Sat.Mar 26, 2022 - Fri.Apr 01, 2022

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Are Boards Getting the Information they Need on Strategy, Culture and Risks?

Norman Marks

Today, I am hosting a Guest Post by Elliot Schreiber, PhD. I have a few comments at the end. _ Boards have responsibility for approving the strategy and risk appetite of the company. This requires directors to have sufficient information to assure themselves that they can make the best decisions possible at the time the […].

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Insane Gain After Fed & Ukraine Pain

Investing Caffeine

After a painful start to 2022, the stock market surged last month, with the S&P 500 index gaining a respectable +3.6%, while the technology-heavy NASDAQ index rose by +3.4%. With volatility on the rise, getting caught up in the emotions of the headlines can be challenging for some investors. At Sidoxia , we are determined to objectively stick to the facts and migrate investments to the areas of the market that provide the best risk-reward opportunities to our clients, based on their unique

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5 Things A Financial Advisor's Website Must Have

Advisor Websites

Your website is the central hub of your business; it's your brand image, informational resource for prospects, and sales generator. When someone is curious about your advising practice, or has been referred to you by someone else, they will be directed to your website where they will discover who you are, the services you provide, and how they can get in contact.

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Getting The Most Bang for Your Buck In This Hot Spring 2022 Housing Market

Gen Y Planning

Watching the housing market explode over the last couple of years has been like binging reality TV drama—outrageous list prices, all-cash offers, waiving inspections, intense bidding wars, real estate love letters to win sellers’ hearts, and other things you’d think only exist on the big screen, not real life. Now, let us welcome you to the Spring 2022 housing market.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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Board members talk about risk

Norman Marks

Two recent pieces share the thoughts of board members and advisors. McKinsey had a podcast and published an edited transcript in The role of the board in preparing for extraordinary risk. It makes the point that “Risks that threaten a company’s existence require unique interventions from the board”. A senior McKinsey advisor, Celia Huber, reported: […].

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Does Cryptocurrency Get a Step-Up in Basis Upon Death?

Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

With the rise of virtual currency – such as Bitcoin or Ethereum – there are many investors that have significant unrealized gains embedded in their holdings. But when someone passes away, their holdings may go through a step-up in basis (depending on what it is they’re holding and how it’s held, e.g. brokerage account, Roth IRA, etc.). Effectively, the value at the date of death becomes the new cost basis for that asset.

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How Women Can Reduce Anxiety by Making Smarter Money Moves!

Envision Wealth Planning

When it comes to women and money, anxiety can often ensue. Yes! Women can reduce their anxiety over money by making smarter moves. Over the course of a half-hour conversation, a new client used the word “anxiety” four or five times when talking about her finances. We addressed the fact that when women learn to make smarter money moves, they can reduce anxiety more than they may realize!

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Investing in Turbulent International Equity Markets, with Impact

Brown Advisory

Investing in Turbulent International Equity Markets, with Impact mhannan Wed, 03/30/2022 - 09:22 War, humanitarian crises, geopolitical tensions, inflation fears and uncertainty over interest rate policies have added turbulence to equity markets. We believe that a long-term investing approach focused on businesses with strong competitive advantages, with business models that generate high return on incremental invested capital, capable and rightly incentivized management teams and attractive val

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6 Common Money Fears and how to Conquer them

The Financial Literates

Money brings up all kinds of emotions within us. But the one that is more or less constant throughout and among many people is ‘Fear’ We fear talking about it, earning too much, earning too less, etc. Fear is deeply seated in our genetic drive to survive – this cannot be speedily wiped away with […].

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Avoiding Lease Accounting Pitfalls in 2025: Lessons Learned from Spreadsheet Errors

Speaker: Abdi Ali, Sr. Lease Accounting Consultant

Join this insightful webinar with industry expert Abdi Ali, who will discuss the challenges that can arise from managing lease accounting with spreadsheets! He will share real-world examples of errors, compliance issues, and risks that may be present within your spreadsheets. Learn how these tools, while useful, can sometimes lead to inefficiencies that affect your time, resources, and peace of mind.

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The Big Bounce

The Irrelevant Investor

Like most people, I'm fearful when others are fearful. I'll be the first to admit that ten days ago I was pretty nervous about the stock market. Still am. Did I think we would get a bounce? Yes. On March 12th I wrote about how nobody was bullish, myself included. Allow me to quote.myself. I said, "A lack of bulls doesn’t promise anything, but good things usually happen when nobody thinks they can.

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How to Add People to Your Email List (Video)

Indigo Marketing Agency

When I work with advisors to grow their businesses, we always start with assessing their email list. Email is still the bread and butter of marketing. But if you’re not growing your email list, it’s probably shrinking due to a small number of people unsubscribing each month. Here are my tips for growing your email list, as well as two videos to show how to add people to your email list in both Constant Contact and MailChimp!

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Ways to Prepare Your Finances for Unknowns, Including Recessions or Market Downturns

Darrow Wealth Management

“Far more money has been lost by investors preparing for corrections or trying to anticipate corrections than has been lost in corrections themselves.”. – Peter Lynch. Talking heads in the media and permabears love doomsday scenarios. They sky is always about to fall. Sometimes they’re right, most times they’re wrong. After all, even a broken clock can tell time twice a day.

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What Are The Other Roles Of Financial Advisor?

The Financial Literates

Financial advisors have always played a crucial role in the development of the financial industry.

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Back to Basics with Reconciliations

Join us in this webinar, where we share best practices on how to think about the reconciliation work each month, when best to do reconciliations, how they should be prepared, and some common pitfalls to avoid. Learning Objectives: This course objective is to understand how to properly prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations and its impact on the financial statements.

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Animal Spirits: Tighten Until Something Breaks

The Irrelevant Investor

Today’s Animal Spirits is brought to you by YCharts Enter here for the first 100 submissions to get a FREE YCharts Professional account until April 30th. On today’s show we discuss: The most actively traded ETF Stocks as an inflation hedge is the new narrative Recession v. non-recession insights Consumer wealth via Sam Ro Bonds are getting killed 37.9% of the adult US population has a bachelor's degree or higher When the optimists are too pessimistic A record number of US homebuyers are look

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How to Add People to Your Email List (Video)

Indigo Marketing Agency

When I work with advisors to grow their businesses, we always start with assessing their email list. Email is still the bread and butter of marketing. But if you’re not growing your email list, it’s probably shrinking due to a small number of people unsubscribing each month. Here are my tips for growing your email list, as well as two videos to show how to add people to your email list in both Constant Contact and MailChimp!

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Can You Retire Successfully Investing in Women’s Empowerment?

Envision Wealth Planning

YourStake Edition. Envision Wealth Planning has a passion for helping clients incorporate women’s empowerment and other personal values into their financial plans. We help clients invest in companies with strong financial records as well as how those companies treat the women who work for them. Our Founder and CEO, James Brewer wrote about the issue of women’s empowerment and investing for Forbes, Can Women Actually Retire Successfully by Investing in Gender Equality?

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What Are The Other Roles Of Financial Advisor?

The Financial Literates

Financial advisors have always played a crucial role in the development of the financial industry. Historically, we have seen individual advisors selling mutual fund units of Unit Trust of India, insurance policies of Life Insurance Corporation, bank and post office fixed deposits, NSC, PPF, public issue of shares of the company either directly or as […].

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2024 Lending Outlook: Innovations and Evolutions in the Financial Sector

As we step into 2024, the lending landscape evolves rapidly with technology, regulations, and market dynamics driving change. For banks and financial institutions to stay competitive and meet the evolving needs of their customers, these drivers must be understood and engaged with. Lenders can anticipate significant transformation fueled by technological advancements, regulatory shifts, and changing consumer behaviors.

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Small Business Tax Rates in New Hampshire

Steve Feinberg

Parsing any state’s tax code can be a multifaceted and complicated affair, but small business owners especially should understand what types of taxes they are required to pay if they live and operate their company in New Hampshire. New Hampshire is generally considered to be a business-friendly state when it comes to taxes—the state was ranked 6th in terms of state business tax climate—but there are a few things to know about what to expect when taxes are due.

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Talk Your Book: Protecting the Downside

The Irrelevant Investor

Today’s Talk Your Book is brought to you by Innovator ETFs Ben and I had Co-Founder and CEO Bruce Bond back on the show to talk about caps and buffers in today's market. On today’s show we discuss: Innovator ETFs in today's market How buffers, ladders, and step-ups work and when to utilize them Understanding the options embedded in Innovator ETFs Innovators Defined Wealth Shield ETF Innovators hedged Tesla ETF and the difference between a buffer and a floor Who these products benefit the most Li

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Cryptocurrencies: Signed Pieces of Paper in Search of the “Greater Fool”

Ron A. Rhodes

Do cryptocurrencies possess any real value? Years from now, this fad will pass.

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Blog #219: Exceptional Split-Dollar™ (Part 1 of 2) (Including a “Jim Harbaugh” Variation to Recruit a President for a Tax Exempt University)

Robert B. Ritter Jr.

(Click here for Blog Archive)(Click here for Blog Index) (Presentations in this Blog were created using the InsMark Loan-Based Split Dollar System) Editor’s Note: This blog presents a sizzling loan-based split-dollar plan. This executive benefit will be difficult to justify if interest rates increase considerably. Still, such a strategy can look terrific if you know […].

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Pricing for Profit: How to Set, Negotiate, and Succeed

Speaker: Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader

In today’s competitive market, pricing is more than just a number — it’s the cornerstone of profitability. The right pricing strategy ensures that you capture the true value of your offering, paving the way for sustainable growth and long-term success. Join Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader, in this exclusive session where he will explore how a well-crafted pricing approach balances customer perception with business objectives, creating a powerful tool for securing both competitive advantage a

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These Are the Goods

The Irrelevant Investor

Articles Most of what people share is what they want you to see. Skills are advertised, flaws are hidden. (By Morgan Housel) Once people belong , they automatically oppose or shut down any idea that seems to threaten their side (By Dror Poleg) I spent 140 ETH on a cartoon picture of an Ape. Yeah, that is around $400,000. (By Raoul Pal) Out of twenty-seven investments, ten have returned a gross MOIC of 10x or more already, with many stretching far beyond that figure (By Mario Gabriele) Ramp is th

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Establishing Your “Bucket List” with the “Five-Year Question”

Ron A. Rhodes

by Ron A. Rhoades, JD, CFP One key to happiness in life is identifying, then mapping out a plan for achieving, your lifetime goals.

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