Nerd's Eye View

APRIL 18, 2025

Which, according to Kitces Research on Advisor Productivity, can lead to higher productivity for advisor teams (but can require an investment in staffing and higher-end planning services to meet their complex planning needs).

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

MARCH 15, 2025

For today's post, I want to take on what I think are a couple of commonly held beliefs about investing. You're 81 and been taking income from your portfolio for 15 years, what matters to you more, that you can continue to take what you need from your portfolio or that four year run in your mid-50's when you beat (or lagged) the market?

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Trade Brains

JUNE 28, 2025

India’s corporate landscape is entering its most significant phase of capital investment in over ten years, with companies preparing to nearly double their spending over the next five years, according to S&P Global Ratings. Additionally, investments in airport infrastructure could reach Rs. 26,000 crore, increasing to Rs.

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Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 30, 2024

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" – this week's edition kicks off with the news that a recent benchmarking study suggests that a number of RIAs are looking to move 'upmarket' and work with wealthier clients by expanding their service menu to include family office services, investment banking, and/or trust (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 6, 2023

From there, we have several articles on retirement planning: Why an individual’s portfolio of relationships could be just as important as their investment portfolio when it comes to happiness in retirement. Why ‘failure’ scenarios in Monte Carlo simulations are very different than plane crashes.

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Dear Mr. Market

APRIL 2, 2025

Market: This is perhaps one of our favorite articles and times of the year; not necessarily because of basketball but rather it allows us the opprtunity to articulate our main investment themes we see playing out for the remainder of the year. Who will be this years champion? Lets break it down ( click here to see the full bracket).

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The Big Picture

MAY 21, 2025

This pronouncement motivated subsequent blog posts (notably in 2005 and 2021 ) and a full chapter in “ How Not to Invest.” A fallible human being publishing their uninformed opinion in print should never be the basis for making any intelligent investment decision. billion per month. and the Nasdaq 100 of -15.9%.

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Wealth Management

JULY 2, 2025

From Point Solutions to Seamless Intelligence For decades, our industry has relied on integrations—APIs painstakingly connected across custodians, CRMs, planning tools and portfolio management systems. But those connections are brittle, proprietary and sometimes dependent on manual intervention. The rise of agentic AI changes that completely.

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Nerd's Eye View

MAY 2, 2025

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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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Morningstar did a quick writeup on model portfolios. The article wasn't too insightful but there was an example of a model portfolio and then an example of how to customize that same model. All I tried to do was simplify the portfolio, not do anything to improve it. This sort of modeling is not something I have ever done.

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Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 2, 2024

market during the past decade, historical data suggest that they could serve as a helpful ballast against sharp inflation-adjusted drawdowns in U.S. market during the past decade, historical data suggest that they could serve as a helpful ballast against sharp inflation-adjusted drawdowns in U.S.

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Nerd's Eye View

MAY 17, 2024

Also in industry news this week: The SEC this week announced a proposed rule that would require RIAs to collect and verify their clients' personal information in an effort to prevent illicit activity, though many firms likely are taking many of these steps already Why larger RIAs and those that have been acquired tend to have worse client and staff (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 13, 2023

Also in industry news this week: A study suggests that simplification is the top reason consumers combine their investment accounts, signaling that the onboarding process for new advisory client assets is a value-add in itself. The long-term portfolio growth trajectory clients can expect when implementing a dollar-cost averaging strategy.

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Tobias Financial

APRIL 8, 2025

Our Portfolio Manager, Chad NeSmith, CFA, CFP was recently quoted in an Associated Press article discussing how retirees are reacting to the market volatility spurred by the latest tariff announcements. This is a valuable time to revisit your investment strategy. So, what should retirees do right now?

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Bloomberg has an article that takes a different approach to why bonds with duration are a bad way to go , making more of a fundamental case related to demography causing inflationary pressure leading to higher interest rates from here. Where Portfolio 3 should zero out, it's pretty close to doing just that.

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

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Nerd's Eye View

APRIL 5, 2024

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that customer arbitration claims related to the SEC's Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) nearly doubled between 2022 and 2023, suggesting that greater awareness among investors of the increased standards for broker-dealers and their (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

MAY 5, 2023

Also in industry news this week: Legislation working its way through Congress would allow for electronic delivery of documents to clients of advisors and other financial services firms by default, though it has been met with some opposition While RIAs have outpaced wirehouses in terms of client asset growth and headcount, industry consolidation has (..)

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Carson Wealth

JANUARY 22, 2025

But what does this mean for your portfolio, and how can you continue to protect and grow your assets during these times? Volatility in the market is the extent to which the price of stocks or other investments fluctuate in the short term. What Is Market Volatility? At the onset of the COVID pandemic, the VIX hit 83 points.

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Also in industry news this week: Changes to CFP Board’s procedural rules went into effect September 1 and are intended to make the disciplinary process more efficient for respondents as well as CFP Board staff, and to expand the CFP Board’s ability to pursue more complaints against CFP professionals A NASAA model rule follows in the footsteps (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 25, 2023

Also in industry news this week: The SEC settled its first charges related to its new marketing rule with a firm that advertised 2,700% annual returns A survey suggests that older Americans prefer the term "longevity" to "aging", perhaps informing the way advisors discuss related issues with their clients From there, we have several articles on retirement (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 2, 2024

market during the past decade, historical data suggest that they could serve as a helpful ballast against sharp inflation-adjusted drawdowns in U.S. market during the past decade, historical data suggest that they could serve as a helpful ballast against sharp inflation-adjusted drawdowns in U.S.

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Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that a new study from research firm Cerulli has found that investors' willingness to pay for financial advice has risen over the last 15 years, with more investors reporting using a financial advisor (and a decreasing share considering (..)

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Validea

JANUARY 23, 2025

Rob discusses his thought-provoking article “50 Years of Innovation, Myth Making and Myth Busting,” written for the 50th anniversary of the Journal of Portfolio Management. His insights are particularly valuable for investors trying to navigate today’s complex market environment.

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Trade Brains

JUNE 12, 2025

Foreign Portfolio Investor (FPI), WTCNAM Common Trust Funds Trust Emerging Markets Opportunities Portfolio, purchased a total of around 3.48 As per the latest bulk deal, Foreign Portfolio Investor (FPI), India Capital Fund Limited, offloaded around 8.57 Investing in equities poses a risk of financial losses.

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Trade Brains

JUNE 15, 2025

Investing directly in defence company stocks can be tough, especially because many of them are expensive, and it’s hard to build a well-balanced portfolio. By choosing a defence mutual fund, investors can benefit from the growth of India’s defence industry without needing to pick individual stocks or invest large amounts.

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Also in industry news this week: 43% of wealth management firms are frustrated with the effectiveness of their CRM software, spurred on by challenges with integrations and workflows, according to a recent survey The Social Security Administration this week announced a 2.5%

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Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 8, 2024

Also in industry news this week: A recent survey has found that a majority of prospective financial planning clients across all age brackets are open to working with a remote advisor, creating opportunities for advisors to grow their businesses and for clients to find the ‘best’ advisor for their needs, regardless of their location A federal (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 9, 2023

And given the opaque nature of many private investments, financial advisors could play an important role in helping their clients assess whether these opportunities make sense for their portfolio and broader financial plan.

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Tobias Financial

APRIL 14, 2025

The reality is, markets dislike uncertainty, and fluctuations like these are a natural part of investing. Seeing your portfolio fluctuate can trigger an emotional response, and the instinct may be to make immediate changes. Companies like Apple, Nike, Ford, and General Motors are facing increased costs and potential shifts in demand.

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Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” - this week’s edition kicks off with the news that the SEC is proposing to expand the adviser custody rule beyond securities and funds to cover all assets in a client’s portfolio, including private securities, real estate, derivatives, and cryptoassets.

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The Big Picture

APRIL 6, 2023

Here is why: These posts seem to be a bizarre combination of public records scraping and AI; they look like they were designed to generate clicks rather than reflect honest investment recommendations. I see all of the Google News headlines about the firm and its employees; I read every article about everything we do as a company.

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Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 12, 2024

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that the Securities and Exchange Commission this week authorized 11 Spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), which could provide financial advisors and their clients with a convenient way to invest in the cryptocurrency without (..)

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Darrow Wealth Management

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

The idea of living off dividends in retirement sounds nice, but investors often don’t realize how much money they’ll need invested to generate enough income from dividends to cover lifestyle expenses. So historically, every $1 million invested would yield annual dividend income of $19,800 on average… before tax.

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Trade Brains

JUNE 14, 2025

Ashish Kacholia is a renowned Indian investor known for his strategic investments in mid-cap stocks and small-cap stocks. His Portfolio choices are closely tracked by retail and institutional investors alike. They have a wide touchpoint network and SaaS products like payroll and tax software in their portfolio.

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that a recent study by Cerulli has shown a sharp increase in the number of affluent investors willing to pay for advice, which on the one hand reflects the increasing financial complexity in peoples' lives (while they've also gotten (..)

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Darrow Wealth Management

MARCH 3, 2025

Bonds, however, are more stable investments that provide income, but have much less upside. while bonds are broken down by duration and sectors (for example government bonds such as municipal or Treasury bonds or corporate bonds, including investment grade or high yield bonds), etc. Thats not their job.

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