Marketing and Communications
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Avoid Assumptions—Especially About Family Members’ Roles
By Olivia Mellan, Sherry ChristieIn modern families, the decision makers may not be who you assume they are.
June 29, 2015
Which College Majors Are Solid Investments?Choose carefully if you want to be an advisor or anything else.
June 29, 2015
What Makes an Advisor Blog Great?Blogging can give a powerful boost to a financial advisor's careerif done right.
June 29, 2015
How Advisors Should Explore the Social Media UniverseLuddites loathe it; old-school types dismiss it. George Clooney scorns it. Nonetheless, the digital parallel world opens a new frontier of financial marketing and communication.
June 29, 2015
Financial Illiteracy: The Local SolutionPershing Advisor Solutions CEO Mark Tibergien, worried about the lack of financial literacy, did something quite personal about it.
June 29, 2015
What Advisors Should Know About 80% of American FamiliesMarried parents with children now represent only 20% of families. Here's what advisors should know to serve blended families, single-parent families and other "nontraditional" clients.
June 29, 2015
The Modern Family 80/20 RuleWhile most wealth may be concentrated in the 20% of American families that are "traditionally" structured, it is increasingly spreading to the other 80%.
June 29, 2015
What Makes Sequence of Returns Risk So DangerousWe recently advised readers of an obvious but overlooked retirement riskwhat retirement planner Dirk Cotton calls sequence of consumption risk.