Ritholtz to Alt Fund Investors: Beware ‘Negative Alpha’
By Barry RitholtzBarry Ritholtz asks: Why should individual investors want to invest like a hedge fund?
August 04, 2014
Minimizing the 3.8% Medicare Tax From Retirement Account DistributionsAdvisors can prove their worth in helping clients minimize the impact of the new 3.8% net investment income tax that can come from retirement accounts.
August 04, 2014
How an Advisor Can Outsource Money Management While Staying InvolvedManaging money on your own takes a lot of work, but this outsourcing strategy allows me to stay involved while using the best managers.
August 04, 2014
What Hogwarts and the Advisor Network Summit have in commonOne is imagined; the other one is happening August 13 to 15 at the Venetian in Las Vegas. Yet they're not as different as they may appear.
August 04, 2014
“I Hate Using the Phone!” …and other Reasons to Rethink Your BusinessWhy on earth would a person choose to become an advisor if they had no control over their day-to-day activities?
August 01, 2014
FINRA Move on Brokers' Expungement a Good First StepOver the past five years, state securities regulators have used the CRD and IARD public records to weed out more than 20,000 bad actors.
August 01, 2014
How Advisors Use Liquid Alts: The Business Continuity IssueAdvisors use liquid alternative investments for several reasons, like to reduce portfolio volatility. One of the overlooked reasons involves the health of their own firms.
August 01, 2014
This Isn’t a Stock Market Top: Searching for Alpha for August 2014Wheres the market going? Was yesterday a harbinger or a blip? GDP, earnings and jobs reports could help quell the "call-the-top" hysteria.
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