It sounds redundant: Put a tax-deferred investment, like a variable annuity, inside an already tax-deferred IRA or retirement account? But the wisdom of such a move is actually subject to much debate. In fact, fifty five percent of all variable...
Legislators in Washington have revived an old debate about the regulation of the insurance industry: Should a single federal authority replace the disjointed state-by-state system that is in place now?
Recruiter RoundtableGiven all the upset in the market and the demise of several major Wall Street firms in the past year, it seems like it is harder than ever to be a financial advisor. With that backdrop, The Next Move recently caught up...
Should I Stay or Should I go?With many advisors frustrated about the way management is running their franchises, more are starting to explore the independent channel. It’s still too early to tell. But changing jobs is certainly top of mind...
Should you use “Retirement Savings Planner 2009” software? The publisher of Retirement Savings Planner 2009, Professional Edition, suggests that this software is useful for financial advisors, financial planners, insurance agents, CPAs...
There's an important—yet unspoken—phenomenon in the world of estate tax: As the number of estate tax filings has been decreasing nationwide since 2001, there's been a corresponding increase in the Internal Revenue Service's audit...
Interview with Tom Bradley, President of TD AMERITRADE Institutional President of TD AMERITRADE Institutional Tom Bradley Q: What do you see as the biggest challenges for financial advisors in 2009? A: Unprecedented market events have...
Phoenix: Following a presentation I delivered on "Affluent Expectations in Tough Times," Mike said, "My clients are continually calling—it's as if they expect me to know when the markets are going to stabilize ... it's gotten to the point...
