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Market Outlooks
Preparing Clients for Market Declines
This paper from American Funds analyzes the length and severity of past market drops in order to assist conversations with clients about market volatility.
Client Relationships
Help Your Clients Understand Account Types and Compensation
With more demands on your time, having conversations with clients will be critical to determine what account types and investment plans are in their best interests.
Client Relationships
Women and Investing: Myth vs. Reality
When it comes to finances, women are more likely to experience negative stereotypes about their investment knowledge than men, according to a new survey.
Retirement
Approaching Retirement: 3 Smart Money Moves in Your 50s
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After you turn the big 5-0, you need to get serious about retirement planning. Here are three things to do now to prepare for a brighter future for yourself and your loved ones.
Children & College Savings
Making the Case for College Savings
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American Funds provides resources to answer common client concerns and demonstrate how a 529 plan can help your clients pursue their college-savings goals.
Investing Ideas
New Workforce Natives: Millenials' Attitudes on Work, Retirement and Investing
American Funds commissioned new research to understand Americans' attitudes toward work,retirement and investing -- and what the rise of Millennials signals for the future.
Client Life Events
5 Money Tips for Freelancers: How to Declare Freedom From the 9 to 5
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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.
Client Life Events
An Estate Planning Checklist: 5 Ways to Protect Loved Ones
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You’ve worked hard to accumulate your wealth. An estate plan can help you leave a lasting legacy.
Children & College Savings
Expand Your Practice With 529 College Savings Plans
For many advisors, college savings represents an untapped practice-building opportunity. Learn how successful advisors use it to cultivate client interest and build a bigger client base.
Advisor Value & Fees
Becoming a Fiduciary
American Funds provides key considerations for financial professionals when developing and documenting a plan for your practice as you move forward as a fiduciary.
Leveraging Technology & Data
Rise of the Humans: Can Advisors Thrive in a Machine World?
The robots are no longer coming – they’re already here. And yes, they are after your job.
Investing Ideas
The Long View - Artificial Intelligence: It's Not the Future, It's Now
Artificial intelligence is poised to fuel the next wave of innovation, and potentially provide opportunities for companies and investors.