Gaining Perspective

Today I am speaking with one of the advisory profession’s preeminent thought leaders, business strategist and success coach Stephanie Bogan. Stephanie is going to share her perspective on the value of coaching, some of her favorite lessons she has learned along the way as a coach and what it takes to really be Successful…in all aspects of your life, not just as an advisor. 

Gender-lens investing is one of the fastest-growing subsets of sustainable or impact investing—and should be of particular interest to you and your clients as you guide them toward their investment goals. Traditionally, gender-lens investing focused on investing in companies with a higher representation of women on their boards or in senior positions. Stopping at representation, however, may not b...

One of the enduring effects of the pandemic will be the structural changes it inflicts on the economy. Some industries – hotels, travel, restaurants – may be obliterated or radically changed. Others, like those that support the podcasting technology I am using now, will be at the forefront of accelerated growth. With the advent of thematic ETFs, investors can position themselves for this structura...

Over the past few months, advisors and investors have been whipsawed by market movements and emotions have been magnified due to the pandemic. And while the term behavioral finance has often been discussed in the advisor world, the application of it into practice tends to lag.

Dynamic Beta’s portfolios seek to match or outperform the portfolios of leading hedge funds by identifying, and investing directly in, the key drivers (or factors) that explain recent pre-fee performance.  Its engine is based on over a decade of research into the primary sources of returns among Equity Long/short, Managed Futures and Multi-strategy hedge funds.  Its portfolios consist only of high...

Nancy is the founder and managing partner of Quadratic Capital Management. She is the portfolio manager for The Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF (NYSE Ticker: IVOL).

Irrevocable trusts are an effective way to minimize the tax consequences of transferring wealth to future generations. My guest today, Michael Roberts, will discuss how they are set up, who they are most effective for and how advisors can advance their relationships with clients by using them.

Individuals are often reluctant to speak to their heirs about the amount of wealth they will leave behind for a variety of reasons. Jan Blakeley Holman, my guest today, will explain the common barriers to those discussions and how advisors can help their clients overcome them.

Structured-outcome ETFs have garnered tremendous interest from investors in light of the rampant volatility this year. But those defensive-minded funds have also revealed their often overlooked drawbacks – they limit upside gains up to a certain level in order to provide their downside buffer. As a result, the unexpectedly sharp rebound that began in April has whip-sawed investors holding first ge...

The Investment Advisers Act of 1940, more commonly known as the 40 Act, is a U.S. federal law that defines the role and responsibilities of an investment advisor. Prompted in part by a 1935 report to Congress on investment trusts and investment companies prepared by the SEC, the act provides the legal groundwork for monitoring those who advise pension funds, individuals and institutions on investi...

Active managers persistently lag the returns of benchmarks and index funds that track them, with the excuses for underperformance recycled every year. We are going to discuss a book, The Incredible Shrinking Alpha, which is the antidote for the active managers’ siren song. It will reinforce your commitment to indexing or systematic investing, while increasing your knowledge. Larry Swedroe, my gues...

The key challenge facing advisors this year has been to keep their clients invested and focused on their long-term goals. That challenge came about when we saw a steep market decline in the first quarter followed by a strong rally. Now, the dissonance between market valuations and an unhealthy economy is leading many to question whether their financial plans and asset allocations will withstand th...

Colorado-based Cambiar Investors is known for its ability to adapt to evolving markets and industries. It has weathered numerous market cycles and knows how to position portfolios with the goal of delivering long-term performance to its investors. It makes decisions that are aligned with positive outcomes for its clients.

(Recorded Friday, August 7 2020) This morning we learned that 1.8 million jobs were added in July and yesterday the Department of Labor’s weekly unemployment claims reported that another 1.2 million individuals filed for unemployment last week.

Discover how Kestra Private Wealth Services is using leadership, rather than mere cheerleading, to shine a light on the best path forward for their associated financial professionals, and why the bond they established before the crisis allows for honest conversations today.

It’s rare that anyone outside of a few investment bankers gets to take a look at transaction data for M&A deals in the RIA industry. But the RIA Deal Room 2020 report from Advisor Growth Strategies goes “under the hood” to show how M&A has continued to shape RIAs in recent years, while also providing a first look at how the pandemic will affect transactions moving forward.

Investing in companies with accelerating dividends – as opposed to those that simply offer a high current dividend yield – may prove invaluable in the current environment. Here to talk to me today are two people who can expand on the strategy of selectively investing in dividend-paying stocks.

Join me as I interview Industry thought leader, business strategist and success coach Stephanie Bogan. She will share 4 success strategies advisors can use to deliver 2x the value to clients in half the time, while having a life you love in the process.

The P/E for the S&P 500 is about 25, near historic highs. Credit spreads in both developed and emerging markets are tight. Real government bonds yields are negative. Companies have repurchased own shares at record levels for almost 10 years, reducing outstanding stock of marketable securities. Asset price volatility has been extraordinary. Contrast that with market fundamentals: the U.S. econo...

Find out how their culture of open communications has served Kestra Financial throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and how the best practices that emerged during this time will shape how they operate even after the current crisis subsides.

Evermore Global Advisors is an opportunistic, global, special-situation investor. It employs a fundamental, bottom-up approach to investing. It focuses on complex, misunderstood and under-researched companies around the world that can be purchased for substantially less than their intrinsic values, and where catalysts exist to create value.

Stephanie Kelton’s much-awaited book, The Deficit Myth, is now available. In it, she makes the case for modern monetary theory – or MMT – as the paradigm to guide our fiscal policies. This book is exceptionally relevant, as we have seen several trillion dollars added to the federal deficit and a broad expansion of the Fed’s balance sheet in response to the coronavirus pandemic. That has fostered w...

Most advisors get exposure to China through a broad emerging market mandate. But that exposure is typically weighted to large-cap companies and what my guest today would call “stagnant, old economy” sectors such as financials. In response, many are rethinking their approach to investing in China in order to access the drivers of growth and market expansion.

This morning we learned that 2.5 million jobs were added in May, and that the unemployment rate fell from 14.7% to 13.3%. That was a surprise to virtually all economic forecasters.  That has led some to conclude that this recession, which has not been officially declared, may turn out to be the shortest on record.

The concept of define-outcome investing has evolved from the use of options in conventional portfolios to structured notes and now to turnkey funds and ETFs that offer built-in downside protection with participation in the market upside. Those ETFs and related products have become extremely popular in this environment, where advisors and their clients are tuned in to the higher level of market vol...