ETFs actually exist and you could simply buy this on exchange without actually having to buy physical bonds and, and, you know, pay a commission for it.

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Delivering What Many Retirees and Pre-Retirees Want: Just Advice

Wealth Management

Before the adoption of the so-called Merrill Lynch rule, effectively in 1999 but officially since 2005, providing advice was considered incidental to providing brokerage services.

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Title Protection For (CFP) Financial Planners And The FPA’s Two About-Faces

Nerd's Eye View

even as the CFP Board has announced its own Competency Standards Commission to raise their own standards regarding who can use the Certified Financial Planner title? Raising the question of whether the FPA is also considering an about-face on its CFP-centricity, too.

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Question #8 for 2023: How much will Residential investment change in 2023? How about housing starts and new home sales in 2023?

Calculated Risk

Note: RI is mostly investment in new single-family structures, multifamily structures, home improvement and commissions on existing home sales. Here is a table showing housing starts and new home sales since 2005. How much will RI change in 2023? How about housing starts and new home sales in 2023?

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Best Penny Stocks Under Rs 5 – Hidden Gems?

Trade Brains

Operating Profit Margin (%) 35.75% Net Profit Margin (%) 23.11% Best Penny Stocks under Rs 5 #2 – Seacoast Shipping Services Founded in 2005 as a freight forwarders and shipping agents company, Seacoast Shipping Services Limited (SCSSL) has grown to become one of the largest freight forwarders in Gujarat. .) ₹ 33.48 Stock P/E (TTM) 12.9

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BLS E-Services IPO Review – GMP, Financials and More

Trade Brains

BLS E-Services IPO Review : BLS International Services is a nearly two-decade-old business enterprise that was born out of providing visa processing services way back in 2005. The Company generates revenue from monthly commissions, transaction-based commissions, and Registration Fees.

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Sometimes An ETF Is Not The Answer

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

There are two ETFs that target capital markets broadly, the SPDR S&P Capital Markets ETF (KCE) and the iShares US Broker-Dealers & Securities Exchanges ETF (IAI) that came out in 2005 and 2006 respectively. The paper assumed a commission of one cent per share but I don't think that is an issue anymore.