We look at how the Twitter dustup between two advisers over politics should send a message to the financial services community that it doesn’t pay to let your political colors show on social media. Also, Covid has had a negative impact on broker recruiting. Then we get into the trend toward reducing bond allocations from otherwise balanced portfolios. And Bruce Kelly dishes up another example of a bad broker. Finally, in the Open Notebook segment, we delve into whether New York can continue to be the center of the universe, as far as New Yorkers are concerned.
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As alternative investment products flood the market, Bruce discusses the state of play with Neil Menard, president of distribution at StepStone Private Wealth, a man with deep experience in this field.
Bruce is joined by a gaggle of InvestmentNews journalists, Emile Hallez, Gregg Greenberg and James Burton, to help him pick the bones out of an eventful year.
Bruce talks to esteemed guest and former InvestmentNews writer Mary Beth Franklin about the new wave of anxiety gripping clients regarding the state of their Social Security benefits.