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Financial Advisor April 2007 Matt Hougan |
Layer Upon Layer With the surging interest in exchange-traded funds, it was only a matter of time until someone decided to package them together into a fund-of-funds structure. But are they the best option for your financial advisory clients?  |
Financial Advisor October 2005 Matthew Hougan |
Shorting ETFs Gets Sold Short Although many advisors are reluctant to short exchange-traded funds (ETFs), it's important to remember that ETFs are less risky on the short side than individual stocks, as they are not susceptible to short squeezes.  |
Financial Planning February 1, 2005 Donald Jay Korn |
New Directions Exchange-traded funds offer strategic advantages to financial planners who believe in active management, as well as those who favor indexing.  |
Investment Advisor February 2009 |
A New Benchmark for Advisors With many advisors using an asset allocation strategy, the S&P 500 is no longer a great benchmark against which to set your pace. Take a look at these new benchmarks.  |
Registered Rep. February 19, 2010 Stan Luxenberg |
How To Size Up An ETF Advisors remain divided about ETFs. At one end of the spectrum a growing number of advisors are putting all their assets in ETFs. At the other extreme are those who steer completely away from the funds. A third group shops selectively.  |
On Wall Street June 1, 2011 Carl Resnick |
ETFs: The Ideal Asset Allocation Tool? True diversification has become the primary focus of smart advisors. To the benefit of these advisors and their clients, a wide range of well-built exchange-traded funds has emerged to represent just about every asset class available.  |
Registered Rep. April 3, 2012 Diana Britton |
Caution: Contents May Be Hot ETF managed portfolios -- separately managed accounts with over half of their assets in ETFs -- are among the latest hot products everyone is talking about.  |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Kevin Burke |
Actively Adding Value to Passive Investments Separately managed accounts that invest exclusively in exchange-traded funds are vying for a place at the advisory table, as an increasing number of money managers look to cash in on the popularity of these very cheap, very liquid investments.  |
Financial Planning November 1, 2009 Stacy Schultz |
ETFs' Glory Days At a time when the market was swinging by hundreds of points a day, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) offered a more secure alternative.  |
Financial Advisor December 2008 Marla Brill |
ETF Growth Expected What was bad news for the stock market in 2008 may prove to be good news for ETFs in 2009.  |
Financial Planning November 1, 2009 Donald Jay Korn |
Loaded for Bear A year after the worldwide nosedive, though, things look brighter for managed accounts.  |
On Wall Street April 1, 2010 Elizabeth Wine |
ETFs and Closed-End Funds: New Strategies for a New Day The range of ETFs continues to grow and advisors are graduating to the next level of sophistication, from the traditional use of gaining quick access to a sector or country, to now delivering alpha to clients.  |
The Motley Fool October 4, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Watch Out for These Costly Investments High costs can make ETFs look bad.  |
Registered Rep. September 30, 2014 |
Advisor Views on ETFs As exchange traded funds continue to take more market share, the number of advisors using the structure increased to 84 percent in 2014, up from 82 percent in 2013.  |
Financial Advisor December 2011 Marla Brill |
Still Ahead ETF assets have more than quadrupled since 2004, but mutual funds are still favored by advisors.  |
Investment Advisor April 2006 Maya Ivanova |
Self Improvement In the recent supplement to the 2005 Rydex AdvisorBenchmarking Survey, many advisors recognize that simply maintaining the status quo is not enough. They're continuously examining their business plans and investment processes to look for improvements.  |
Financial Advisor July 2009 David J. Drucker |
Taming The Bear With ETFs Clients upset? Maybe you should have used ETFs and Tom Lydon's simple investment strategy.  |
Financial Advisor August 2005 Sydney LeBlanc |
ETFs and SMAs: Side By Side Now, separately managed accounts can mean anything, from an entire basket of different separate account managers to an account also holding mutual funds, cash, and exchange-traded funds, or ETFs. Of these companion investment vehicles, ETFs are proving to be one of the most popular.  |
Financial Planning November 1, 2008 Donald Jay Korn |
ETFs After the Fall The impact of the equities market shocks in September and October on ETF asset accumulation isn't yet known; and what the impact of the change in the general investment climate this fall will be on ETFs is anybody's guess.  |
Financial Planning May 1, 2008 Stacy Schultz |
Need for Education A preview of the 2008 Rydex AdvisorBenchmarking Study, a snapshot of the financial advisory business.  |
Investment Advisor September 2009 Mike Patton |
Tactical Versus Strategic In strategic asset allocation, long-term capital expectations are integrated with a client's goals and a target allocation is established. With tactical asset allocation, adjustments are made based on short-term expectations for an asset class.  |
Financial Planning March 1, 2007 Donald Jay Korn |
ETF Mania! As the number of exchange-traded funds explodes, planners are deploying them to bring sophisticated institutional strategies to affluent clients.  |
Financial Advisor May 2004 C. Michael Cart |
Risk Control: The Next Act For ETFs New Exchange-traded funds are being created as strategies and technology are developed.  |
Financial Planning May 1, 2012 Joseph Lisanti |
Fight Night: ETFs vs. Open-End Funds Traditional mutual funds and ETFs may seem like competitors in a fight to the death. But the truth is, the two products coexist in most portfolios.  |
Financial Advisor April 2010 Marla Brill |
A Good Complement More advisors think both bond mutual funds and ETFs belong in client portfolios.  |
Investment Advisor September 2005 Melanie Waddell |
Retirement Plan Advisor: The Lower Cost 401(k) Option Using exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as investing options in 401(k) plans is becoming increasingly popular as firms realize that ETFs offer participants a lower-cost option than mutual funds. More and more advisors are also acting as investment consultants for fairly large plans.  |
Registered Rep. July 23, 2010 Brad Zigler |
An ETF Commission War Is Brewing There's something afoot in the ETF space that's going to challenge reps and advisors to create value-for-money propositions for their services.  |
Investment Advisor March 2009 Bob Clark |
We Can Be Heroes One of the only bright spots we've seen has been those firms offering ETFs that short the markets, use leverage, or track commodities indexes.  |
Financial Advisor July 2011 Michelle Knight |
Rethinking Bond ETFs Most investors buy bond ETFs at a premium and sell at a discount, a dynamic that is an undeniable black mark on fixed-income ETFs.  |
Financial Advisor February 2, 2009 Raymond Fazzi |
ETFs As Defensive Plays Advisors say ETFs can be a useful tool when implementing downside protection strategies.  |
Investment Advisor June 2009 Bob Clark |
Embracing Change Many clients just aren't comfortable riding out the kind of volatility that most investment markets experience from time to time.  |
Financial Advisor March 2006 Joel Bruckenstein |
A Different Kind Of Custodian Trust Company of America (TCA) wants be your custodian. Why would an advisory firm seek out TCA, as opposed to one of the more established players? There are a number of reasons, including the TCA pricing model, proprietary tools and unique capabilities.  |
On Wall Street October 1, 2011 Elizabeth Wine |
The ETF Mousetrap: If You Build It, They Will Come Regardless of how the actively managed ETF experiment turns out, observers say the industry will keep cranking out more and more complicated products.  |
Investment Advisor October 2008 Maya Ivanova |
War Room How the most successful advisory firms are mitigating risk on two fronts: for their clients, and for their own businesses.  |
Investment Advisor November 2007 Kara P. Stapleton |
ETF Education The industry has fallen short in informing investors about exchange-traded funds, according to a Rydex survey of 500 mutual fund investors.  |
Investment Advisor February 2010 Robert F. Keane |
The Green Advisor: Adding ESG to Asset Allocation New portfolios aim to help advisors align values and diversification.  |
Financial Advisor May 2011 |
Advisor Emporium Curian launches research portfolio... Investors Capital creates VIP desk... USAA expands mutual fund access...  |
Financial Planning October 1, 2009 Donna Mitchell |
ETFs Activated A new white paper examines the performance of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) from 1998 to 2008, and provides insight into what is ahead for ETFs.  |
Financial Advisor October 2011 Bruce W. Fraser |
Lost In The Crowd For all their risks, preferred ETFs offer high yields, good liquidity and diversification.  |
The Motley Fool August 13, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Don't Pay Twice for Advice There's nothing inherently wrong with paying for financial advice. But there's a big difference between paying once for a good financial plan versus paying high fees year after year, through good times and bad.  |
The Motley Fool February 23, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
Are Advisors Making Smart ETF Choices? It looks like many of them are jumping on the bandwagon.  |
The Motley Fool January 19, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
The Hottest Trillion-Dollar Investment Read these tips before jumping into the popular world of exchange-traded funds.  |
Investment Advisor April 2009 Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Timing Is Everything Now that (nearly) all asset classes have sunk, advisors are rethinking their investment strategies.  |
Financial Advisor April 2010 Jeff Schlegel |
An Alternative World A growing number of financial advisors and their clients are clamoring for alternative investments in the wake of the massive market maelstrom of '08-'09, but it's a broad space requiring lots of due diligence.  |
Financial Planning November 1, 2010 Donald Jay Korn |
Separate Ways As fee-oriented investment management increasingly appeals to advisors and clients, fee-structured accounts are growing apace. Or not, depending on how the terms are defined.  |
Registered Rep. March 23, 2015 Ryan W. Neal |
Schwab Reveals Intelligent Portfolios For Advisors Schwab is making the technology the backbone of an account management tool for registered investment advisors.  |
Financial Advisor June 2009 Sherri Scordo |
Advisor Emporium Genworth Financial Wealth Management is enhancing its investment management platform to help advisors through the current challenging market  |
Investment Advisor August 2008 Kara P. Stapleton |
Ups & Downs of ETFs Here are some of the results of a joint survey of investment professionals exploring the impact of exchange-traded products on the financial advisory business.  |
Financial Advisor December 2007 Marla Brill |
The New Indexing Maze The mushrooming ETF market has spawned a new breed of indexes that represent a radical departure from traditional benchmarks in both their construction and purpose.  |
Financial Advisor July 2012 Tom Lydon |
In The ETF Price War, Investors Win Advisors have many options for helping clients save on fees.  |