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How to Determine Your Client’s Risk Tolerance

BlueMind

Category: Clients Risk. Determining the client’s risk tolerance is not an exact science and requires you to communicate with your client. What Does The Word “Risk” Mean For Your Clients? For some clients, “risk” maybe something exciting or daring that they enjoy and not something they generally avert from.

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How to Determine Your Investment Risk Tolerance Level

WiserAdvisor

Risk refers to the potential for loss or negative returns when you invest your money in a market-linked security. There are different types of risks, including market, credit, inflation, and liquidity risk, among others. A financial advisor can help you understand your investment risk tolerance.

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5 Questions Using Risk Assessment Data That Help Advisors Understand Clients’ True Concerns About Risk

Nerd's Eye View

Over the years, 2 types of measurement tools have emerged as the standards for assessing risk tolerance: 1) psychometric tests, which feature a series of questions (such as, "What amount of risk do you feel you have taken with past financial decisions?")

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What Does the Market “Know” ?

The Big Picture

The link was to James Mackintosh’s column “ Five Not-Quite-Impossible Things the Market Believes.” But rational people can reasonably disagree on anything market-related — after all, someone has to be on the other side of your trade. As to what the market “knows:” Stop Anthropomorphizing Mr. Market.

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Five Things to do During a Stock Market Correction

The Chicago Financial Planner

After a strong finish in 2020 and very solid returns in 2021, we’ve seen a lot of market volatility so far in 2022. The combination of higher inflation, higher interest rates and the situation in Ukraine are all fueling this market volatility. Regardless, here are five things you should do during a stock market correction.

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A Pep Talk for Financial Advisors on Investing in a Declining Market

XY Planning Network

October ended with the S&P 500, Russell 3000, MSCI World Ex USA, MSCI Emerging Markets, and DJ Global Select REIT in the negative for 1-month and 3-month periods, so some clients will certainly be ready for us to answer the question, “What is it this time?”

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Inflation Expectations: A Dubious Survey

The Big Picture

Consider : Questioning investors as to their risk tolerance does not typically result in an accurate description of their true tolerance for drawdowns and lower returns; instead, we get a number highly dependent upon the performance of equity markets over the prior three to six months.