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What top Olympians and top advisers have in common
The Olympians at Sochi have this. Peyton Manning has this. Top performers from around the world in sports, music, and even business have this. Most financial advisers should have this, but they do not. What is it?
What to do about dementia? Advice for the adviser
To efficiently serve and protect clients that develop dementia, specific steps can be taken
Be prepared for coming Alzheimer’s crisis
As stewards of clients' financial hopes and dreams, advisers must learn to recognize signs of Alzheimer's and formulate policies and procedures for dealing with clients who have trouble remembering and reasoning.
Building a network beyond CPAs
Throughout my career, every adviser I’ve worked with has had the same goal — to increase revenue while…
It’s time for real industry action on diversity
Recruiting more minorities into the advice industry is the right thing to do from a moral standpoint, but it's also good for business.
Working around the wash-sale rule
Options can be handy tools for loss harvesting, but be careful you don't run afoul of the IRS
Client protection ruse needs to stop
Advisers should demand that industry organizations speaking for them don't let greed overshadow their true mission to help people live sound financial lives.
Adviser as the ultimate active manager
It’s not breaking news that, for the most part, index funds continue to outperform actively managed funds. When…
IRA funds protected in bankruptcy
An Ohio bankruptcy court recently ruled that funds withdrawn from an individual retirement account and deposited in an…
Robos need to get on the ball
The article in InvestmentNews last week, “Robo-advisers say they aren’t worried about Schwab,” certainly was curious. One of…
Brokerage firms and mutual fund companies need better training for complex products
Companies must heed the gentle warnings being given to them by Finra and the SEC on complex investments.
Finra’s CARDS plan is likely to be a game changer
Along with helping identify trading abuses, system will help facilitate cost-benefit analyses
How are REIT dividends taxed?
Distributions retain the tax characteristics of what happened in the REIT
What is a bond really worth?
Recent investigations of Pimco's Total Return Bond ETF and church bonds highlight the need to investigate an investment's truest price.
Figuring out Schorsch’s latest deal – or how 1 + 1 = 3
Bruce Kelly On Advice: RCAP's acquisition of Cole Capital could pay dividends for Nick Schorsch's empire for years to come, though the transaction between two related companies raises questions.
Bill Gross’ exit sparked massive outflows at Pimco
Investors pulled billions from his former mutual fund, Pimco Total Return, upon the news of his departure.
Getting a fair shake in arbitration
A well-educated arbitrator will be better able to see phony arguments from both sides in a dispute.
Time to move quickly to aid the impaired
Dementia, Alzheimer's puts advisers in a bind when they try to intervene on behalf of impaired clients
Big glitches go beyond the numbers
$23M issues at ARCP, LPL show breakneck paces of growth can lead to cracks in the corporate façade.
Advisers played a role in market sell-off as they turned to risk-averse ETFs
Pattern of investors moving out of stocks could be set for balance of the year and into 2015.
