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Market Volatility and Recessions 101
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While you can't control market volatility, there are actions you can take to potentially minimize its impact on your retirement savings. Having a plan in place for a recession or market downturn may help give you confidence to weather the storm and keep working toward your long-term retirement goals.
Client Relationships
Ways Women Can Save and Build Wealth
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We’re covering women’s financial wellness. You’ll learn about real steps you can take to build wealth and save for retirement.
Fixed Income Insights
Munis and infrastructure
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Portfolio managers Ann Ferentino and Patrick Strollo discuss policy and the impact on municipal bonds with guest Dan Clifton of Strategas.
Fixed Income Insights
Seeking opportunities in a 'crooked U' recovery
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Dramatic dislocations offer selective potential upside in fixed-income credit.
Fixed Income Insights
For fixed income, it's a tale of two walls
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A wall of worry vs. a wall of liquidity is limiting back-half options.
Fixed Income Insights
Entry points for emerging markets
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Attractive valuations exist across IG and high-yield credit segments.
Behavioral Finance
Behavioral Advisor Perspectives and Practices: Practical Planning Is Your Compass
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The next several weeks are going to be challenging for advisors and investors. The reality of the scope and severity of the pandemic along with the associated economic and market damage will hit home raising fear levels to new highs. In these times, it will be hard not to overreact, panic or lose hope. Strong emotions and behavioral biases including, anchoring, loss aversion, cascading and availability bias can cloud our thinking and lead to poor decision making. Engaging in realistic and practical planning discussions along with relevant behavioral coaching can provide essential support during these challenging times.
Human Capital
Rate Swings Needn't Rattle Dividend Investors
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Fluctuating rates may impact other forms of income but dividend payments aren't likely to be affected.
Client Relationships
Women and Investing: A look at this powerful and growing financial force
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Trends suggest the differences between how men and women invest can be advantageous. Studies have shown women take fewer investment risks than men and earn 12% higher returns on individual investments.
Behavioral Finance
How Long Can A Good Fund Look Bad?
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It’s only natural for someone invested in a poorly performing active equity mutual fund to wonder if it’s time to make a change. Should an investor sell a fund if it trails its benchmark for a year? Three years? Five years?