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More work, same pay has been the story for branch office managers over the past decade. It took a tragedy among his ranks to help one Wells Fargo manager find personal value in an increasingly difficult job.
You have a client who participates in a defined benefit pension plan at work. She's near retirement and needs to make a decision: take the money as a lump sum, or receive a monthly lifetime annuity-style payment? What advice should you give? Take...
Ah, memories. Remember when endowment-style investment was all the rage? You know, before the market meltdown of 2008-2009? Those were the days when investors clamored for portfolios that looked like those managed for the benefit of Harvard and...
Bankruptcy among holders of the Certified Financial Planner designation has been rising at a startling rate in the past four years. The number of cases that the CFP Board of Standards reviews has risen from just one in 2008 to eight in 2009, 20 in...
When someone mentions manufactured housing, you probably don't think of clean, well-kept communities owned and operated by REITs. Instead, you likely envision rundown, trashy trailer parks those widely disdained as aluminum ghettos. When folks...
A $4 million revenue producing team from Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network (FiNet) has jumped ship to Raymond James Financial Services, the firm’s independent contractor unit.
Very few "terminated" brokers find work again in the industry,
regardless of circumstances. What firms will hire them? Author and
financial advisor Josh Brown looks at the numbers to find out.
Many financial advisors fail to consistently provide their affluent clients with the high level of service that they claim to offer. Advisors who take the concept of “client experience” seriously develop what I refer to as a client...
