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Brad Barber and Terrance Odean, in their epic study of individual investors' trading patterns, proved scientifically what advisors have always intuitively known: that portfolio turnover correlates negatively with return. The more often you change your portfolio, the worse you do. ("Trading is Hazardous to Your Wealth," available at www.gsm.ucdavis.edu/~bmbarber under "Research.")...keep reading

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1. I did my regular "Books of the Year" piece for Financial Advisor magazine's ...
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Late last year the CFO of The Nick Murray Company and of my wife's salon/day spa business ¾ our daughter Joan Eileen ¾ announced that she wanted to leave our employ to pursue another dream....keep reading

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Q: I've recently closed an account that absolutely broke my heart, and am ...
A: As a general statement, no one can save anyone else from himself. In this ...

Q: I recently had a client express to me in an email that "I could have made more ...
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Q: As a recent subscriber I am interested in more details of your 2 year cash ...
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Q: Now that we have gotten past the oil spill, European debt crises and many....
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Q: We are in the planning stages of having a first-class client appreciation event. ...
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Everywhere you look in this profession -- certainly including this newsletter -- you find constant reference made to your "value proposition:" how to define it, how to establish it at the center of your practice, how to advocate for it with your prospects and clients....keep reading

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I'd like to expand on three ideas which I discussed for the first time on the webinar which was broadcast live on November 13....keep reading