Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 25, 2023

We start with several articles on retirement planning: Data showing where American retirees currently stand, from their average net worth to how they spend each hour of the day How, according to a recent study, delaying Social Security benefits typically leads to greater lifetime wealth than claiming benefits early in order to reduce portfolio withdrawals (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

While the new rule allows financial advisors to proactively use testimonials (from clients), endorsements (from non-clients), and highlight their own ratings on various third-party websites, the SEC’s warning suggests that advisory firms will want to take care to abide by the compliance requirements linked to the new rule.

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that RIA custodial platform Altruist announced that it is offering its portfolio accounting software for free to advisors who custody with the firm, offering the opportunity to advisory firms to reduce the costs of their tech stacks (..)

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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

MARCH 8, 2024

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Financial Planner Asset Allocation Clients Risk Management 205

Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Traditionally, investment planning has been at the forefront of how financial advisors add value for their clients. Combined with growing advisor (and consumer) interest in comprehensive financial planning services, the number of ways advisors can add value for their clients has expanded greatly.

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Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 13, 2023

In the advisor world, where noncompete agreements are fairly common, a ban on the practice could incentivize firms to reassess their employee value proposition and to consider ways to establish their clients’ relationships with the firm, and not just with their advisors.

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Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Morningstar has joined an increasingly competitive market of direct indexing platforms for advisors and their clients. From there, we have several articles on investment planning: While I Bonds have received significant attention during the past year, TIPS could be an attractive alternative for many client situations.

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Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 11, 2023

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eMoney Advisor

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

If you are looking for opportunities to grow your business, expanding your services to clients at all stages of the financial planning lifecycle creates new opportunities for you to reach those households in search of professional advice. Starting Out clients are typically focused on beginning to build wealth.

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Gen Y Planning

JUNE 1, 2022

While that number isn’t all that exciting, the next one assuredly is. Once you see the numbers, it starts to make sense why I-bonds are turning heads. Since the variable interest rate for I-bonds is tied to inflation, the numbers are some of the highest on record. Fixed: Remains the same for the bond’s life—30 years.

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Sara Grillo

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The Form ADV Part I provides basic business detail about things such as ownership, clients, employees, etc. You should check the advisor’s CRD number and see if it matches what they sent you. If you ask the advisor for his or her CRD number and they refuse to provide it to you, they are hiding something – run away fast!

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Trade Brains

JANUARY 20, 2024

The paradox of choice A rise in investors has given a push to increase the number of trading platforms and applications. Client Base : 7 million + Market share : 18.33% Charges Account opening charges: Rs. Client Base : 6 million + Market share : 14.24% Charges Account opening charges: Rs.249 Client Base : 1.5

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Sara Grillo

AUGUST 14, 2023

The fiduciary standard is important because it defined parameters for behaviors impacting the way that financial advisors treat their clients. A fiduciary provides advice and counsel that is solely in the best interest of the client. It’s confusing to the client and unfortunately that confusion is waged onto them on purpose.

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Sara Grillo

DECEMBER 12, 2022

We talked about: What is the best, fairest fee model for the client? Does the way you are paid dictate how you serve clients? Are clients capable of determining when your fees are too high or should there be some other standard that fees are measured against (e.g. Does it matter that clients know the fees they are paying?

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Workable Wealth

JUNE 24, 2020

In bear markets, the economy tends to slow down along with a spike in unemployment numbers. . This type takes the price of all stocks in the index and divides it by the number of companies to get the index’s value. Look for Part Two of our series where we delve into types of investing strategies! . Which Is More Reliable?

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Brown Advisory

MARCH 1, 2019

During these activity periods, we lay out options and choices clearly for our clients, so they can quickly make important decisions—and get back to work. Phase-gate planning. We craft a process that involves a finite number of concise meetings over the projected growth cycle of the founder’s business. Post-Liquidity.

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Brown Advisory

MARCH 1, 2019

During these activity periods, we lay out options and choices clearly for our clients, so they can quickly make important decisions—and get back to work. Phase-gate planning. We craft a process that involves a finite number of concise meetings over the projected growth cycle of the founder’s business. Post-Liquidity.

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Brown Advisory

MARCH 20, 2023

Whether you plan to spend a few years, a few decades, or the rest of your life outside the U.S., Brown Advisory can deliver a comprehensive cross-border investment plan for you and your family that can move with you wherever life may take you. connected clients build U.S./U.K. 2 2023 numbers.

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Brown Advisory

JUNE 3, 2015

For many investors, the topic of sustainable investing is a jungle of jargon and vague terms. When you cut through the confusion, though, you find that sustainable investing strategies have matured and improved, and now form the core of an increasing number of investors’ portfolios.

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Brown Advisory

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Endowment and Foundation Challenges: Managing Charitable Gift Annuities ajackson Tue, 09/29/2020 - 14:00 The charitable gift annuity is one of a number of donor-friendly solutions that nonprofit institutions can offer to donors.

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Brown Advisory

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The charitable gift annuity is one of a number of donor-friendly solutions that nonprofit institutions can offer to donors. It is critically important that each charity and its investment advisors select an investment plan appropriate for the charity’s specific circumstances and preferences. Tue, 09/29/2020 - 14:00.

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Sara Grillo

APRIL 10, 2023

Wright: So if gold is something a client could be invested in and potentially suitably recommended by an advisor, what is the argument against Bitcoin? What we’ve seen in 2022 is that there were a number of hacks. At Firstmetric, Scott continues his mission of delivering low cost, unbiased advice to clients.

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Brown Advisory

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

We work regularly with clients in their 20s and 30s, helping them make good decisions about starting new business ventures, funding their educations, managing inherited wealth and tackling other challenges unique to the time in their lives when they are first charting their long-term path.

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Brown Advisory

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

We work regularly with clients in their 20s and 30s, helping them make good decisions about starting new business ventures, funding their educations, managing inherited wealth and tackling other challenges unique to the time in their lives when they are first charting their long-term path.

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Midstream Marketing

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

They spend hours writing articles and finally hit that “Submit” button… only to not get anywhere near the number of leads that they thought they would. Investment Planning. They pour over all the latest trends, breaking news items, tips, tricks and best practices in their industry.

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Workable Wealth

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Public corporations allot a certain number of shares for sale on the stock market. In recent years, however, passive investment strategies have been more cost-effective and produced higher returns than actively managed funds which are more costly to operate. Investors then buy and sell shares on the market with the hope of profits.

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Good Financial Cents

AUGUST 11, 2022

I once had a client ask me, “Jeff, if you had a million dollars, how would you invest it?”. The reality is, there are a ton of different strategies I would personally use to invest $1 million dollars, and to help this seed money grow into even more cash over time. Well, today is my lucky day, because I just won – yeah baby!

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Brown Advisory

APRIL 16, 2018

In this article, we discuss how we help nonprofits develop and implement their mission-driven investment strategies, and we cover some of the specific structures that organizations can use to achieve financial and impact objectives at the same time. Also, clients differ on which issues they view as purely programmatic (i.e.,

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Brown Advisory

APRIL 16, 2018

In this article, we discuss how we help nonprofits develop and implement their mission-driven investment strategies, and we cover some of the specific structures that organizations can use to achieve financial and impact objectives at the same time. Developing Sustainable Investment Plans Standard Process, Added Layers of Thought.

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Brown Advisory

APRIL 13, 2022

If you are affected by any of the above, then it is worth speaking to an investment and tax specialist to understand how you might be able to mitigate adverse tax consequences. The appropriate advice will depend on a number of factors, but in my experience there are two key considerations: 1) How long have you been resident in the U.K.

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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 28, 2022

CHARLIE ELLIS, FOUNDER AND FORMER MANAGING PARTNER, GREENWICH ASSOCIATES: Well, it started a long time ago, 1966, I was working with a securities firm in New York, and Wellington was a client in Philadelphia. The plan was to do an IPO to raise $200 million in new client assets for the funds. ELLIS: This is the first index fund.

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Zoe Financial

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Many of my clients are interested in identifying investments with big AI potential, including investing in stocks of companies that are not yet household names. Getting Started As I work with my clients, every conversation about investments begins with an exploration of goals and risks.

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Sara Grillo

MAY 23, 2022

Advice-only financial planning is fee-only comprehensive financial planning without the expectation or even the option to manage any client investments. Financial planning is offered as a stand-alone product; it is the only thing that an advice-only financial planner does. Unfortunately the list goes on ad nauseum.

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Zoe Financial

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Many of my clients are interested in identifying investments with big AI potential, including investing in stocks of companies that are not yet household names. Getting Started As I work with my clients, every conversation about investments begins with an exploration of goals and risks.

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International College of Financial Planning

OCTOBER 5, 2021

This isn’t an ordinary job but one that would test your analytical ability every single day.Though you’d be aided by tons of data and dozens of tools, you will need to use your knowledge in finance and apply that in unique ways to get desired results for your clients. Investments, tax planning, retirement planning is a dynamic field.

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Brown Advisory

OCTOBER 18, 2019

This fact is on the minds of a growing number of investors today who are concerned about the market’s direction. We believe that public equities and fixed income should always be the bedrock of most long-term investment plans, but there are other ways to earn alpha that are largely independent from the market’s movements.

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