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Tight Trio
Nov 01, 2000
Three members of the Stromberg family operate an independent shop named after one of their forefathers.Traci Beighle might have been a lawyer. Scott Stromberg might have been a farmer. Instead, brother and sister both...
Easy as Pie
Nov 01, 2000
Don't dare say `standard deviation.' Advisers share how they simplify asset allocation concepts when helping clients invest their portfolios.Explaining asset allocation to clients is a lot like winking at a pretty...
Pivotal Players
Oct 01, 2000
Sales assistants are finally getting some respect. They're taking on specialist roles in broker teams and reinventing themselves as practice managers. Firms are trying to adapt to the new professionalism.Almost...
Getting It Wrong
Aug 01, 2000
Investors often believe the wrong things about investment products and strategies. Here's what clients may be thinking and how brokers correct the misinformation.* IRAs--People believe IRAs are a great way to transfer...
Fund Industry Frets About Shorter Holding Periods
Aug 01, 2000
In the face of rising redemption rates, the mutual fund industry is worried about shortened holding periods. Yet fund researchers say fund holding patterns haven't budged from historical norms.A few years ago, the...
Advancing Advisories
Jul 01, 2000
In the early 1990s, if you wanted to provide fee-based financial advice, going it alone as a registered investment adviser was about the only way. A small, but steady stream of wirehouse refugees began to set up RIA...
Real-Life Financial Drama
Jul 01, 2000
Whenever Louis Masry's phone rings, it could be another client headed to the hospital. Not long ago, Masry and his associate, Annaliese Blinn, stood by the bedside of a client who'd just had a tumor removed from his...
You've Got Mail
Jun 01, 2000
It's been two years since regulators gave their blessing to broker-client e-mail. Most reps can finally communicate electronically with clients and send attachments. Some can even do limited prospecting.But e-mail is...
Outstanding Broker Awards
May 01, 2000
Bruce Johnson, CapTrust Financial Advisors, Holland, Mich. Bruce Johnson couldn't find a job in the brokerage industry. Firms weren't hiring in the bear market of early 1982-especially for college kids like Johnson...
What's Appropriate Apparel?
May 01, 2000
Until the 1990s you knew what to wear to work. Brokers looked different from pinstriped, wing-tipped bankers, but definitely not like the too-slick caricatures in the 1980s film "Wall Street."Women brokers endured...
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