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From Unprofitable To $115M AUM: Reinventing A 2nd Generation Advisory Business By Finding The Right Niche

Nerd's Eye View

As owners of financial planning firms approach retirement, some may decide to sell to an external buyer, while others may plan for an internal succession. Gary Siperstein, Jason's father, had built a successful investment management firm exclusively focused on managing portfolios of small-cap value stocks.

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The “Art” of Market Timing

The Big Picture

When you get it wrong, it crushes your retirement plans. My own track record at making big calls is pretty damned good, but none of our clients wants me slinging around their retirement monies based on my gut instinct. But when they get market timing wrong, they lose subscribers. I sure as hell don’t want to either.

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When, Where, and for How Long

The Big Picture

Within the equity portion of your portfolios, they can provide some measure of diversification. Oversimplifying them into narratives or relying on context-free myths will not serve your portfolio well. November 4, 2016) Bull & Bear Markets _ 1. Previously : Observations to Start 2023 (January 3, 2023) Bottoming?

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Five Things to do During a Stock Market Correction

The Chicago Financial Planner

Ideally you’ve been rebalancing your portfolio along the way and your asset allocation is largely in line with your plan and your risk tolerance. You should continue to monitor your portfolio and make these types of adjustments as needed. As Aaron Rodgers told the fans in Green Bay after the Packers bad start in 2016, relax.

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The Super Bowl and Your Investments

The Chicago Financial Planner

Quoted in a Wall Street Journal article before the 2016 game, respected Wall Street analyst Robert Stoval said, “There is no intellectual backing for this sort of thing, except that it works.”. What impact have the solid stock market gains of the past three years had on your portfolio? Costs matter. FINANCIAL WRITING.

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2 Reasons the Generic 60/40 Portfolio Fails

Integrity Financial Planning

This strategy tells you to put 60% of your portfolio in equities and 40% in bonds or other fixed-income offerings. 3] Because stocks account for 60% of the 60/40 allocation, their drop has affected 60/40 portfolios, sinking their value. In a 60/40 allocation, this negatively affects the whole portfolio. Sinking Bond Markets.

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Can Bitcoin Actually Help A Diversified Portfolio?

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

In the last few blog posts we've looked at portfolios that seek to replace bonds with alts in such a way to reduce portfolio volatility the way bonds used to. In a couple of instances we've created portfolios that outperformed Vanguard Balanced Index (VBAIX) a proxy for a 60/40 portfolio and did so with a lower standard deviation.