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Behavioral Advisor: Don't Hesitate to Build Your Wealth
Investors often fret about the market environment and ask if they should invest now or hold off for a better time. For long-term investors, making regular contributions is more important than when the contributions are made each year.
Market Outlooks
Advisor Perspectives: CAPE is a Very Noisy Market Predictor
Analysts have many ways to estimate expected market returns. The challenge is to identify those few that provide usable information for making investment decisions. In this article, I discuss one of the common mistakes made in this type of analysis and why the cyclically adjusted PE (CAPE), developed by Robert Shiller, is not nearly as reliable a predictor of market returns as most claim it to be.
Market Outlooks
Behavioural Advisor: Beware Predictions and Magic Elixirs
The market and economy have gone through unprecedented events with a global pandemic, the shut-down of economies, massive government intervention and dramatic market swings.
Human Capital
Build a More Diverse Practice Now
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A special post on why diversity matters in advisory firms.
Human Capital
Leading With Compassion and Driving Diversity
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A special post on diversity and leadership.
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Lessons Learned: What Factors influence DE&I as Strategy
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The sixth in a series of 10 blog posts exploring how to create a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture.
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: The Team Approach
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The fifth in a series of 10 blog posts exploring how to create a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture.
Human Capital
Finding Talent – Relying on Personal Networks Won’t Get You to Diversity
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Diversity, according to research from McKinsey & Company may be correlated with both profitability and value creation. Deloitte's research suggests that diversity and inclusion may not only impact performance, but also brand and corporate purpose. To reap the rewards of gender and other types of diversity, however, financial advising firms may need to adjust their recruiting mindset.
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The Culture of Diversity – It’s a Better One According to Advisors
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Financial advising may have a diversity problem. In fact, with reportedly 81% of the financial advisors being white, advising may be one of the least diverse professions in the United States. It should be no surprise then that, according to the Knight Foundation research, only 1.3% of assets are managed by women or minority-owned firms as of 2019.
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Diversity is Good Business for Advisory Firms
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U.S. demographics are changing and we are expected to be a minority/majority by 2045. Yet the majority of financial advisors are still overwhelmingly white, male and shrinking in numbers. FlexShares conducted a survey of investors and advisors to see if diversity was being pursued and how firms were building diverse teams.
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The Inherent Value of Diversity
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The client of the future doesn’t look, or act, like the client of the past, or in many aspects, the client of today. As people of all identities -- race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientations, family status, and more -- overcome historical barriers to access economic opportunities, financial advisors aiming to stay competitive may want to find ways to help a broader range of clients build wealth.
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Behavioral Advisor Perspectives and Practices: Drawdown, Turbulence and Recovery
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Everyone breathed a sigh of relief as markets had several positive days. Don’t be surprised, however, if markets drop suddenly and test or breach previous lows several times over the next few weeks or months. Much like flying through a thunderstorm, there are likely to be some bumpy times ahead. No matter how many times you have flown, your heart jumps every time the aircraft drops. Fortunately, there is no need to time the bottom for long-term investors.