Investment Advisor January 2013
Cover Story
S&P’s David Blitzer on What’s Next for the Markets
S&P's top index crafter spoke with Investment Advisor magazine on the stock market, the pileup of corporate cash and the sectors he finds promising.
Features
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Growth Gone Wild: 2012 Advisor Growth by Design Study
In the second article expounding the results of FA Insight’s 2012 growth study, the authors talk about the dangers of growing an advisory firm too fast.
Beginnings
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Heavy Impact
You knew it would happen.
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Schwab’s Bettinger and Clark Address the Present and Future
The last time Walt Bettinger sat down for an interview with Investment Advisor during a Schwab Impact conference, it was 2008 and the financial crisis was front and center.
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Making Sense of Commodity ETFs
Over the past decade, the emergence of new ETFs and other exchange-traded products (ETPs) has effectively democratized access to certain asset classes that had previously been out of reach for many non-institutional investors.
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Alternatives for Measuring Risk
I hear two words—“what if”—a lot from investors these days.
Columns
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How to Compete in a Saturated Market
The lack of clarity in financial services business models and the profusion of practitioners using virtually the same branding has created a saturated market. How do the great companies succeed in this environment?
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The Jaws of Defeat
Taking time out over the holidays to reflect on the past year has become one of my favorite exercises.
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Hope and Change for the Independent Advisory Business
There are a few macro trends that have the potential for reshaping the advisory world.
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Storm Urges
“Expect the best, but plan for the worst” is advice you’ve probably given your clients for years. But what happens when the worst is worse than their most awful fears?
Conclusions
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Securing Your Clients’ Information
Two common themes that have appeared during recent regulatory exams are the integrity of client assets and the integrity of clients’ information.
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Innovation and Sustainability Are Key to Recovery
An elevated risk premium suggests equities are extremely cheap versus bonds.
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Technical Analysis Led to Extinction of Fundamental Analysis—Almost
It used to be a fundamental analyst’s job to value a company by studying business operations, balance sheets and the effect that predicted future trends would have on a company’s ability to generate earnings and cash flow.
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Revolutionizing Advice
The broker-dealer industry has entered a period of profound change, one that is characterized by fundamental shifts in demographics and attitudes, and in the very nature of the advice model.
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What’s All the Fuss About Schapiro?
By the time you read this, Elisse Walter (at least temporarily) has replaced Mary Schapiro as chairman of the SEC.
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Event Spotlight
Think Retirement Income
October 10-11, 2013
Hyatt Regency, Boston, MA
The Retirement Income Symposium has a fresh, new look…welcome to the new and improved RIA Think Retirement Conference. We’re offering the same top-notch educational and networking opportunities to all RIAs, while still paying special attention to the challenges, and opportunities, of offering retirement incomes advice.
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