How to Help Clients Plan for Asset-Based Long-Term Care Don breaks down asset-based long-term care and the benefits this type of planning can bring to advisors and clients alike. #insurance
How Seminars Can Change the Game for Advisors Did you know that seminars and now webinars, can be game-changers for financial advisors? #seminars #financialadvisors
Emerging ESG Trends in China As China’s equity markets gradually open up to foreign investors, Chinese companies could face greater scrutiny. #ESG #China
Have Active Managers Excelled in the Current Environment? Based on the events of 2020 it’s difficult to assert that active managers shine in down or volatile markets. #activemanagement
Big-Tech Drives the Market With Superb Earnings It seems the tech rally is not going away anytime soon and that could spell trouble for small-cap stocks. #stockmarket #stocs #investing
The Fed’s Tone Drives Investors to Top-Up Portfolios Investors are now “topping up their portfolios” after the U.S. Federal Reserve confirmed it would leave interest rates near-zero.
How the Pandemic Could Change the Real Estate Landscape The future of the real estate market depends on a number of factors that have yet to be resolved. #realestate #covid19 #investing
Catalyzing Diversity In FinTech The dream of fintech is to democratize access to investment tools, but its lack of diversity is a huge problem. #fintech #inclusion
Can Growth Stocks Get Growthier? How can investors make sense of the looming threats related to COVID-19 and an economic downturn. #stockmarket #downturn #investing
Why Annuities Can Be a Valuable Addition to a Portfolio Examine these benefits and considerations of annuities to help decide if they could be a good fit for your retirement plan. #annuities
Earnings and Stimulus Debate Weigh on Risk Congress will drag the virus relief bill talks down to the wire, but no one should doubt that more stimulus is coming and the federal government.
Why Emerging Markets Now? The current state of the U.S. dollar, interest rate differentials and GDP growth seem to be pointing to Emerging Markets. #investing
Bitcoin Price to Surge in Tandem With Gold on U.S. - China Tensions Bitcoin is set to surge this week, securing its safe-haven status as U.S. –China tensions escalate. #bitcoin #cyprocurrency #investing
When the QQQs Make You Queasy The tech theme is overbought and extended and the entire outperformance has been predicated on rising multiples. #stockmarket
The Digital Challenge for Leadership Companies cannot avoid digital. Becoming digital transformed is crucial for business survival. #digitalmedia #digitalmarketing
Playing Defense with Growth Stocks One of the defining aspects of the equity market so far this year has been the outsized returns of growth stocks. #stocks #defense
How to Raise Non-Materialistic Children Five findings to help parents lead their children toward a non-materialistic mindset. #finance #children #teaching #wealth
Economic Recovery Likely to Prove a ‘Stuttering’ Affair Markets face a choppy period over the summer and autumn with equities remaining at risk of a correction. #economy #stockmarket
Expect the Equity Market to Tread Water for the Rest of the Summer We have much higher confidence that over the next several years the economy is going to normalize as a vaccine for COVID-19 is found.
20 Local Search Ranking Signals To Boost Your Business What do all these local search ranking signals mean to your local SEO strategies? It can be concluded in two ways. #SEO #digitalmedia
News of US Housing-Market After 6 Months of Corona-Hit 2020 The housing market is going through a correction now. The practical news is currently the housing market is having an upsurge of more than 4%.
Why Tax Transparency and Responsible Tax Practices are Important in a Post COVID World Companies need to pay their fair share and responsible tax practices should be considered a core governance metric by investors.
How Machine Learning Works Here are a few ways that machine learnig works and how it uses data science to make it happen. #AI #technology #machinelearning
5 Ways to Become an Expert Salesman Subtle changes in your mindset, effective communication and confidence in your abilities will help you become an expert in your chosen field.
56% of Investors Say ESG Investments Are a New Safe-Haven Sustainable and responsible investments (ESG) are now regarded as ‘safe havens’ by the majority of investor. #ESG #sustainable
Surveying the Importance of Responsible Investing in Private Equity Responsible investing in private equity is expected to increase in importance as private equity managers seek to differentiate themselves. #ESG
COVID-19 Shedding New Light on Meatpacking Industry Problems The COVID-19 pandemic is exposing inherent weaknesses across industries, and the meatpacking industry has been particularly hard hit.
Many Companies Will Emerge Stronger From the Pandemic Companies that exhibited the best capabilities to serve customers as they began to shelter in place relied on innovation long before the pandemic emerged.
Has ESG Investing Outperformed So Far in the Pandemic? The question for investors should not be if ESG can lead to outperformance but rather, why make it any harder by avoiding ESG?
Markets Torn Between Monetary Support and COVID-19 Resurgence Selectivity will be key as we watch countries struggle between de-confinement and the new normal that has taken hold of the world. #stocks
Stocks Are on Their Feet ... Are They Ready to Run? Despite the Fed’s many programs, we expect the heightened volatility environment to persist, resulting in lower risk-adjusted returns. #stockmarket
Considerations for Increased Grantmaking During the Pandemic The current environment also offers unique opportunities to make a transformational impact on communities vulnerable to the pandemic’s social fallout
100 Largest US Power Producers Cut Carbon Emissions 8% Carbon dioxide emissions from the largest 100 power producers in the U.S. decreased 8% over the course of 2018. #ESG #carbondioxide
Is the Life Insurance I Have Through Work Enough? We see very often is that people don’t know what’s an appropriate amount of coverage to have when it comes to life insurance.
Exploring ETF Opportunities and a Flight to Quality Investors seeking to manage volatility may want to consider strategies that provide access to Quality companies. #ETFs #investing
What Do Valuations Typically Do in the Aftermath of Bear Markets? A logical consequence of higher prices and lower earnings are valuation multiples that might cause some concern. #stockmarket
Financial Services Firms Accelerating Technology Transformation to Navigate the Pandemic More than half of financial services companies plan to accelerate implementation of their next generation technology strategies. #digital
Owning Gold Is as Much About Diversification as It Is About Capital Appreciation The case for gold is much deeper than simply a story of potential capital appreciation. #alternative #gold #investing #stockmarket
ESG Issues Are Alive in Healthcare We see a variety of ways that healthcare innovation can improve both health outcomes and financial security for millions of people. #ESG
Rapid Advancement in AI Will Change Everything in Wealth Management Shareholders will start to demand that their banks look after their customers because more financially confident. #wealthmanagement
OCIE issues a new Cybersecurity: Ransomware Alert The OCIE issued a Ransomware Alert, highlighting an uptick in sophisticated social engineering and other cyber campaigns. #cybersecurity
Black Representation in Information Sector up in 2019; Asian Representation Dips In 2019, the percentage of Black employees in management and financial operations roles in the information sector rose to new highs
The Perfect Storm Brewing for Company Pensions Company pension holders should seek with their financial advisor the available ways to safeguard their retirement income. #pensions
Why the Market Rally Has Lost Steam The stock market rally off March lows has stalled in recent weeks. What’s keeping a lid on prices? #stockmarket #investing #invest
How to Expand Your Network by 40% on Your Inactive LinkedIn Account Check out this actionable step-by-step tutorial to get out of that zone and expand your network on LinkedIn. #network #linkedin
Making the Most of Your Retirement With an Informed Income Strategy Living the retirement you envision begins with investing and accumulating money over the course of many years. But it doesn’t end there.
Stocks Disconnected from Reality? Here’s Why Valuations Are Still Rational An all-weather portfolio will keep you financially healthier than those designed for only sunny or rainy weather. #stockmarket #investing
Why Investors Shouldn’t Be Spooked by Q2 Earnings Investors should widen their range of vision, and look at the contours of the economic recovery and how earnings estimates for 2021 shake out.
6 Trends to Efficiently Improve Your Accounting Accounting processes for businesses can be challenging and finding ways to efficiently improve them can involve a lot of research and innovation.
Why Advisors Should Serve Fewer Clients Is the average advisor handling more client households than he or she can mathematically or psychologically provide value to?