Nerd's Eye View

MAY 8, 2023

Traditionally, financial advice and tax preparation have existed as 2 related, but separate, services. Besides the fact that many financial advisors don’t hold the necessary credentials (e.g.,

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Abnormal Returns

AUGUST 26, 2024

riabiz.com) How AI could be deployed in financial advice. (kitces.com) The pleasures of going from investment FOMO to JOMO. advisorperspectives.com) What does it mean to be a robo-advisor anymore? riaintel.com) Why Ryan Eisenman co-founded alternative asset data provider Arch. citywire.com)

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Taxes Financial Advising Financial Advice Planning 263

Abnormal Returns

DECEMBER 11, 2024

(podcasts.apple.com) Christine Benz and Jeff Ptak talk with Tom Idzorek and Paul Kaplan about their new book "Lifetime Financial Advice: A Personalized Optimal Multilevel Approach." sites.libsyn.com) Peter Lazaroff on some year-end tax strategies. wsj.com) Why some wealthy Americans simply fail to file their taxes.

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Retirement Financial Advice Taxes Financial Planning 147

Abnormal Returns

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

riabiz.com) Taxes How pre-tax retirement contributions provide flexibility down the road. kitces.com) Tax strategies if the TCJA expires in 2026. (riabiz.com) Kitces' FinTech Solutions Map just keeps growing. riabiz.com) Charles Schwab ($SCHW) is mothballing the Institutional Intelligent Portfolios platform.

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Financial Advice Fee Only Estate Planning Taxes 130

The Big Picture

MARCH 18, 2025

Media Madness : Do we really need 24/7 financial advice for our investments we wont draw on for decades? when the best course for our long-term financial health is to do nothing? Be tax-aware. Why are we constantly prodded to take action now! Own a broad set of low-cost equity indices for the best long-term results.

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Investments Investing Math Media 317

Abnormal Returns

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

thinkadvisor.com) Cutting IRS workers is going to make life more difficult for tax preparers (and payers). citywire.com) Your (potential) clients are looking online for financial advice. (citywire.com) How Jacob Turner turned a professional baseball career into a wealth management business. How to do better for clients.

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Wealth Management Retirement Planning Financial Advice Clients 147

Abnormal Returns

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Podcasts Daniel Crosby talks with Michael Kitces about automation and the future of financial advice. smokestack.beehiiv.com) The first rule of financial advice is 'do no harm.' standarddeviationspod.com) Michael Kitces talks with Jason Wenk, CEO of Altruist, about how he is trying to build an all-in-one investment OS.

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Planning Financial Advice Wealth Management Math 264

Abnormal Returns

JANUARY 15, 2024

(riabiz.com) Why women are still struggling to make progress in the world of financial advice. citywire.com) Taxes There simply aren't enough tax preparers to go around. citywire.com) Taxes There simply aren't enough tax preparers to go around. riabiz.com) Avise is a cooperative platform for advisers.

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Financial Planner Wealth Management Retirement Planning Financial Advising 278

The Big Picture

MAY 9, 2024

At least one person1 has noticed the risks to young consumers of social media: Since August 2020, @TikTokInvestors has been curating the most outrageous money-losing and dangerous videos culled from the “financial experts” at TikTok. The advice ranges from wrong to risky to criminal: -401ks? Not if you spend tax season on a boat!

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that the shift in financial advice from pure investment management to comprehensive financial planning continues, with more individuals becoming CFP professionals than CFAs in the past few years as consumers increasing the diversity (..)

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Financial Planner Financial Advice Financial Advisor Tax Planning 246

Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 23, 2024

While the financial advice industry has transformed in many ways over the past several decades, one aspect that has remained relatively constant is the use of the Assets Under Management (AUM) fee model as a common way for many advisors to get paid.

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Clients Financial Advice Financial Planning Financial Advisor 246

Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 13, 2025

Which is surprising to some, given that a decade ago, the emergence of so-called "robo-advisors" was supposed to displace human financial advisors and compress advisory fees. In reality, though, the robos struggled to gain traction, and the human financial advice business just continues to grow.

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Financial Advice Ethics Financial Planning Education 148

Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 20, 2023

Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” – this week’s edition kicks off with the news that several states are considering a series of tax hikes targeting higher-income and ultra-high-net-worth residents after similar proposals failed to pass at the Federal level.

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Financial Planner Financial Advice Fee Only Financial Planning 246

Abnormal Returns

DECEMBER 25, 2023

(wealthmanagement.com) Advisers Six lessons learned from 20 years in the business of financial advice. morningstar.com) Wealthy couples have some tax levers to pull in retirement. advisorperspectives.com) Do financial advisers recommend annuities to their clients? riabiz.com) When should you hire?

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Financial Advising Startup Commission Financial Advice 289

Abnormal Returns

JUNE 14, 2023

open.spotify.com) Taxes 11 tax moves that small business owners should consider. thomaskopelman.com) Donations to NIL collectives are likely not tax-deductible. crr.bc.edu) Lessons learned from the new movie "This is Not Financial Advice." (clippingchains.com) Peter Lazaroff on how to best use HSAs.

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Financial Advice Taxes Planning 246

Abnormal Returns

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

standarddeviationspod.com) Compliance Jason Zweig, "In 30 years of writing about the financial-advice industry, I never learned that advisers can provide less-comprehensive disclosures than stockbrokers." advisorperspectives.com) Tax-loss harvesting requires proactive client communication. thinkadvisor.com).

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Compliance Wealth Management Advertising Financial Advice 279

Abnormal Returns

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

downtownjoshbrown.com) How indexing has made for a better financial advice industry. thinkadvisor.com) How tax treatment differs across states for 529-to-Roth IRA rollovers. (washingtonpost.com) Daniel Crosby offers another sneak preview of an essay from his upcoming book, "The Soul of Wealth." riaintel.com)

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Clients Estate Planning Wealth Management Financial Advice 279

Nerd's Eye View

JULY 17, 2023

has increasingly made financial services products available directly to consumers, financial advisors have focused more and more on the business of financial advice itself. But as technology (in particular, the internet!)

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Ethics Financial Advice CFP Financial Advisor 245

Abnormal Returns

APRIL 1, 2024

(youtube.com) Christine Benz and Amy Arnott talk with Peter Mallouk, President and CEO of Creative Planning, about the 'messy' business of financial advice. morningstar.com) Thomas Kopelman and Jacob Turner talk with Ankur Nagpal about tax considerations when selling a business.

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Wealth Management Math Retirement Retirement Planning 258

Nerd's Eye View

JULY 8, 2024

interest rates, and relatively little new tax legislation (yet). After several turbulent years in both markets and workforces, 2024 appears to be the 'most normal' year of late, with strong market performance, cooling (or at least no longer rising!?)

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Ethics Education Financial Advice Taxes 239

Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Notably, while the rule will create an additional compliance burden, the due diligence advisers offering comprehensive planning services (as well as their investment custodians) are likely already conducting on their clients to create an effective financial plan could be a 'defense mechanism' for these firms against criminals looking to take advantage (..)

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Financial Planner Tax Planning Compliance Financial Advice 246

Darrow Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In November 2022, proponents of the Massachusetts ‘millionaires’ tax (question 1) won their bid to nearly double the income tax rate on individuals with taxable income over $1M a year. As proposed, the new legislation would increase these tax rates to 9% and perhaps even 16% , respectively, starting in 2023.

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Taxes Wealth Management Tax Planning Planning 107

Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that the SEC this week fined 4 RIAs for violations of its marketing rule related to their claims that they offered 'conflict-free' financial advice.

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Financial Planner Compliance Fee Only Communication 246

Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 22, 2024

For example, an advisor may think of "risk management" in terms of life and property insurance coverage, whereas HNW clients may instead think of tax and estate-planning strategies as asset protection measures – particularly for the future wealth of their heirs.

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Financial Advisor Insurance Coverage Estate Planning Charitable Planning 246

Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 20, 2023

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Financial Planner Retirement Planning Retirement Insurance 246

Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The 2024 Technology Tools for Today (T3) Advisor Conference, held last month in Las Vegas, Nevada, featured a large gathering of financial advisors and representatives from across the fintech industry. Likewise, while CRM usage has slipped by about 5%, the overall number of advisors who use a CRM still remains at a dominant 92%.

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Financial Advice Consulting Engineering Financial Advisor 244

Abnormal Returns

OCTOBER 23, 2023

riabiz.com) AI Is AI an existential threat to the business of financial advice? riabiz.com) The upside of pro bono financial planning. wealthmanagement.com) Another example of an RIA adding tax capabilities. citywire.com) A list of the top blogs for financial advisors to read. smartasset.com)

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Compliance Estate Planning Financial Advice Financial Advisor 162

Nerd's Eye View

JULY 25, 2022

All in pursuit of our mission – Making Financial Advicers Better, and More Successful – through our ongoing focus on Navigational resources, Educational insights, Research on advicers, and Development of advicer skills. A gap our Kitces Courses aim to fill!

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Financial Planning Education Estate Planning CFP 244

Abnormal Returns

JANUARY 16, 2023

thinkadvisor.com) Taxes Some steps you can take to upgrade your tax-planning game. blogs.cfainstitute.org) How Merit Financial Advisors is building out its tax practice. riabiz.com) Why the business of financial advice is never going out of style. citywire.com) A CPA shortage is looming.

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Financial Advising Wealth Advisor Tax Planning Financial Advice 130

Nerd's Eye View

JULY 2, 2024

What's unique about Kristopher, though, is how his firm has scaled to more than a billion dollars of AUM while specializing in working with clients whose personal and financial lives touch both the United States and the United Kingdom, a niche for which there is no set 'playbook' to learn the tax, estate, and other planning expertise needed to serve (..)

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Financial Advisor Clients Planning Wealth Management 201

Abnormal Returns

MARCH 6, 2023

investmentnews.com) The latest in adviser fintech news including a look at how ChatGPT will affect the provision of financial advice. fa-mag.com) Vanguard is closing its UK financial planning unit. kitces.com) A Q&A with Tyrone Ross, founder and president of 401 Financial, about bucking industry norms.

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Compliance Wealth Management CFP Financial Advice 147

Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)

AUGUST 18, 2024

By Antoinette Tuscano, MDRT senior content specialist Sometimes clients don’t understand the price for success is taxes, which their family would need to pay on the estate after the client dies. John, British Columbia, Canada.

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Clients Insurance CFP Financial Advice 105

International College of Financial Planning

MARCH 12, 2025

Unlike their predecessors, they are tech-savvy, investment-curious, and financially independent-inded. But they also have a mild addiction to online shopping, an over-reliance on BNPL schemes, and a tendency to take financial advice from influencers who may or may not know what theyre talking about.

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Financial Planning Planning Asset Allocation Financial Advice 52

Abnormal Returns

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Podcast Barry Ritholtz talks with Thomas Rampulla, managing director of Vanguard’s Financial Advisor Services. ritholtz.com) Brendan Frazier talks with Derek Tharp about the psychology of delivering financial advice. papers.ssrn.com) Do people move states for tax purposes? It seems so. bloomberg.com).

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Wealth Management Financial Advisor Communication Financial Advice 130

Sara Grillo

MARCH 8, 2024

Is AI taking over financial advice? Join Sara Grillo & Eric Negron today for the Truth Bomb as they break down how artificial intelligence is likely to impact the future of financial advising. What are the tax consequences of x? What tax do I pay when I retire? The post Is AI taking over financial advice?

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Financial Advice Financial Advising Risk Tolerance Clients 52

Abnormal Returns

MAY 22, 2023

thereformedbroker.com) AI How financial advisers can leverage ChatGPT. kitces.com) How will AIs that dispense financial advice be regulated? riaintel.com) CI Wealth The stock market did not react well to CI Financial's financial engineering. financial-planning.com)

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Financial Advising Estate Planning Wealth Management Compliance 130

Darrow Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Hybrid firms can switch between their status as a registered investment advisor and brokerage, which can be problematic for individuals seeking unbiased financial advice. Benefits of working with an independent fiduciary advisor Independence is important when seeking financial advice.

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