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Economic and Capital Market Review
Clark Capital's Client Portfolio Management Team provides their latest insights on five key economic indicators to help you navigate today's markets.
Views from the LPAC
Barings has held hundreds of LPAC seats over the past 25+ years investing across private markets—mitigating conflicts of interests, and recommending best practices to GPs and LPs. As the landscape has evolved, we’ve seen several trends arise—and offer the following insights.
Create, curate and connect: social media for advisors
Our topic today is social media – how to use it effectively as a financial advisor, why employing social media strategy is important, and some mistakes to avoid before you send out that first tweet.
3 Ways to Incorporate Philanthropy into a Conference
Business executives attend conferences for many reasons: to expand their industry knowledge, to network with colleagues, or to make important business contacts, just to name a few. Today, there are thousands of conferences for every type of business. To make yours stand out, conference hosts must excite, offering an immersive experience along with important information.
Washington Update: The Fan-in-Chief
Unless you have been without power and newspapers for the last 96 hours, you know that on Sunday the U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) won their fourth soccer World Cup in the last 28 years.
Myths about Millennials That Are Impacting Your Advisory Businesses: Series Introduction
We know the advisor pool is shrinking and demographics are changing. What can advisors do today to attract -- and retain -- younger employees and clients.
A Macro View - June Monthly Recap
The domestic equity markets rallied sharply in June, sharply enough to recover the losses from April and May and end the quarter in positive territory across the board. The primary driver was Federal Reserve’s (the Fed) pivoting to a dovish tone by holding rates steady at its June meeting and indicating a willingness to cut rates should economic growth slow.
Washington Update: The Fan-in-Chief
Unless you have been without power and newspapers for the last 96 hours, you know that on Sunday the U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) won their fourth soccer World Cup in the last 28 years.
Market Week in Review: Is the market rally sustainable?
On the latest edition of Market Week in Review, Quantitative Investment Strategist Dr. Kara Ng and Research Analyst Brian Yadao discussed the recent strength in markets and the global economic outlook.
Weekly Wire: Our great economic expansion isn’t dead yet!
The great American writer and humorist Mark Twain was author of many famous sayings, most notably “Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” We think that most famous of Mark Twain sayings applies nicely to our ongoing – and now record – US economic expansion.
Is a financial advisor worth the cost?
My grandfather came over to the U.S. from Ireland in the early 1900s. As a kid, I always remember him telling me, Nothing in this world is for free and if someone tells you otherwise, walk the other way. I was reminded of this when I recently saw online ads for free financial planning and free no cost ETFs.
AAM Viewpoints: Mind the Caps….
U.S. equities, as measured by the S&P 500 Index, are hovering near all-time highs after capping off a very strong first half of 2019. The gains look impressive and one of the more bullish indicators for the market going forward has been the broad participation or breadth of the rebound following a volatile end to 2018.