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Heavy Weights: The Real Story Behind Current Market Concentration

Financial Symmetry

Magnificent 7 : Refers to seven, large U.S. Source: Avantis Investors is an investment advisor registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. companies from the IT, consumer discretionary, and communication sectors: Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA and Tesla. August 2023.

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Getting Found – Your Google My Business Listing and the New SEC Marketing Rule

Midstream Marketing

One of the biggest challenges that most investment advisors face involves not just getting found online via search engines like Google, but getting found by the right audience at the right time – meaning a local one. A lot has changed even in the 40 years since the Investment Advisor’s Act was last amended.

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Secure Your Financial Legacy

Yardley Wealth Management

A good financial advisor can provide investment advice and help navigate the various types of financial advisors, such as registered investment advisors and fee-only advisors. When choosing a financial advisor, consider their costs and whether they earn commissions on products they recommend.

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Why an Investment Fiduciary Won’t Always Meet Your Best Interests

Envision Wealth Planning

You may have read that many “so-called” financial advisors do not work in the best interest of their clients (as a fiduciary does). In this case, advisors are employed by a company, whose interests they are paid to uphold. Making things worse, many people simply refer to any financial professional as a financial advisor.

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Why a Stock Peak Isn’t a Cliff

ClearMoney

Dimensional” refers to the Dimensional separate but affiliated entities generally, rather than to one particular entity. These entities are Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd., Dimensional Ireland Limited, DFA Australia Limited, Dimensional Fund Advisors Canada ULC, Dimensional Fund Advisors Pte.

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Tales from the Crypto: How to Think About Bitcoin

ClearMoney

Prohibiting the sale to retail clients of investment products that reference cryptoassets,” Financial Conduct Authority, June 10, 2020. Dimensional” refers to the Dimensional separate but affiliated entities generally, rather than to one particular entity. Alexandra Harney and Steve Stecklow, “Twice Burned – How Mt.

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Primer on Stocks

Yardley Wealth Management

Individual share prices vary enormously—from a few cents per share (you might hear these shares referred to as “penny stocks”) to hundreds of thousands of dollars per share (although stocks this costly are not common). When you buy stock, your cost basis is the total purchase price of the stock plus brokerage commissions and fees.