Investment Advisor November 2006

Features

Beginnings

  • Tell Us How You Really Feel

    By Staff Writer

    I read your article "Board to Death: Reloaded," (Bob Clark's monthly column, Clark at Large) in the September 2006 issue, and am not really sure...

  • 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 Behind the Numbers, with Lincoln...

  • How to Find Good Managerial Talent

    By Jeff Joseph

    Picking the right hedge fund manager was probably never easy, but in recent years it has become an even greater challenge. Yet it is essential:...

  • Blending In Nicely

    By Staff Writer

    Large-cap blend funds seek to combine the best of both worlds--growth-oriented stocks which provide high earnings growth, tempered by value-oriented issues which offer the stability...

  • Still Not Ready

    By Savita Iyer-Ahrestani, AdvisorOne, Savita Iyer-Ahrestani, AdvisorOne

    Although they might be confident in their savings for retirement, when it comes crunch time, many affluent retirees and pre-retirees find themselves ill equipped because...

  • Good Time to Be an RIA

    By James J. Green, AdvisorOne

    If Deborah McWhinney should ever want to change jobs, she could easily become the RIA community's designated cheerleader. When asked in an October interview what...

  • Catching up with...

    By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne

    Once, if an advisor wanted corporate bonds for a client there were three choices: buying them directly; in a unit trust; or a mutual fund....

  • 300 Million, and Changing

    By Staff Writer

    The Census Bureau made the announcement on October 17 that the population of the United States crossed the 300 million threshold. The makeup of the...

  • Dow Jones Combines CRM and News

    By Kara P. Stapleton

    In the race to develop a service for advisors that combines content and client communications, Dow Jones is the latest to market with the launch...

  • Teslik Leaves CFP Board

    By James J. Green, AdvisorOne

    Sarah Ball Teslik, who joined the CFP Board of Standards as CEO in 2004 and sparked many changes at the Board, has resigned from the...

  • Group Think

    By Kara P. Stapleton

    The Financial Planning Association announced the winners of its first-ever Heart of Financial Planning Distinguished Service Awards, recognizing those who engage in exceptional work and...

  • Changes

    By Staff Writer

    TIAA-CREF announced the election of Forrest Berkley to the CREF Board of Trustees. Berkley will serve on the Investment Committee and the Audit and Compliance...

  • Upgrades

    By Kara P. Stapleton

    A new Fidelity Investments poll reveals that 54% of parents with children age 10 or younger who do not have a 529 plan are now...

  • On the Frontier

    By James J. Green, AdvisorOne

    Percy Bolton stands out in several ways. He's a thoughtful financial planner and investment consultant to individuals and institutions who nevertheless loves his technological tools,...

  • Enough Already

    By James J. Green, AdvisorOne

    When it comes to professions that Americans love to hate, sitting at the bottom of the barrel in most such surveys are used-car salesmen, journalists,...

Columns

  • Just Rewards

    By Mark Tibergien

    The cartoon strip Dilbert by Scott Adams terrifically captures the essence of business life, and the motivation/demotivation dichotomy is often satirized. In a recent cartoon,...

  • Name Game

    By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne, Bob Clark, AdvisorOne

    Working on the 2006 Moss Adams Financial Performance Study of Advisory Firms has been an enlightening experience. Not only does the Moss Adams team offer...

  • Digging Deeper

    By Susan L. Hirshman

    In last month's article ("Eureka!," Investment Advisor October 2006 cover story)--we discussed the benefits of mining the data in clients' 1040s in an effort to...

  • Watch Those Fees!

    By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne

    The United States Department of Labor is determined to issue a new fee-disclosure rule by year-end that will require mutual fund companies and retirement plan...

  • Operation Ownership

    By Angie Herbers

    At a conference I attended a few years ago, one of the panelists in a "best practices" session proudly boasted that his successful practice had...

Conclusions

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