Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 28, 2025

Also in industry news this week: A recent survey indicates that younger "DIY" investors are more likely to be interested in working with a human advisor than their older counterparts, suggesting an opportunity for advisors to tap into this demographic (perhaps by setting minimum planning fees that ensure these clients can be served profitably today (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

APRIL 2, 2025

For many financial advisors, a core part of the retirement planning process involves simulating whether the client's assets will last through retirement. Yet while these tools offer mathematical metrics, they often fall short in helping clients connect the numbers to their real lives.

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Calculated Risk

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Asset Quality Metrics Remained Generally Favorable, Though Weakness in Certain Portfolios Persists The past-due and nonaccrual (PDNA) loan ratio increased 6 basis points from the prior quarter to 1.54 2 Quarterly, banks reported an increase in the PDNA ratio in credit card loan portfolios (up 20 basis points to 3.36

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 15, 2025

At the Money: Lessons in Allocating to Alternative Asset Classes. Investors have lots of questions when allocating to these asset classes: How much capital do you need? What percentage of your portfolio should be allocated? How should investors approach these asset classes? or more challenging.

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Calculated Risk

MARCH 11, 2025

Most of these gains in Treasury and Agency MBS assets were funded with increases in very short duration interest-bearing Federal Reserve liabilities, mainly deposits of depository institutions (reserves) and Reverse Repos. After all, Treasury notes close to maturity are by their nature short maturity assets!)

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Assets Portfolio Accounting Marketing 165

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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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Investors have lots of questions when allocating to this trading asset class, including how much capital do you need? What percentage of your portfolio should be allocated? Chasing that performance has led the hedge fund space to swell to over 5 trillion in assets today, with forecasts topping 13 trillion globally by 2032.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

MARCH 12, 2025

Let's dig in some more on Permanent Portfolio quadrant style. AQR Multi-Asset (AQRIX) used to be called Risk Parity and it also does some quadranty stuff. It's growth rate since inception is 3.58% going back to September, 2018 but a lot of that comes from a 15% lift in 2021 (numbers per testfol.io). TRTY is a tough hold.

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Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 2, 2024

This month's edition kicks off with the news that the retail brokerage platform Robinhood is acquiring RIA custodian TradePMR, which appears to be less about Robinhood wanting to compete with the likes of Schwab and Fidelity in the custodial space and more about keeping the assets of its wealthier customers "on-platform" by giving them referrals to (..)

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Validea

MAY 15, 2025

Return on Assets (ROA) 21.5% Dividend Yield 0.62% 0.49% Takeaway : Visa has a slight edge in margin and growth, while Mastercards returns on equity and assets are off the charts — benefiting from its leaner capital base. Key Fundamental Metrics (as of May 2025) Metric Visa Mastercard Price/Earnings 35.8x 40.4x

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Barron's had a very quick look at the recent popularity of private assets to try to figure out whether investors should wade into the space. Another snippet from Barron's was the suggestion from Thad Davis of Aureus Asset Management to allocate 7% of a portfolio to private credit to get a 7% spread over SOFR which works out to 11-12%.

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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 (..)

Financial Planner 246

Financial Planner Numbers Clients Assets 246

The Big Picture

APRIL 8, 2023

He tells his classes “ What makes for a good valuation is you’re either a disciplined storyteller or an imaginative number cruncher.” ” Damodaran wants the verbal half of the class to use the numbers intelligently, while the more mathematically inclined need to put those numbers into a narrative that is understandable.

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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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Financial Planner Financial Advisor Retirement Clients 239

Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

From advisors who earn commissions from the sales of financial products to fee-only investment advisors who charge based on client assets under management, the value advisors provide to their clients has often been centered on investment management.

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Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Which suggests that instead of trying to go head-to-head with these larger firms (and their heftier marketing budgets) in attracting clients, smaller firms might instead demonstrate how they are 'different' by offering a unique service offering tailored to their ideal target clients.

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Financial Planner Certification CFP Financial Advice 246

Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 18, 2023

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that a recent study has found that consumers are increasingly likely to spread their portfolios across a range of asset managers, and that this trend is particularly pronounced amongst more affluent clients (e.g.,

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Nerd's Eye View

JULY 26, 2024

The study also identified attributes of "top performing" firms across a range of metrics, finding that they are more likely than other firms to have a clear ideal client persona, client value proposition, and marketing plan.

Financial Planner 246

Financial Planner Retirement Communication Financial Advisor 246

Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 14, 2024

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that a recent study found that advisory teams tend to have higher assets under management per advisor, serve wealthier clients on average, and have stronger growth than solo advisors, thanks in part to the efficiencies gained from (..)

Financial Planner 246

Financial Planner Compensation Planning Asset Allocation Retirement Planning 246

Abnormal Returns

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Markets Every major asset class, except commodities, is set for an up 2023. nytimes.com) Zeke Faux's "Number Go Up" isn't really a book about crypto. ft.com) Triple-levered anything can wreck your portfolio. capitalspectator.com) The drop in bond yields reversed a lot of market trends.

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Media Financial Advising Retail Economy 276

The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Full transcript below. ~~~ About this week’s guest: Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise Asset Management discusses the best ways to responsibly manage crypto assets. His firm runs over $10 billion in client crypto assets. How can investors get exposure to the space? Matt Hougan : Yeah. All of them.

Investing 147

Investing Investments Assets Retail 147

Nerd's Eye View

JULY 21, 2023

Further, the study identifies the traits of "top performing" firms, which, during the past 5 years, saw nearly triple the client and net organic asset growth compared to other firms.

Financial Planner 246

Financial Planner Clients Numbers Assets 246

Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 28, 2024

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" – this week's edition kicks off with the news that a recent study found that at a time when the number of SEC-registered broker-dealers and their registered representatives is declining, the number of SEC-registered RIAs, their assets under management, and the number of (..)

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Financial Planner Clients Numbers Compliance 188

Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 31, 2023

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that, according to a recent survey, RIAs are considering metrics for growth other than assets under management, from the number of clients to diversifying the services they offer.

Financial Planner 242

Financial Planner Numbers Clients Retirement 242

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.

Financial Planner 246

Financial Planner Fiduciary Duty Retirement Planning Compliance 246

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 (..)

Financial Planner 246

Financial Planner Financial Services Electronics Compliance 246

The Big Picture

APRIL 29, 2025

This is Masters in business with Barry Ritholtz on Bloomberg Radio 00:00:17 [Speaker Changed] This week on the podcast, Jeff Becker, chairman and CEO of Jenison Associates, they’re part of the PG Im family of Asset Managements. Jenison manages over $200 billion in assets. Jenison launched way back in 1969 as a growth equity shop.

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Management Assets Portfolio Insurance 130

Abnormal Returns

MARCH 20, 2024

Strategy Ten things to know about building a diversified portfolio. morningstar.com) Real assets can be a portfolio drag during periods of quiescent inflation. amycastor.com) Companies It's hard to wrap your head around the numbers with Nvidia's ($NVDA) new chips. spyglass.org) This is Apple's ($AAPL) brand promise.

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Financial Advising Startup Valuation Economy 253

Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 4, 2024

Welcome to the March 2024 issue of the Latest News in Financial #AdvisorTech – where we look at the big news, announcements, and underlying trends and developments that are emerging in the world of technology solutions for financial advisors!

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Startup Clients Wealth Management Portfolio 246

Abnormal Returns

MARCH 20, 2023

(thinkadvisor.com) Lisa Shidler, "Farther is hoping the logic of creating a one-umbrella, one-brand RIA with a plethora of choice will draw good advisors and their clients' assets." riabiz.com) Advisers Santiago Burridge, "You can’t have a relationship with a portfolio or an algorithm." thinkadvisor.com)

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Estate Planning Retirement Communication Financial Planning 245

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Bonds with duration are now more volatile than they used to be and that volatility is less reliable than it used to be making them a less effective diversifier for the equity portion of a diversified portfolio. Part of how to go about this is to dig into cross asset relationships and how things blend together.

Portfolio 52

Portfolio Retirement Retirement Planning Assets 52

Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 4, 2023

People often talk about "the economy" as a single entity whose parts move in unison, with a small number of key indicators (such as GDP, the unemployment rate, and inflation) moving reliably in relation to each other.

Valuation 246

Valuation Economics Economy Marketing 246

Abnormal Returns

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

etf.com) Things to keep in mind when direct indexing a client's portfolio. tonyisola.com) Advisers RIAs continue to take share of IRA assets. riabiz.com) The number of CFPs grew some 5% in 2022. (fa-mag.com) (flowfp.com) The IRS has clarified its approach to state rebate payments. forbes.com) A ten-point Medicare primer.

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Clients Retirement Financial Services Taxes 245

Abnormal Returns

DECEMBER 3, 2023

wsj.com) Strategy Remember all that talk about how the 60/40 portfolio was broken? awealthofcommonsense.com) There are a lot of different asset allocations you can live with. downtownjoshbrown.com) College-educated women with children under 10 are in the workforce at record numbers. axios.com) Q4 GDP is tracking around 1%.

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Asset Allocation Financial Advising Startup Economy 261

The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Elizabeth Burton, Goldman Sachs Asset Management , is below. Elizabeth Burton is Goldman Sachs asset management’s client investment strategist. Her job is portfolio and product solutions and that means she could go anywhere in the world and do anything. Elizabeth Burton : Hi Barry.

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Assets Management Investing Investments 147

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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Financial Planner Retirement Planning Retirement Compliance 240

The Big Picture

JANUARY 8, 2025

Fulltranscript below. ~~~ About this weeks guest: Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise Asset Management discusses the best ways to responsibly manage crypto assets. His firm runs over $10 billion in client crypto assets. To help us unpack this and what it means for your portfolio, let’s bring in Matt Hougan.

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