By Loring Ward Team

Over the last nine decades, the U.S. experienced 9 bear markets and 15 recessions or depressions, World War II and Vietnam, and any number of crises big and small. Yet $1 invested in 1927 could h... Read more

Investing

By J. William G. Chettle

This article is featured in the winter edition of our 360 Insights Quarterly Client Newsletter. In addition to the usual resolutions, the new year is a great time to talk to your financial adviso... Read more

Financial Planning

By Jada Diedrich

As we enter the holiday season, we often feel compelled to evaluate, and frequently to increase, our charitable giving. This time of year, specifically, seems geared toward reminding us that givi... Read more

Financial Planning

By Michael Kitces

It is a standard requirement in financial services that financial advisors must first determine an investor’s risk tolerance before making any investment recommendations for their portfolio. Yet... Read more

Practice Management

By Steven J. Atkinson

I recently attended a conference where at least half of the speakers or vendors were talking about or selling some sort of technology meant to enhance the client experience. It seems that there i... Read more

Practice Management

By Michael Kitces

The media provides no shortage of articles giving recommendations of how much households should save to afford retirement, from rules of thumb like “save 10% to 15% of your annual income” to more... Read more

Retirement

By Michael Kitces

As social media usage continues to grow amongst financial advisors and their prospective clients, advisors are growing increasingly interested in whether spending money on social media advertisin... Read more

Financial Planning

By Michael Kitces

The Federal government has long incentivized saving for retirement and other financial goals by offering some combination of three types of tax preferences: tax deductibility (on contributions),... Read more

Financial Planning

By Mike Olson

Last week’s schedule happened to involve more travel than usual. In the span of five days I found myself in Omaha (at home), Des Moines, New York, Chicago, and Denver. On each of those days I fol... Read more

Financial Planning