Investment Advisor June 2006

Cover Story

Features

Beginnings

  • Looking Good!

    By Staff Writer

    Congratulations on the new look for Investment Advisor magazine. The added pictures, the larger type, and the layout are a real attention getter. With your...

  • Optimism Down, Hedge Inflows Up

    By Staff Writer

    In early May, the research organization Spectrem Group said that the investment outlook traced by its "affluent index" (based on a survey of households with...

  • Emerging Market Debt Rises

    By Staff Writer

    Bonds issued by emerging markets countries have benefited from an improving balance of payments, as well as trade and current account surpluses since increased global...

  • How the Leaders Cope

    By James J. Green, AdvisorOne

    When you ask a dozen advisors for their opinions on important issues you can expect some disagreement. Thus it was in the first IA Leaders'...

  • The Interpreter

    By Staff Writer

    Myra Salzer is a modest person. While she has been an advisor since 1983 (her first career was as a chemical engineer), she hints that...

  • Catching up with...

    By Staff Writer

    Quincy Krosby is the chief investment strategist at The Hartford. In that position, she speaks regularly to the brokerage community, to investment advisors, and to...

  • NUMEROLOGY

    By Staff Writer

    During the 2003-2004 election cycle, the Financial Planning Association's Political Action Committee (PAC) contributed $5,000 to federal candidates, according to Federal Election Commission. Among PACs...

  • GROUP THINK

    By Staff Writer

    The SEC said it will reduce fees on securities transactions and registrations by $1 billion in the fiscal year starting October 1, 2006. In fiscal...

  • CHANGES

    By Staff Writer

    John Kenneth Galbraith, one of the world's most widely read economists and author of the seminal work The Affluent Society, died in late April at...

  • UPGRADES

    By Staff Writer

    At the Fidelity Brokerage Company's Executive Forum, President Ellyn McColgan said FBC is increasing overall technology spending to $950 million. "We've probably spent about $10...

  • ASSET ALLOCATION

    By Staff Writer

    To learn this month's recommended asset allocations of Investment Advisor's panel of distinguished economists and money managers, click here

  • What's the News?

    By Staff Writer

    The old journalism joke goes that the definition of "news" is what the editor experienced that day, or week, or month. When the guy at...

Columns

Conclusions

  • The Healthcare Crisis

    By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne

    How dire is the healthcare and retirement planning situation in America? In early May the trustees for Social Security and Medicare reported that the Social...

  • Behind the Numbers

    By Staff Writer

    Freud famously asked, "What do women want?" but at Financial Finesse, we can answer a question more pertinent to advisors' lives: What do consumers want...

  • News & Products

    By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne

    Baby boomers and seniors--don't confuse the two. By today's standards, boomers are middle aged, and they're not ready to think about retirement, nor are they...

  • Retirement Advisor Profile

    By Staff Writer

    Retirement planning in itself is already a daunting task, so imagine what it will be like in the next few years as those 76 million...

  • Regulating Annuity Sales

    By Elizabeth D. Festa

    The NASD is taking steps to assess oversight of the sales of all types of annuities by the patchwork quilt of regulatory agencies overseeing the...

  • News & Products

    By Staff Writer

    At the Fidelity Executive Forum in late April, Fidelity Brokerage Company's National Financial (NF) clearing firm unit demonstrated a number of new services and products...

  • Back to Basics

    By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne

    New products and strategies proliferate in the insurance industry as companies work hard to keep up with modern needs, but advisors should not lose sight...

  • Playing Offense With an IPS

    By Staff Writer

    Imagine yourself IN the future meeting a potential buyer of your practice and standing by while one of your staff members demonstrates the efficiency of...

  • Transfer Time, Part 1

    By Staff Writer

    One of the significant issues that will be faced by retiring baby boomers is how to keep their accumulated wealth within their families. Such clients...

  • The Next Investment Scandal?

    By Staff Writer

    The IRS issued guidelines on 1031 exchanges to tenants-in-common properties (TIC) in 2002. Since then, billions of dollars have poured into investments loaded with promoter...

Sidebar Stories

  • DON DEWAAY

    By Staff Writer

    CEO/Owner DeWaay Capital Management 1415 Grand Avenue, West Des Moines, Iowa 50265 Phone: (515) 224-9861 Fax: (515) 224-0305 info@theprofitzone.com www.theprofitzone.com Year firm started: 1987 Number of advisors in firm: 4 AUM: $500 million-plus Compensation method: Fee-based...

  • A Transitions B/D

    By Staff Writer

    What happens if a representative becomes disabled or passes away? "Normally the broker/dealer would retain all commissions, and the surviving spouse or beneficiary would receive...

  • The Best B/Ds

    By Staff Writer

    Balloting for Investment Advisor's 16th annual Broker/Dealers of the Year awards will take place online only at www.investmentadvisor.com from June 1 through July 1. All...

  • Tax Cuts Extended

    By Staff Writer

    Both the House and Senate passed a $70 billion tax cut package last month that extends through 2010 a 15% tax rate on capital gains...

  • Modesty Becomes Her

    By Staff Writer

    Myra Salzer today pooh-poohs the idea that she has been a success in her profession, but her modesty is nothing new. In a cover story...

  • Behind the Numbers, with Liz Ann Sonders

    By Staff Writer

    Charles Schwab's chief investment strategist has bumped up Schwab's stock allocation this month and notes that the increase is a result of a bullish outlook...

  • Which Half Is Wrong?

    By Staff Writer

    Years ago, I read somewhere (maybe it was in that scholarly journal Readers Digest) that a dean at Johns Hopkins Medical School welcomed an incoming...

  • You Are Important

    By Staff Writer

    You may not doubt the value you offer clients, but two recent pieces of research should warm the cockles of your heart when it comes...

  • Leveraging Marriage

    By Staff Writer

    Gavin Morrissey, advanced planning consultant to Commonwealth Financial in San Diego, notes that one excellent use for life insurance in estate planning is within a...

  • A Sample Vision Statement

    By Staff Writer

    We are known for superior client service, which means that we are accessible to our clients, willing to be measured according to their expectations, and...

  • About the Manager

    By Staff Writer

    All in all, G. Kenneth Heebner, CFA, manages $4.7 billion in four mutual funds at CGM. In addition to the CGM Realty Fund, he manages...

  • Big Apple Boom

    By Staff Writer

    In looking at the most promising real estate markets around the country in which he can invest, CGM Realty Fund's Ken Heebner is in a...

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