Putting The Profession On The Map
Back in July when the Financial Planning Association filed a lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission, many advisors could...
A New Kind Of Normalcy
It seems that everywhere you look these days, people are longing for a chance to rest and relax...
The Problem With Predictions
Almost a decade ago I remember reading a brilliant book called The Retirement Myth by Craig Karpel...
The Importance Of Optimism Evan Simonoff Editor-in-Chief
In late May, I had a conversation with a few financial advisors that reminded me of the...
The Next Wave Evan Simonoff Editor-in-Chief
In late April I had the opportunity to attend a panel discussion of four female consumers talking about...
Different From What? Evan Simonoff, Editor-in-Chief
There are few more hackneyed homilies about investing and economics than "It‚s different this time...
Winning The War
Having just returned from TD Waterhouse‚s annual conference for advisors, I find it encouraging to see how vibrant the advisory business is today...
Keeping The Faith
Dorothy Hinchcliff, Managing Editor
Weary advisors who helped their clients survive the stock market war of the last three...
The Heart Of The Matter
The most disconcerting aspect of the unfolding mutual fund scandal is that when you talk to people in the fund business, many will tell you...
Expanding The Vision
At last month‚s Financial Planning Association conference in Philadelphia, association leaders continued to define a vision of their changing...
Don‚t Miss The Opportunity
After three and a half long years, it appears that the secular bear market that followed a secular bull market is over...
Quality Of Life‚s Revenge
Sometimes in our personal and professional lives we experience a change that leaves us a different individual...
Fighting The Next War
In last month‚s issue, Financial Advisor reported that Morgan Stanley senior strategist Byron Wien told attendees at Morningstar‚s annual...
Business Isnít Always Fair
This year‚s Morningstar conference in late June provided a glimpse of an industry that came so far so fast–only to be laid...
Diamonds In The Rough
Three years ago this month when we started publishing Financial Advisor, we were deeply gratified by the response and acceptance the...
Donaldsonís Next Test
What a difference one person can make...
Have You Got A System?
Could it finally be ending? What‚s it? This long, grinding, seemingly endless period of purging the excesses of the 1990s that has run its...
Window Of Opportunity
Everywhere you look these days, the balance of power is shifting...
Good Idea, Dubious Timing
President Bush‚s plan to eliminate the double taxation of corporate dividends represents an overdue recognition that the capital markets...
