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So you're unhappy at your current firm. But how unhappy? Quantifying the pain can be difficult, but it’s essential if you're actually considering doing something about it. That’s because leaving can be painful, too. Here’s a...
The ultra-wealthy are still pretty risk averse, according to a recent survey by the Institute for Private Investors, a membership organization for ultra-high-net worth individuals and families. But they may begin increasing allocations to global...
Charlotte: “Get this,” said one of the participants from our recent affluent focus group. “I met with my accountant over the holidays to go over year-end details and then stopped by my advisor’s office to drop off a sizable check—he was off for...
“We’ll probably see, especially now, clients less interested in investments and more interested in managing cash.So [software] solutions that do more than just spit out an investment [idea], but also a debt management and emergency...
Kids of wealthy parents almost always fire their parents' advisors after they inherit the money. They also tend to fail to meet their financial goals. There are many reasons why. Here are some ways to keep their business.
It hasn't been easy. Although some estates may have reaped the benefits of the lapsed 2010 estate tax, estate-planning practitioners were left with the unenviable task of figuring out and explaining to their clients the best strategies to use...
LPL Investment Holdings stands to take advantage of growth in the independent retail brokerage sector in the next three to five years, as the only publicly-traded company in this sphere, wrote Brad Hintz, senior analyst at BernsteinResearch, in a...
Investors always have to ask themselves if their notions are timely, but with gold, it's especially critical. Is it just too late in gold's bull market to justify the risk of entry? You might think that the array of metrics available to financial...