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Market Outlooks
Weekly RIA Pulse Report - August 7, 2020
Report Contents
Cash Levels Index
Risk Sentiment Sums
Risk Sentiment Volume
Advisor Activity Sums
Advisor Activity Volume
Client Contributions
Client Growth
MF / ETF Style Winners & Losers
MF / ETF Winners & Losers
Stock Winners & Losers
Disclosure
Retirement
Lump Sum Payouts from Pension Plans
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The IRS recently announced that it will allow plan sponsors to pay out pensions as a lump sum to plan participants. In this video BMO Global Asset Management discusses what considerations should be made by plan sponsors and plan participants before choosing lump sum as an option.
Policy and Regulatory Commentary
The Veepstakes
John Adams—the United States’ first vice president—called his role as second-in-command to President George Washington “the most insignificant Office that ever the Invention of Man contrived or his imagination conceived.”
Market Outlooks
BMO Market Charts - August 5th, 2020
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Amid uncertainty surrounding economic conditions and corporate performance, the percentage of S&P 500 companies with EPS off 50% or more from estimates has risen substantially.
Market Outlooks
Behavioural Advisor: Beware Predictions and Magic Elixirs
The market and economy have gone through unprecedented events with a global pandemic, the shut-down of economies, massive government intervention and dramatic market swings.
Market Outlooks
Trends in Advisor Behavior During Market Volatility - Week of July 27, 2020
In addition to minor tweaks in asset class exposure, there was no meaningful change in cash flows, as allocations to cash have remained unchanged for almost two months.