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Goals/Needs-Based Investing
Financial Planning Perspectives: Invest Now or Temporarily Hold Your Cash
Systematic implementation—commonly referred to as dollar-cost averaging—might provide some protection against regret but at the cost of higher returns.
Manager & Investment Selection
High Conviction: Creating Multi-Asset Portfolios Designed to Achieve Investors' Objectives
Explore three different case studies that illustrate specific ways in which active and factor-based strategies can be combined.
Portfolio Construction Insights
Getting Familiar with Global Portfolio Hedging
Invesco describes various hedging methods and the costs of hedging fixed income portfolios.
Portfolio Construction Insights
Bond ETFs: Financial Advisors Drive Use With Specialized Applications
BlackRock sponsors this Cerulli Associates report that asks 378 financial advisors about their use of bond ETFs.
Portfolio Construction Insights
Building Better Benchmarks
The BlackRock Portfolio Solutions team explores benchmarks and how to build them appropriately.
Behavioral Finance
Behavioral Advisor: Use Needs Rather than Fear for Allocation
Risk tolerance can result in poor risk management, significant misallocation of resources and a high degree of anxiety. AthenaInvest suggests using a needs-based planning instead.
Behavioral Finance
Trust and Financial Advice
Vanguard researchers break down strategies advisors can use to build greater trust with their clients.
Behavioral Finance
Behavioral Advisor: Look Beyond Cost For Active Management
Focus on low-cost equity mutual funds has increased dramatically in the past decade. While cost matters, mutual funds should be evaluated based on what investors get for the price they pay.
Behavioral Finance
Diversification: The Power of Winning by Not Losing
Just as we laud improbable and memorable athletic achievements without adequately accounting for risk and counterfactuals, we do likewise with large and singular financial events.
Business Development
The Four Fatal Assumptions We've Heard in 20 Years of Practice Management
Avoid falling prey to four of the most shortsighted assumptions many advisors make—and which Russell believes prohibit them from reaching their full potential.
Client Life Events
5 Money Tips for Freelancers: How to Declare Freedom From the 9 to 5
This piece is approved to use with clients.
As the gig economy grows, more workers find themselves juggling their finances as they build their own businesses. Planning and discipline can help them achieve financial security as they pursue their dreams.
Business Development
15 Questions to Help Smooth Your Succession Transition
Planning a smooth succession requires significant preparation, including detailed role clarity and intentional communication. Here are 15 questions to help get you there.