financial products

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  REIT Returns Are on a Roll

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 13, 2013

  ETFs that track REITs are doing well, but aren't keeping pace with the markets as consistently as their indexes.

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  LinkedIn Courts Advisors as Social Media Use Grows

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 2, 2013

  LinkedIn super user Cathy Curtis of Curtis Financial Planning says she uses social media to market her personal brand.

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  Hurricane Lessons

  By Bob Seawright  |  April 29, 2013

  When people calculate their risk of hurricane damage and make decisions about hurricane insurance, they consistently misread their prior experience and make poor choices, according to a recent study.

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  Reality Bites: Gen Xers Aren’t Slackers Anymore, MetLife Says

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  April 26, 2013

  The unthinkable inevitable has happened: Gen Xers are identifying more with their Boomer parents as they enter middle age and shoulder the burdens of work, family and financial planning.

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  The CFPB Warning on Senior Designations: Off the Mark

  By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne  |  April 23, 2013

  Is cracking the whip on deceptive seminars for seniors really the most important issue a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should be pursuing?

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  Five Steps to Improve Gen X, Y Retirement Returns: LIMRA

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  April 22, 2013

  Looking back at research it released in February on Gen X and Gen Y consumers’ financial knowledge, during a media roundtable at the 2013 Retirement Industry Conference on Thursday, LIMRA identified five steps younger investors could take to improve their outcomes in retirement.

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  Are Diamonds the New Gold?

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  April 19, 2013

  Tight supply, growing demand, a coming ETF and a new exchange for investment-grade diamonds may add sparkle to a gem that has resisted commoditization.

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  CFPB Calls for ‘Rigorous’ Standards for Senior Designations

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  April 18, 2013

  The CFPB told Congress, the SEC and state regulators that the alphabet soup of “senior designations”—more than 50—confuses older Americans and that a three-pronged approach is needed to protect the elderly from fraud.

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  A Modest Proposal: Prosecute Non-Fiduciaries Using Term ‘Advisor’

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  April 8, 2013

  Dalbar CEO Lou Harvey has strong medicine for the ills described in today's fiduciary debate: allow only fiduciaries to call themselves advisors, prosecuting those who misappropriate the name.

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  Top 10 Ways to Stop Elder Financial Scams

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  March 28, 2013

  CFP Board consumer advocate Eleanor Blayney describes 10 common situations in which older Americans are vulnerable to financial abuse and offers advice to guard against it.