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Bridging the confidence gap: financial literacy vs. investor overconfidence
NEWS OPINION JAN 13, 2025
Bridging the confidence gap: financial literacy vs. investor overconfidence

Even clients with high investment knowledge can make risky portfolio decisions. Advisors can provide a much-needed reality check.

By Matt Sommer
Kick-start the new year with these four financial resolution topics
NEWS OPINION JAN 10, 2025
Kick-start the new year with these four financial resolution topics

With people looking forward to fresh starts and new goals in 2025, it's a prime opportunity for advisors to share their expertise on some popular themes.

By Kristine McManus
What fiduciary advisors can learn from Jimmy Carter
NEWS OPINION JAN 09, 2025
What fiduciary advisors can learn from Jimmy Carter

The experience of the 39th president, beloved long beyond his term in the Oval Office, sets a high standard of trust for advisors to live up to.

By Knut A. Rostad
Aging advisors face a decision: Retire or keep current
NEWS OPINION JAN 07, 2025
Aging advisors face a decision: Retire or keep current

For those advisors on Easy Street, it’s time to pass the reins to someone who is on top of their game.

By Scott Hanson
Rethinking Charitable Giving
NEWS OPINION DEC 24, 2024
Rethinking Charitable Giving

Here is how advisors can help make more money and experience greater meaning.

By Derrick Kinney
How do your clients judge you?
NEWS OPINION DEC 18, 2024
How do your clients judge you?

Think of all the ways your clients interact with you - are you excellent in all these areas?

By Scott Hanson
New year, new ways to track success
NEWS OPINION DEC 18, 2024
New year, new ways to track success

From AUM growth to client retention, acquisition, and NIGO rates, it takes a clear-eyed look at the past year's record for advisors to set smart 2025 goals.

By Kristine McManus
Donor-advised fund: Friend or foe?
NEWS OPINION DEC 16, 2024
Donor-advised fund: Friend or foe?

Giving offers a route to tax deductions and portfolio diversification.

Getting ready for the future, today
NEWS OPINION DEC 16, 2024
Getting ready for the future, today

This is not a “hallucination”, AI is already here and shaping the ways we work and live

How to win in 2025
NEWS OPINION DEC 16, 2024
How to win in 2025

Three questions to help you tackle the great disruption in the second half of this decade

By Joe Duran
Does sell and stay really work?
NEWS OPINION DEC 06, 2024
Does sell and stay really work?

There are three essential elements you must bring to the table to increase the chances of a successful post-sale career.

By Scott Hanson
The power of cultivating personal connections
NEWS OPINION NOV 22, 2024
The power of cultivating personal connections

Relationships are key to our business but advisors are often slow to engage in specific activities designed to foster them.

By Kristine McManus
A variety of succession options
NEWS OPINION NOV 22, 2024
A variety of succession options

Whichever path you go down, act now while you're still in control.

By Scott Hanson
Finra's fee increase reveals hard of hearing organization
NEWS OPINION NOV 19, 2024
Finra's fee increase reveals hard of hearing organization

Like so many bureaucracies, Finra has a tin ear.

By Bruce Kelly
More professional designations mean more success for women advisors
NEWS OPINION NOV 19, 2024
More professional designations mean more success for women advisors

For women financial advisors, professional designations are not just credentials to add after their names, they are vital tools that can accelerate success.

After the election duel, stay cool and manage emotions
NEWS OPINION NOV 19, 2024
After the election duel, stay cool and manage emotions

Our Women to Watch provided professional pragmatism ahead of what will likely be a stormy four years.

By Editorial
A bumpy start to autumn but more positives ahead
NEWS OPINION NOV 18, 2024
A bumpy start to autumn but more positives ahead

This season’s market volatility: Positioning for rate relief, income growth and the AI rebound

Building a competitive edge: technology as a catalyst for advisor growth
NEWS OPINION OCT 30, 2024
Building a competitive edge: technology as a catalyst for advisor growth

Advisors who fear they'll grow obsolete with the rise of apps, AI and algorithms may be missing a future-proofing opportunity.

Time to restore tax deductibility for advice fees
NEWS OPINION OCT 29, 2024
Time to restore tax deductibility for advice fees

With the sunsetting of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act at the end of next year, leaders on both sides of the aisle have an opportunity to make a change for the sake of Main Street investors.

By Dale Brown
Calculating the real cost of free: key considerations for RIAs when assessing advisory partner offerings
NEWS OPINION OCT 28, 2024
Calculating the real cost of free: key considerations for RIAs when assessing advisory partner offerings

There's a painfully basic reason why firms going for a bargain-priced platform often end up with less than what they bargained for.