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“The pebble in the shoe”: The power of metaphor

Investment Writing

I couldn’t get the phrase “the pebble in the shoe” out of my mind after an advisor mentioned it to me at an annual conference of the Financial Planning Association of Massachusetts back in 2011. The pebble in the shoe” or “The pressing problem your client wants to address”? For me, it’s clearly the first phrase.

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Financial Planning Tips For Advisors with Special Needs Clients

BlueMind

Category: Client Relations Financial planning is difficult for anyone, and even more so for someone who is a special needs person or has such a family member. Throughout your career as a financial advisor, many opportunities may arise for you to take on special needs clients.

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Financial Advisors Help Clients Cope During Times of Financial Stress

eMoney Advisor

A sense of ambiguity about the future and financial stress is taking a toll on our clients’ mental, physical, and relational well-being. And because you care about your clients, you are probably feeling the strain as you work to help them cope.

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MiB: Ken Kencel, Churchill Asset Management

The Big Picture

He launched the Churchill Financial Group in 2006, which was purchased by PE giant The Carlyle Group in 2011. This puts the company on the same side of the table as their clients, while giving the firm the potential for equity-level returns when companies do well.

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The Power Of Owning Something That Frequently Goes Down In Price

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

One pushed back on the logic behind using the AGFiQ US Market Neutral Ant-Beta ETF (BTAL) in client accounts. The managed futures blends' worst years in this study were 2011 when they were down slightly versus up 4.31% for VBAIX and 2018 when they were down 5.5%-6% There have been some engaging reader comments lately.

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The Challenges Of Being A Long Term Investor

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

Quite a few client holdings have been in the portfolio for more than 15 years. I've owned this stock for clients going back to at least 2011. If you ask most market participants, I think they'd say they are "long term" investors but what does long term mean? There are of course many definitions.

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Nouriel Roubini Enters The ETF Fray

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

PPFIX, MERIX and BTAL are client and personal holdings. The backtest runs from the start of 2011 to the end of 2020. There's no way to fit that many into a portfolio without having a portfolio of diversifiers hedged with a little bit of equity exposure which I don't think would be optimal.