Planning and Advice

Understanding clients and helping clients understand

The role of a financial advisor is simple. Our primary responsibility is to help clients identify where they are now and where they need to go. Along the way we also help clients separate their emotions and make decisions using a sound intellectual framework. So why does our community continue to worry about client reactions to short-term underperformance?

By Shawn O'Brien |June 19, 2013

3 min read

11 ways to use LinkedIn effectively

You’ve learned how to optimize your profile, so here are some tips on how to use LinkedIn more effectively.

By Melonie Dodaro |June 18, 2013

4 min read

Six quotes to make you a better investor

These words of wisdom come from famous people outside the realm of investing, but can still help you and your clients become better investors.

By Susy Abbondi |June 18, 2013

3 min read

Regulators aren’t protecting client data

Your clients’ data isn’t safe. Case in point: This year, IIROC accidentally lost a portable device that housed the data of 52,000 clients from 32 member firms. IIROC went public with the loss April 11, 2013, but in a May letter to dealer members, admitted it had known about the loss since at least March […]

June 18, 2013

8 min read