Investment Advisor March 2013
Cover Story
Top 5 Retirement Issues
Investment Advisor talked to several of the main players on the retirement stage to get their thoughts on the big challenges of modern retirement.
Features
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Second Thoughts: Making Better Decisions
When messages from a client's rational and emotional minds are contradictory, we need to arrive at a resolution that integrates them.
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Continuity and Change: TD Ameritrade’s New Leadership
Tom Nally had a tough act to follow at TDAI, but a year after assuming the presidency, his leadership both embraces continuity and places his own stamp on the organization.
Beginnings
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No-Bull Bull Market
Sunny San Diego played host to this year’s TD Ameritrade annual conference, and the mood matched the weather.
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Sequestration Cuts Imminent; Government Shutdown Looms
As the nation braced for the $85 billion in sequestration cuts to kick in on March 1, Joe Lieber of Washington Analysis laid out the “numerous tools available” to blunt sequestration’s impact.
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Performance Dispersion—Why It Matters
Remember 2008? To paraphrase Dickens, it was the best of times for managed futures funds and the worst of times for almost every other strategy.
Columns
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Clients With Benefits: How to Protect Against Would-Be Moochers
One of the downsides to running a personal service business is that friends and relatives often expect a discount.
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Ketchum’s Big SRO Omission
Richard Ketchum, CEO of FINRA, omitted a crucial detail in a recent interview he gave.
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High Flyin’: Revisiting the Hybrid Model With HighTower
A few years ago, I did some publishing consulting work for Elliot Weissbluth, the CEO of HighTower Advisors in Chicago.
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Diamonds in the Rough: Reorganizing the Org Chart
I got an email the other day from an owner-advisor looking for help training an associate advisor to work directly with clients.
Conclusions
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Use Technology to Protect Clients' Personal Information
Clients may tell you how important it is for their personal information to be protected. What a lot of them don’t realize is that much of their information—some very personal and specific—is readily available on the Internet, usually free of charge.
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3 Keys to a Strong Facebook Policy
Facebook: The “wild, wild west” of social media. Can advisors use it?
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Equities Light Rocky Road to Recovery
We are cautiously positive for the global economy, and for global equities in particular, as we look ahead into 2013.
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Your Client’s Brain
You’re an advisor, so you like numbers. Here are some: 753, 3,000 and 900. Those are the numbers of registrants for three recent advisor-centric gatherings staged by FSI, TD Ameritrade Institutional and IMCA.
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Event Spotlight
Retirement Income Symposium
October 10-11, 2013
Hyatt Regency, Boston, MA
The symposium provides practical, innovative solutions to current industry challenges and provides advisors clear, actionable strategies that they can utilize to address their clients' needs.
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