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December 3, 2016

 


Advisors on the Trump Administration

WealthManagement.com polled nearly 350 retail-facing financial advisors in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election to see how they think a Trump presidency will affect their business and the industry.


My Life as a Client: Appalled by Gossip

Anne Field

Do you really have a clue what your clients say about you when your back is turned? Here’s how Kerry Walls, a 60-year-old business and executive coach in Portland, Ore., assessed her advisors.


Social Security Is Not a Windfall for Government Employees

Mark Miller

WEP rules cut benefits for teachers, police officers, firefighters, postal workers and others to prevent double dipping.


Twelve Things You Need to Know About College Loans

Lynn O'Shaughnessy

How to ease the financial pinch.


What's Inside Your Hedge Fund ETF?

Brad Zigler

Multi-strategy hedge funds are supposed to be absolute return investments. Can the strategies work in a low-cost exchange traded fund?


What Congress Won’t Be Doing This Year

Sandra G. Swirski

Say goodbye, for now, to the adjustment of the private foundation excise tax.


How Wealth Managers Can Ride the Fintech Wave

Rohit Mahna

How wealth managers can update their practice to stay competitive in the robo world.


Vestorly Automates Social Media Marketing With AI

Ryan W. Neal

Vestorly hopes its new Social AI tool will improve an advisor's ROI with social media marketing.


LPL Financial Lands One of Its Largest Recruits Yet

Diana Britton

Integrated Financial Partners, a Waltham, Mass.-based OSJ with 135 financial advisors and $4 billion in brokerage and advisory assets, has joined LPL.


The Most Shorted Stocks in Each Sector

WealthManagement.com Staff

Investors have placed big bets that the shares of these companies are going to fall in the coming months.


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BEST BUSINESS BOOKS OF 2016


The 10 Best Business Books of 2016 for Advisors

We pored over 200 new titles to find the books most focused on the needs of our readers and best able to help you be more targeted in serving your clients.


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A Client Asks: What's Fair Compensation?
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