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Advisor sponsored events in a post-pandemic world
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Before last year’s COVID-19 pandemic, we would hear about advisors getting together with some clients and prospects for arts or charity projects, or even hosting a wine tasting. But unfortunately...
Investing Ideas
Investing in founder-led companies
It may align with your goals to consider companies run by their founders.
Investing Ideas
Understanding bitcoin
The cryptocurrency shares some similarities with gold but be aware of the risks.
Investing Ideas
SPACs explained
Frequently asked questions about special purpose acquisition companies.
Portfolio Construction Insights
Growth vs. value? There’s a place for both
Historically, growth and value have behaved differently across varying market environments, suggesting that investors may benefit from having a strategic allocation to both styles of investing. We build a case for why there’s a place for both in a portfolio.
Leveraging Technology & Data
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.
Client Experience
Becoming a local thought leader with educational workshops
The educational workshop can be an effective marketing practice and a way to provide education to your local community, helping to grow your business by creating a loyal client base that views you as a leader in financial planning.
Leveraging Technology & Data
Fighting the “algorithm wars”
Artificial intelligence (AI), quant funds, high-frequency trading, big data — these terms get thrown around a lot these days and can create confusion and uncertainty. Case in point: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that AI is more dangerous than nuclear weapons.
Leveraging Technology & Data
How Artificial Intelligence (AI) Is Changing Advice and Wealth Management
With better data and analytics, emerging solutions may help deliver deeply personalized service that guides customers and advisors toward improved behaviors and outcomes.
Portfolio Construction Insights
Quarterly Market Update
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Fidelity's Asset Allocation Research Team (AART) examines major themes in global financial markets and presents its investment outlook in this quarterly market update.
Investing Ideas
Combining Factors to Target Specific Investment Outcomes
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A white paper that explores using a factor-based approach to portfolio construction. By combining factor exposures, investors can create a "core" equity portfolio and by adjusting the factor allocations can tailor their portfolios to their own particular investing style/desired outcome.
Investing Ideas
DOL Fiduciary Rule is All but Gone
In the most recent edition of Washington Insights, we discussed the latest — and likely final — chapter in the DOL fiduciary rule saga. On March 15, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals voted to vacate (or nullify) the rule.