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Registered Rep.
June 1, 2006
Kristen French |
The Wealth Management Quest Are you really a wealth manager? Do you know what the phrase really means? It pays to know, because a new compensation report shows only 8% of advisors -- across all business channels -- actually fit the bill.   |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2006
Stan Luxenberg |
The Discount Mystery When exchange-traded funds appeared in the 1990s, some observers predicted that the new vehicles would doom their older cousins, closed-end funds. But lately those boring old closed-end funds have been attracting renewed attention. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2006
Johnathan Moreland |
Betting Against the Fed What if the Fed actually gets it right this time around and interest rates dampen inflation and rates begin to fall (or at least stop going up)? That appears to be the sentiment from insiders in the mortgage REIT and energy master limited partnership sectors. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2006
Kevin Burke |
Schwab's Secret Success With more and more brokers going independent these days and open architecture on the rise, Schwab may very well bridge the gap between industry behemoths like Vanguard and Fidelity sooner than you think. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2006
Geoff Lewis |
Advocacy Investing Catnip for Wealthy Clients? Advocacy investing has several important advantages over some conventional social-investing techniques -- not least of them is helping clients actually make money. But for financial advisors, advocacy investing has an even more significant benefit: It is, potentially, catnip for high-net-worth clients. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2006
Anne Field |
Is Three a Crowd? A husband-and-wife financial advisory team wrestles with the idea of hiring their first employee and expanding. Here, industry expert weigh-in to help the couple fix their business. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2006
Anne Field |
Secret Weapon Interns are not in the habit of playing a key role in a firm, but financial advisors will find it hard to go wrong hiring one for the summer, or at any time during the year. It's an effective way to get a lot of work done on the cheap, freeing up staff to spend more time with clients. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2006
Cappon et al. |
That's Talent When hiring a new rep, what are the key success factors -- the characteristics that enable a new producer to succeed? Is it even possible to anticipate how a particular candidate or trainee will do? Can you pick winners? Yes. Here's how. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2006 |
Balancing Act? Q: I am a 17-year veteran with no compliance marks against me... I'm growing more concerned about making sure that I do what's in the best interest of my clients, which is not necessarily what's in the best interest of my firm... etc. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2006
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Rolling Up the Rollovers Financial advisors who embrace IRA-distribution planning gain the wealth of a virtually untapped niche market. Here's how to get started. |
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