III Economist Gives Reasons For Hope
By Trevor ThomasDespite the recession, there are reasons to take heart, an insurance industry economist told Life Settlement Summit attendees.
February 23, 2009
NAVA survey: clients want more guaranteed lifetime incomeNo surprise the changing and volatile market has almost every financial advisor saying their clients are "anxious" about the future of their financial security -...
February 20, 2009
Tax savings in Obama's latest recovery bill: the short explanation (sort of)Thomson Reuters sums up new tax-saving opportunities from the American Recovery and Reinvestment act of 2009 that financial advisors would be wise to share with...
February 20, 2009
Military members more confident about retirement than rest of populationThe retirement panic hasn't swept across the military nearly as much as the civilian population. Almost half of all U.S. service members say they are...
February 20, 2009
The Power of PermanenceThese days, new sources of revenues are on the minds of many advisors. And that means signing up new clients. Fortunately (or unfortunately), with investment...
February 19, 2009
Retirement assets take a $1 trillion hit in third quarterRetirement assets in 2008 saw a fast and furious decline by the end of the third quarter, plunging from $16.9 trillion to $15.9 trillion between...
February 19, 2009
Advisors want to be more efficientAdvisors are attempting to boost their productivity by increasing efficiency, a recent study by Rydex AdvisorBenchmarking found. Nearly 90 percent of firms are interested in...
February 19, 2009
Where the sun don't shineCall it Gore-aphobia. Big Al's at it again. The former Veep teamed with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (someone we should ban, in my opinion)...
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