Advisors
News updates, trends and analysis on financial advisors, investment advisors (RIAs), and financial planners (CFPs).
10 Ways to Help Prospects Who Want Income
By Bryce SandersThey have questions about your advisory firm. What are the income-producing investment choices you can offer them?
March 22, 2022
How to Safely Cash In on Your Home Equity WindfallIs it safe to use your home as an ATM, especially as fears of a recession loom? And, if so, what steps should you take?
March 21, 2022
Money Received Via Crowdfunding May Be Taxable, IRS SaysMoney received by soliciting others to fund businesses or support charities could be taxable.
March 21, 2022
Don't 'Torpedo' Medicare, Social Security in Retirement Plans: William MeyerRetiree Inc.'s CEO says good intentions can go wrong, such as when a Roth conversion raised a client's Medicare premium, an outcome that "will likely" get the advisor "fire[d]."
March 21, 2022
Almost Half of Advisors Plan to Use Crypto: CerulliCrypto "will be a routine part of all diversified portfolios," says Ric Edelman, who adds that the sooner advisors get this, "the better."
March 20, 2022
How to Manage Finances, Romance After 50A growing number of older Americans are finding that love is like a business partnership as soon as you live together.
March 20, 2022
RIAs Must Pivot or Face 'Certain Decline'With $30 trillion of money in motion, this is no time to be overly confident; instead, consider a new approach to retirement income planning.
March 18, 2022
Joining the Independent Wave? 3 Ways to Make It a Smoother RideAdvisors wanting to move to independence need to think it through and be smart about the process.