Benefit from the present installment of “Weekend Studying For Monetary Planners” – this week’s version kicks off with the information that President Trump’s tariff announcement on Wednesday and the next market decline have led many monetary advisors to reassure shoppers that they’re implementing their pre-determined plans for such circumstances. As they execute these plans, advisors look like taking totally different approaches relying on their funding philosophy and consumer base, with many preaching a ‘keep the course’ philosophy (maybe highlighting that whereas equities are down, bonds have to date served their position as a portfolio ballast) and a few discovering potential tactical alternatives, from rebalancing consumer portfolios to figuring out tax-loss harvesting alternatives.
Additionally in business information this week:
- Republicans in Congress look like eyeing a rise within the State And Native Tax (SALT) cap, probably to $25,000 for a person, amidst different potential modifications as they give the impression of being to cross sweeping tax laws earlier than key measures within the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act expire on the finish of the 12 months
- Latest survey information sheds gentle on how advisors spend their time and consider their worth to shoppers, with plan preparation/presentation and funding administration main the best way in each classes
From there, we’ve got a number of articles on speaking with shoppers throughout market volatility:
- How the messages advisors talk to shoppers throughout market downturns can fluctuate relying on whether or not a consumer is within the accumulation or drawdown part
- Strategies for advisors to have interaction in one-to-many consumer communication throughout turbulent market durations, from common e-mail updates to video messages that permit shoppers to see and listen to their advisor’s response
- A step-by-step method to dealing with calls from nervous shoppers during times of market stress, together with the potential worth of main with empathy and curiosity moderately than onerous information
We even have quite a lot of articles on funding administration:
- How advisors can navigate non-public market investments with more and more curious shoppers
- Whereas non-public credit score ETFs doubtlessly provide entry to the asset class in a liquid and tax-efficient wrapper, an evaluation highlights the difficulties of guaranteeing correct pricing and liquidity of those funds given their comparatively illiquid underlying property
- Steps advisors can take to guage whether or not several types of liquid different funds is perhaps acceptable for consumer portfolios and the significance of fund choice when utilizing them
We wrap up with three closing articles, all about scams:
- Potential motion steps for advisors after they discover out a scammer has arrange an impostor profile of them on-line
- How advisors can shield their dad and mom (and shoppers) from more and more subtle monetary scams
- How digging into the info will help advisors present shoppers that supposedly ‘sizzling’ funding methods may not be as engaging as marketed
Benefit from the ‘gentle’ studying!