Investment Strategies
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Wisdom, Not Necessarily Conventional
By Bob KeaneOne of the things that I've come to realize about "conventional wisdom" is that while it's most certainly conventional, it often contains little wisdom. One...
January 26, 2009
Assets in ETFs Reverse CourseFollowing three months of decline that began in the fall of 2008, assets invested in exchange traded funds grew by 11.9% in December 2008
January 09, 2009
Advisors Feeling OverwhelmedAs markets fluctuate and clients demand more ttention, maintaining a balance between physical and mental health is essential to the quality of planner's businesses
January 05, 2009
Currency Valuations on the Wane: Searching for Alpha, January 2009In this treacherous environment, one asset class seems to be the target of central banks - currencies.
January 01, 2009
Doing the work to maintain your current clientsIn the financial services industry, it's very easy to spend most of your time and resources on marketing for new clients. There's nothing wrong with that, but it's also very important that you continue to maintain a good
January 01, 2009
Asset Allocation"The key to 2009 is whether an Obama stimulus package can ignite consumer rebound," says Kelly, the chief market strategist for JPMorgan Funds, adding that...
January 01, 2009
More Pain, Then Pleasure (Maybe)Hindsight may always be 20/20, but in these market and economic times, the cognoscenti seem to agree that even perfect vision and an understanding of...
January 01, 2009
Green Investing in Trying TimesI'm sure that every generation of Americans has faced a crisis that gave them good reason to embrace Thomas Paine's revolutionary quotation of 1776. In...