Research Magazine November 2010
Cover Story
‘Retirewent’…and how to get it back.
It's a dynamic and distinct discipline, yet retirement income planning continues to mystify many financial advisors, who are relying on classic investment advice to solve issues that require new thinking.
Editor's Note
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Financial Literacy Brigades
I usually look forward to long plane rides as an opportunity to catch up on some reading. And so it was on a recent cross-country...
Investment Spotlight
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Aerospace & Defense: Growth Seekers
Troy J. Lahr Stifel Nicolaus (443) 224-1319 tjlahr@stifel.com Northrop Grumman (NOC) reported Q2:2010 EPS of $2.34 compared to our estimate of $2.26 and consensus of $2.19. The stronger results...
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Sustainability: Strategically Profitable
For companies in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI), sustainable business practices represent a comprehensive approach to doing business. For investors, a company's inclusion in...
Features
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Vetting Advisors
Saul Nirenberg Founder, Saul Nirenberg & Co. (www.portfoliostrategy.com); New York Advice on 401(k) Business: "First, put together the best investment options.... Second, make sure [your] fees are...
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The Birth of Hedge Funds
Alfred Winslow Jones was a financial journalist before he became a wildly successful investor who would be known as the father of the hedge fund...
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Taxes: Up, Up and Away
The fierce Congressional floor debate over extending expiring Bush tax cuts except for the nation's top two percent of wage earners was postponed in September....
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How to Get an A on the Exam
In the last few issues of Research magazine, I have been "grading" different variable annuity products and focusing on the value of promises associated with...
Voices/Columnists
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Managing Problem Clients
Advisors are a unique breed! In addition to their core competencies, they also often need to be economists, communicators, educators, therapists and magicians in order...
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Broken Jobs Machine
In the early 1990s, when I was setting up the office of my consulting firm, we had a friend from Paris staying with us. He...
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Getting Back to Fun
Every financial advisor on the planet knows just how difficult the past few years have been. Tremendous amounts of wealth have vanished. Some of it...
News
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Assessing ETP Integrity
Having surpassed the $800 billion mark, the exchange-traded products (ETP) market (including both funds and notes) is now officially an 800 pound gorilla. But as...
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Unearthing Resources
If you're among the advisors digging for a natural resources component to place inside client portfolios, dig no more. A new ETF targeting the natural...
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More Index ETFs Debut
It was a busy third quarter for the Vanguard Group. The Valley Forge, Pa.-based fund giant expanded its ETF menu by adding 16 equity ETFs...
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PIMCO Adds Active Munis
PIMCO introduced the PIMCO Build America Bond Strategy Fund (BABZ) and the PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Fund (CORP). BABZ is an actively managed ETF...
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New Zealand Gets Its Own ETF
BlackRock launched the iShares MSCI New Zealand Investable Market Index Fund (ENZL), adding to its deep stable of single-country ETFs. ENZL owns 23 New Zealand-based stocks...
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ETN Embraces Volatility
The Barclays ETN+VEQTOR ETN (VQT) debuted. The new ETN will follow the S&P 500 Dynamic VEQTOR Total Return Index, which divides its notional investments across...
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Raymond James Executives at Confab: The Firm Is ‘Well Positioned’ for Growth
(St. Petersburg, Fla.) Speaking at the 16th annual Women's Symposium on Oct. 7, Raymond James Financial CEO Paul Reilly said the firm is tackling issues,...
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Barclays Boosting Advisor, Exec Force
Barclays Wealth said recently that it hired three executives from rival firms, including Donald Gershuny, formerly a BofA general counsel, who joined Barclays Wealth as general counsel for the Americas.
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Cetera Adds to Leadership Team
Cetera Financial Group, based in El Segundo, Calif., said Oct. 12 that Jon Frojen joined the firm as its chief financial officer. He replaces Ashley...
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Fund Results: Strong Third Quarter
The KBW Fund Performance Tracker found that equity funds for the 21 asset managers it followed were up about 9.1 percent in September and roughly...
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