Your Feelings About the Market are Probably Wrong
According to Thomson Reuters Lipper, investors pulled over $60 billion from mutual funds in January, the worst month of outflows we’ve seen in years. Mutual fund outflows are one way to get an idea of what retail investors are doing. Whether they are self-directing or calling up their advisors and demanding their plan be thrown […]
Read ArticleAre You a Grocery Store Trader?
Have you ever gone into the grocery store on a whim when you had some extra time? No list in hand, just time to spend in the store. You wander aisle by aisle, picking up a few things that catch your eye. You grab a few staples. Maybe a few treats you haven’t had in […]
Read ArticleWorthPointe CIO Weighs in at Elite Industry Forum
On February 24th, Presidents, PhDs, CEOs, CIOs, and Executives from industry power-houses like BlackRock, JP Morgan, Cambridge, Vanguard, and Merrill Lynch packed into the Belo Mansion in Dallas, TX for the Annual Private Wealth Texas Forum hosted by the Markets Group. Reuters reported that over 250 leading family offices, RIAs, and Private Bank executives would […]
Read ArticleFee Transparency and How Advisor Awards Can Fool You
I recently saw a list of the Top 40 advisors under 40 years old published in the brokerage magazine On Wall Street. Three firms produced 34 of those included on the list: Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and UBS. Care to take a guess on what criteria they were ranked? On “production,” which is a friendlier […]
Read ArticleRate of Return – Not A Plan
Goals without a plan are really just hopes! Understanding what a plan is, and what a plan is not, can be quite the process. I’ll tackle one aspect of this today by sharing a phrase I typically hear when the topic of investing comes up in social gatherings. “With the amount of money I’ve saved, […]
Read ArticleWealth Transfer: Inheriting Retirement Accounts
If you inherit a big Individual Retirement Account, you have to be a little bit more careful about what you do with the money than with non-retirement money. That is because the money you take out is taxable and it is possible that this extra money, which is added right on top of your existing […]
Read ArticleFinding a Way to Build Wealth in San Diego
When Bankrate came out last October with their best and worst cities to build wealth, while Houston residents felt proud, San Diego was hit hard. Local news outlets followed up with their own analysis and seemed to agree that while San Diego may attract the wealthy, wealth does not get built here. Bankrate used the […]
Read ArticleAfter the Vows: Financial Tips for Newlyweds
Once the wedding is over and you’re back from your honeymoon, reality settles in; your life is going to be different. Here are the crucial things you must take care of immediately to get your new marriage in order from a financial perspective, and a few extras if you’re not satisfied with the minimum. The […]
Read ArticleMarket Trends
Market Commentary Let’s not forget that the biggest determinate of the success of bullish strategies (buying stocks, ETFs, mutual funds) is the market itself. Most things trend with the market. Markets always move around — but a series of higher highs and higher lows is a sign of a strong trend. #1 shows us the last […]
Read ArticleAdvisor Succession Planning: Why It Matters To You
Hiring an investment advisor to help you properly prepare for retirement is a smart play. But, have you ever stopped to consider whether your advisor has planned for his own retirement—to ensure you aren’t left adrift when that happens? If you think most advisors have succession plans in place, you’d be wrong. A recent report […]
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