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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.

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The Latest In Financial #AdvisorTech (June 2023)

Nerd's Eye View

This month's edition kicks off with the news that Riskalyze has completed its previously-announced rebranding, and will now be known as “Nitrogen”, a ”growth platform” for advisory firms – which represents less of a shift in the platform’s core function (given that Riskalyze’s risk tolerance tool was always (..)

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Personal finance links: peaks and valleys

Abnormal Returns

(morningstar.com) On average, people overestimate their risk tolerance. genyplanning.com) An inheritance raises a number of questions, and opportunities. rogersplanning.blogspot.com) Five mistakes any investor can make including asset mis-location. morningstar.com) Personal finance There's no shortcut to financial health.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (June 3-4)

Nerd's Eye View

Also in industry news this week: How Goldman Sachs’ RIA custodial platform is leveraging the resources of its parent company as it seeks to build momentum amidst a highly competitive environment among custodians How NASAA has changed the substance and/or scoring of the Series 63, 65, and 66 exams From there, we have several articles on college (..)

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How to Determine Your Client’s Risk Capacity

BlueMind

However, it should be well understood that a client’s financial profile includes their risk tolerance and their risk capacity. In this article, although we will be focusing on the latter one and why it is significant to determine your client’s risk capacity let’s first understand the difference between the two.

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The Latest In Financial #AdvisorTech (November 2022)

Nerd's Eye View

From there, the latest highlights also feature a number of other interesting advisor technology announcements, including: Orion’s Redtail launches “Redtail Campaigns” in partnership with Snappy Kraken to facilitate CRM-based drip marketing emails.

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End of Year Financial Checkup

MainStreet Financial Planning

Factors to consider would include – job changes, a change in the number of dependents, or a change in the number of breadwinners. If you are unsure if your portfolio aligns with your risk tolerance, time horizon and goals, reach out to us at Mainstreet and we would be happy to help!