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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (May 3–4)

Nerd's Eye View

a ski chalet), assessing whether it will lead to greater overall wellbeing, or, alternatively, more stress, is more challenging Enjoy the 'light' reading! a ski chalet), assessing whether it will lead to greater overall wellbeing, or, alternatively, more stress, is more challenging Enjoy the 'light' reading!

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“The pebble in the shoe”: The power of metaphor

Investment Writing

I couldn’t get the phrase “the pebble in the shoe” out of my mind after an advisor mentioned it to me at an annual conference of the Financial Planning Association of Massachusetts back in 2011. The pebble in the shoe” or “The pressing problem your client wants to address”? For me, it’s clearly the first phrase.

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Financial Planning Tips For Advisors with Special Needs Clients

BlueMind

Category: Client Relations Financial planning is difficult for anyone, and even more so for someone who is a special needs person or has such a family member. Throughout your career as a financial advisor, many opportunities may arise for you to take on special needs clients.

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Financial Advisors Help Clients Cope During Times of Financial Stress

eMoney Advisor

A sense of ambiguity about the future and financial stress is taking a toll on our clients’ mental, physical, and relational well-being. And because you care about your clients, you are probably feeling the strain as you work to help them cope.

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MiB: Ken Kencel, Churchill Asset Management

The Big Picture

He launched the Churchill Financial Group in 2006, which was purchased by PE giant The Carlyle Group in 2011. This puts the company on the same side of the table as their clients, while giving the firm the potential for equity-level returns when companies do well.

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At the Money: How to Change Careers 

The Big Picture

His firm, Efficient Frontier Advisors manages $400 million in client assets ($25m minimum). Did you develop systems for managing assets and dealing with clients or checklists? Now, the article came, I believe, at the end of nine, 2011 when gold was coming off of a run of very high return (1900 and change or so if memory serves?).

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The Challenges Of Being A Long Term Investor

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

Quite a few client holdings have been in the portfolio for more than 15 years. I've owned this stock for clients going back to at least 2011. If you ask most market participants, I think they'd say they are "long term" investors but what does long term mean? There are of course many definitions.

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