Client Outreach
The latest news and advice about successful client communications, including the best methods and strategies for financial advisors.
Fidelity Launches Service to Help Brokers and RIAs Deal With New Cost Basis Regs
By Michael S. FischerNew regulations laid out in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 that are due to take effect in January 2010
April 01, 2010
The Advantages of a LaggardAt only 37 years old, Jerry Padilla is already somewhat of a legend at Morgan Stanley and in the retirement community. Since he took on...
April 01, 2010
The Accidental WholesalerNo one dreams of becoming a wholesaler one day. Not even Jerry Padilla, who happens to be a very good one. Grueling, humbling, sometimes thankless...
April 01, 2010
If the U.S. No Longer Leads, Who Will?These days, American economic leadership is being repeatedly thrust into question. Surely, the likes of China and Russia have long been complaining about a "uni-polar" world...
April 01, 2010
Stepping OutJIM HAYS: PRESIDENT; PRIVATE CLIENT GROUP; WELLS FARGO ADVISORS; ST. LOUIS, MO. SOUND BITE: "The Wells Fargo brand has been phenomenal. It's been a big win-win." Sometime...
April 01, 2010
Efficiently ControversialFinancial theory is in flux. Ideas that once were widely accepted among financial economists are in dispute. In particular, the efficient-markets hypothesis -- which dominated...
April 01, 2010
The Financial Reform FiascoIn late February, Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, announced the showpiece of his financial-regulatory reform plan: a...
April 01, 2010
Further RecoveryIn my last column, I detailed the steps I would go through to pencil in offensive and defensive business goals. I created a spreadsheet to...