The Big Picture

APRIL 8, 2023

His next book, “The Corporate Lifecycle: Business, Investment, and Management Implications,” will be published in December. ” Buffett doesn’t have to worry about his clients asking tough questions because his clients are the actuarial tables. He received his MBA and Ph.D.

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Wealth Management

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Therese Icuss, managing director, portfolio management and underwriting, Fidelity Investments, unlocks the vast potential of the U.S. and China middle market, Fidelity's unique approach to bespoke portfolios, and prioritizing client success in the fidelity private credit fund.

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Jason is the CEO of Altruist, a relatively new RIA custodian that has quickly grown to serve more than 3,500 advisory firms across the country, making it the 4th-largest independent RIA custodian by firm count.

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The Big Picture

APRIL 6, 2023

Here is why: These posts seem to be a bizarre combination of public records scraping and AI; they look like they were designed to generate clicks rather than reflect honest investment recommendations. RWM runs over $3 billion in client assets. But as the Chief Investment Officer of RWM, I can assure you that it is utter nonsense.

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Welcome to the October 2023 issue of the Latest News in Financial #AdvisorTech – where we look at the big news, announcements, and underlying trends and developments that are emerging in the world of technology solutions for financial advisors!

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Abnormal Returns

JULY 31, 2023

investmentnews.com) Portfolio management How to evaluate a client's investment portfolio. theatlantic.com) 2022 saw a jump in investment fraud. financial-planning.com) How younger advisers can better connect with young clients. riabiz.com) Savvy Wealth is pushing hard on the AI front.

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

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Abnormal Returns

MARCH 15, 2024

(podcasts.apple.com) Finance Patrick O'Shaughnessy talks with Anne-Marie Peterson who is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. joincolossus.com) Barry Ritholtz talks with Mark Wiedman, head of global client business at investing giant Blackrock ($BLK).

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Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 22, 2024

In the early days of wealth management, a financial advisor's value proposition was relatively explicit, typically focusing on a limited range of portfolio management activities (e.g., selling and trading) or on sales-oriented advice that centered on implementing insurance products.

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Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 28, 2024

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" – this week's edition kicks off with the news that a recent study found that at a time when the number of SEC-registered broker-dealers and their registered representatives is declining, the number of SEC-registered RIAs, their assets under management, and the number of (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Anh is the Founder and Managing Partner for SageMint Wealth, a corporate LPL-affiliated RIA based in Orange, California, that oversees nearly $325 million for 195 client households.

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Steve Sanduski

DECEMBER 11, 2024

01 What Triggers the Need to Transition Clients to a New Advisor? Transitioning clients between advisors within a financial firm can be a challenging and emotionally charged process. Eventually, Erin realized that in order to grow further and ensure the highest quality of service, he needed to transition his clients to other advisors.

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Nerd's Eye View

JULY 3, 2023

This month's edition kicks off with the news that Pershing X has announced the launch of its long-awaited (and newly renamed) “Wove” advisor technology platform – which despite purporting to be an open-architecture, multi-custodian solution allowing advisors to smoothly integrate all the technology they choose to bring onto it, in (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Early on, the ‘financial plan’ was primarily used as a way to demonstrate a prospective client’s ‘gaps’ and needs for products such as mutual funds or life insurance (which the advisor would then be ready to sell to the client). What’s notable, however, is that the most ‘productive’ (i.e.,

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Financial Planner Certified Financial Planner Financial Planning CFP 245

Indigo Marketing Agency

MARCH 20, 2025

Recession Concerns & Market Volatility: How Financial Advisors Should Communicate With Clients As financial advisors , youre well aware that so far the 2025 financial market has been more unpredictable than a toddler. Right now, your clients dont just need portfolio management; they need perspective. The right way?

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Mark is the Chief Investment Officer of Noble Wealth Management, an RIA based in Greenwood Village, Colorado, that oversees $320 million in assets under management for 160 client households. My guest on today's podcast is Mark Asaro.

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The Big Picture

MAY 31, 2024

This week, we speak with Jeffrey Sherman , deputy chief investment officer at DoubleLine Capital. Be sure to check out our Masters in Business next week with Peter Mallouk, CEO of Creative Planning, which manages over $300 billion in client assets. All of our earlier podcasts on your favorite pod hosts can be found here.

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The Big Picture

AUGUST 9, 2024

Named one of the 25 most influential people by Investment Advisor, his breakthrough book, “ What Investors Really Want , ” changed how we view investor motivations. Statman believes Financial Advisers should also serve their clients as “Well-Being Advisers.”

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 18, 2022

equivalent of nearly $60 million in assets under management for 115 client households. Louis is the Director of WealthUp, an independent advice practice based in Cape Town, South Africa, that oversees the U.S.

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The Big Picture

MARCH 20, 2024

At the Money: Benefits of Quantitative Investing (March 20, 2024) Throughout history, investing has been a lot more “Art” than “Science.” But today, data is widely available and it’s a key tool you can use to enhance your portfolio returns. For most of the last century, investing was a lot more art than science.

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Brown Advisory

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Flexible Equity Strategy: Portfolio Manager Maneesh Bajaj Discusses His Investment Approach. The strategy has a flexible approach to investing, that is why we have flexible in our name. We like to refer to our investment approach as having a “value philosophy”, which is distinct from a “value style” of investing.

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Advisor Perspectives

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Advisors are being asked to provide their clients with a full suite of solutions, ranging from estate and tax planning to portfolio management, and everything in between. Clients are increasingly eager to gain access to fully customizable solutions that meet their individual needs.

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Meb Faber Research

AUGUST 12, 2022

The post Ehren Stanhope, O’Shaughnessy Asset Management – The Great Inflation, Factors, and Stock Returns (The Best Investment Writing Volume 6) appeared first on Meb Faber Research - Stock Market and Investing Blog.

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Tobias Financial

APRIL 8, 2025

Our Portfolio Manager, Chad NeSmith, CFA, CFP was recently quoted in an Associated Press article discussing how retirees are reacting to the market volatility spurred by the latest tariff announcements. This is a valuable time to revisit your investment strategy. So, what should retirees do right now?

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Don Connelly & Associates

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Robo-advisors, for example, offer algorithm-based portfolio management services that can reduce the need for human intervention in certain advisory functions. AI tools can sift through massive datasets, analyze market trends, and generate investment strategies, all at a fraction of the cost and time it would take a human advisor.

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AdvicePay

JULY 14, 2022

The adoption of the fee-for-service financial planning model is changing the dynamics of business operations inside wealth management firms. This post offers a framework for establishing an annual client service calendar that you can customize for the way you deliver financial planning services.

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Sara Grillo

AUGUST 15, 2022

In this podcast we don’t discuss the basics of direct indexing or talk about any of the direct indexing providers per se, but instead we focus on how to apply it to client portfolio management. Igor Smolyanskiy of Vilga Financial performs direct indexing for about 1/3 of his client base. What is direct indexing?

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Validea

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Jeff is the manager of the Muhlenkamp Fund, which has managed client money for over three decades. We discuss his approach to finding undervalued securities and the portfolio management process he uses to manage the fund. In this episode, we speak with Jeff Muhlenkamp. Listen on Apple. Listen on Spotify.

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Abnormal Returns

MAY 22, 2023

riabiz.com) Why Bain Capital invested in CI Private Wealth. wealthmanagement.com) Carson Group and Trust & Will announced a new partnership (thinkadvisor.com) Direct indexing For what clients is direct indexing appropriate? advisorperspectives.com) Direct indexing involves two parts: index construction and portfolio management.

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Nerd's Eye View

APRIL 9, 2024

Andrew is the Managing Partner of Geometric Wealth Advisors, an RIA based in Washington, D.C., that oversees approximately $750 million in assets under management for about 200 client households.

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Clever Girl Finance

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

When you’re new to investing, it can seem like there’s a lot of information to learn. But you have to start somewhere—so you might as well start with the best investing websites right off the bat! Table of contents What makes the best investment websites the best ? 6 Best investing websites for research (and taking action!)

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Good Financial Cents

AUGUST 11, 2022

I once had a client ask me, “Jeff, if you had a million dollars, how would you invest it?”. The reality is, there are a ton of different strategies I would personally use to invest $1 million dollars, and to help this seed money grow into even more cash over time. Ad Robo-Advisors move with the market to ensure your investments.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

They are a publicly traded investment manager, stocks symbol DHIL, that have been public since day one since 2016. They do a number of things at Diamond Hill that many other investment shops don’t. And so I felt like all of those experiences just really led me to love investing. Brilliant is CEO of Diamond Hill.

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Tobias Financial

MARCH 11, 2025

Stay up to date with market insights from our Portfolio Manager, Charles Chad NeSmith, CFA, CFP. DISCLOSURES Tobias Financial Advisors is registered as an investment advisor with the SEC. In this update, Chad discusses inflationary and deflationary pressures, as well as the potential economic impact of tariffs.

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Brown Advisory

APRIL 21, 2023

While this buoyed energy markets, it renewed palpable fears of prolonged inflation across the broader economy and investment community. Our portfolio managers differ in how they incorporate “the macro” into their thinking on portfolio construction, although there are points in common.

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Good Financial Cents

JUNE 11, 2023

One thing that I have craved for investors is a tool that allows you to sync all your financial accounts – your investment portfolio, checking and savings accounts, credit cards and other loan accounts – in one place, and then provides an investment-related analysis of your entire portfolio.

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The Big Picture

AUGUST 16, 2022

The firm that he’s built is one of those very quiet, very successful entities that without a whole lot of media coverage, without a whole lot of fanfare, just amassed an enormous amount of capital because they’ve done so well for their clients over time. John was one of our managers that we had, you know, our clients invest in.

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