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What Do Financial Advisors and PR Pros Have in Common? They Keep Their Eye on the Prize

AdvisorPR

Everyone reading this understands the benefits of someone starting to invest for their retirement when they are in their 20’s vs. their 50’s. Although young investors might see some monetary gains from their investments when they’re in their 30’s, it most likely is not enough money to finally retire from work. Some of the advisors that we work with at AdvisorPR discuss how many people give in to instant gratification and spend their money on everything from lattes to a fancy car rather than save

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Nobody Feels Overpaid

The Irrelevant Investor

There are just over 130 million full-time workers in the United States and not a single one of them thinks they're overpaid. This holds for people all over the income pool and paradoxically, is especially true for people towards the top of the ladder.* It sounds absurd, but a person making $1 million can feel more stress over money than someone making $100,000 because the more you make, the easier it is to let your spending spiral out of control.

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Organic Search vs. Paid Search – Which is the Best for Financial Advisors?

Midstream Marketing

Speaking as someone who has spent hundreds of hours helping financial advisors generate reliable, qualified leads over the years, I understand first-hand what an important goal this is for many people. I also understand that there’s no “one right way” in which to do it – every business is unique and you need the type of strategy that will play directly into that fact, broadcasting exactly what it is that makes you unique to the widest possible audience.

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Gradual Improvements Redux

The Irrelevant Investor

When I sat down this morning* to create a “Wall of Worry” chart, the hard part wasn’t coming up with the list, but rather choosing what to leave off. Since the stock market bottomed in 2009, there have been so many potential reasons to sell that it wasn’t possible to fit them all on the chart. Below are a few that didn’t make the cut: MF Global Bankruptcy All the quantitative easing programs Ashton Kutcher is a venture capitalist China hard landing(s) CAPE ratio Occupy Wall Street Mike Tyson rep

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2025 Industry Index: How Top Advisors Are Scaling Smarter (and Faster) This Year

Where are top advisors focusing in 2025? AcquireUp’s 2025 Industry Index reveals it all. Based on insights from 200+ financial professionals nationwide, discover why 74% say seminars and referrals deliver the best ROI, how automation is helping advisors scale faster, and why only 8% are tapping into niche marketing (a major growth opportunity!). Whether you're refining your client acquisition strategy or scaling your practice, this report gives you the real-world data, benchmarks, and action ste

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Animal Spirits: Millennials on Communism

The Irrelevant Investor

Today’s Animal Spirits is brought to you by YCharts. Mention Animal Spirits to receive 20% off (*New YCharts users only) Listen here On today’s show we discuss Ben's new book, buy it here! Zero fee commissions Why there's little enthusiasm for this bull market JPM Guide to the Markets The middle class is slowly going away WeRamp Millennials have how much in their 401(k) The aging of America 74% of people have a budget, ya right People aren't driving as much as they used to Millennials approve

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Financial Gravity

The Irrelevant Investor

Performance is one of the most mean-reverting data sets in the financial universe*. What goes up must come down and what goes down sometimes comes back up, eventually. For example, real 10-year returns for U.S. stocks going back to 1900, have averaged 6.5%. (gray line) When 10-year returns have been twice the average, forward ten-year returns fall to just 3%.