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A 3-Step Sales Process To Clearly Demonstrate Financial Planning Value To Prospects

Nerd's Eye View

Over the past decade, a growing number of advisors have expanded into offering comprehensive financial planning services, reflecting a shift that not only helps them stand out from (increasingly commoditized) portfolio management offerings but also supports clients' broader financial goals.

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Morningstar Office To Shut Down And Push Advisors To Black Diamond (And More Of The Latest In Financial #AdvisorTech – March 2025)

Nerd's Eye View

This month's edition kicks off with the news that Morningstar Office will be shutting down in early 2026 as a part of Morningstar's ongoing effort to refocus on its core investment data and analytics business – forcing advisors currently using the tool to switch (which might be a net positive for many of those advisors who have long complained (..)

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (March 29–30)

Nerd's Eye View

Also in industry news this week: A recent survey indicates that younger "DIY" investors are more likely to be interested in working with a human advisor than their older counterparts, suggesting an opportunity for advisors to tap into this demographic (perhaps by setting minimum planning fees that ensure these clients can be served profitably today (..)

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Orion Acquires Summit Wealth Systems To Become Its Next-Generation All-In-One Portal (And More Of The Latest In Financial #AdvisorTech – January 2025)

Nerd's Eye View

From there, the latest highlights also feature a number of other interesting advisor technology announcements, including: SEI has acquired LifeYield, which is designed to facilitate tax-efficient management of multiple accounts across an entire household, to bundle into its RIA custodial platform and investment management technology – underscoring (..)

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MiB: Aswath Damodaran: Valuations, Narratives & Academia

The Big Picture

His next book, “The Corporate Lifecycle: Business, Investment, and Management Implications,” will be published in December. He tells his classes “ What makes for a good valuation is you’re either a disciplined storyteller or an imaginative number cruncher.”

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Podcast links: the science of sleep

Abnormal Returns

(insideradio.com) The number of songs uploaded to streaming services just keep increasing. bloomberg.com) Christine Benz and Jeff Ptak talk with Joel Tillinghast about his biggest investing mistake, the implications of AI for portfolio management, and how private equity affects investors in public securities.

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The Most Important Part of Portfolio Management

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

The numbers are real but I don't know how realistic it is to think we can pick the best performing fund in a theme. It doesn't get said often enough but really, the most important part of portfolio management is mitigating risk. We can only get the last 11 months of 2022 but it is still interesting. First is picking the theme.