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Financial Planners Play Therapist to Paralyzed Liberals
By Ben StevermanPost-election, advisors find themselves playing political therapists for distraught progressive clients, coaxing them to stick to investment plans.
November 10, 2016
The election's dramatic effect on insurance stocksLife insurers' stock prices surged, while health insurance stocks plunged.
November 09, 2016
3 Market Takeaways From Trump WinThe post-election market action on Wednesday contains interesting pointers about the direction of stocks as we close out the year.
November 07, 2016
4 Top Analysts Predict Markets, Metals After ElectionThere is an emerging consensus among investment analysts when it comes to the impact Clinton and Trump could have.
November 03, 2016
Factor Investing and Risk: The Anomaly of Low VolatilityTo understand the volatility anomaly, it is important that investors understand what economists have learned about the factors that are responsible for stock returns.
October 24, 2016
Actively Going Passive, but at What Cost?Over the past few weeks, as weve traveled around the country visiting with advisors, a few common themes have arisen.
October 05, 2016
Jeremy Siegel on Biggest Threats to Market, Impact of ElectionThe Wizard of Wharton discusses what a Trump or Clinton victory means and how 2016 earnings will set the table for 2017.
October 03, 2016
What September’s Market Resilience Says About Stocks: Searching for Alpha for October 2016If the worst-case scenario didnt come to fruition in the markets last month, it probably wont in Q4.