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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (May 18-19)

Nerd's Eye View

Also in industry news this week: The SEC this week announced a proposed rule that would require RIAs to collect and verify their clients' personal information in an effort to prevent illicit activity, though many firms likely are taking many of these steps already Why larger RIAs and those that have been acquired tend to have worse client and staff (..)

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ABLE Accounts in Wisconsin: Key Things to Know for WI Residents

Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

There are many types of accounts for individuals to employ as part of their saving and investment plan – IRAs, HSAs, FSAs, 529 plans, and more. However, there is one account that we haven’t covered before and doesn’t get a lot of attention when considering the alphabet soup of account types – an ABLE account.

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Is Now a Good Time to Invest? Consider These Factors

Clever Girl Finance

The key is maintaining consistent investment. My investing success story investing As someone who believes in long-term investing when it comes to building my assets, I can definitely say that sticking to a regular investment routine pays off. They can chip away at your returns.

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Three Things to Know About Recessions | Weekly Market Commentary | October 24, 2022

James Hendries

Technical Definition. First, a recession has an important technical definition that’s different than what many people think. Often that view is a good general approximation but not the technical definition. At LPL Research, our starting point is always looking at history. Jeffrey Roach, PhD, Chief Economist, LPL Financial.

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Market Commentary: Bull Keeps Going, 15 Years Since Global Financial Crisis

Carson Wealth

Yet, longer-term investors have once again been rewarded for sticking to their investment plans. Near bear markets in 2011 and 2018, a 100-year pandemic bear market in 2020 and then another bear market in 2022 made it anything but an easy 15 years. For 16–19-year-olds, the unemployment rate rose from 10.6%

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The Challenges of Bubbles

Validea

While there’s no universally accepted definition, we can outline some general characteristics and criteria: Extreme Valuations : Prices are significantly higher than can be justified by fundamental analysis. Think Long-Term : Maintain a long-term investment plan that you can stick with through market ups and downs.

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How to Invest $1 Million Dollars in Today’s Market (Without Blowing It)

Good Financial Cents

Instead of assuming interest rates are something to brag about, I thought I would tackle this area of investing as if interest rates were somewhat normal. In that case, I definitely would have a larger percentage of municipal bonds, the tax-free kind, in my portfolio. Step 11: Invest in Crypto.

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