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  • Advice for a Recent Widow

    Submitted by Alexandra Armstrong on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 3:00pm

    The death of your spouse is likely the most traumatic event of your life. How you deal with the loss of your life’s partner is crucial to the rest of your days.
     

  • The Make-Me-Rich Fallacy

    Submitted by Dan Crimmins on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:00pm

    As a financial advisor, I hear the question a lot: “What stock should I buy to make me rich?” My answer: “That stock doesn’t exist.” The way to amass solid wealth is to be smart and disciplined.
     
    My firm’s central philosophy on investing is that the most important determinant of your lifetime investment returns is your own behavior. The magic winner stock will not land in your lap. You need to plan to own many good securities, holding on to them through bad times and good, making deliberate changes only when warranted.
     

  • Target Date Funds’ Downside

    Submitted by Larry Light on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 9:00am

    Target date funds are popular because they aim to give you increasing safety as you grow older – shifting from a high, growth-oriented concentration in stocks to a more conservative, bond-heavy allocation as retirement nears. That shift is called the “glide path.” Trouble is, not all the glide paths are smooth.
     

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Why All Investors Need Good Advisors

By Larry Light, Editor-in-Chief

At AdviceIQ, we believe that everyone should have a financial advisor – a good one, vetted through our system to ensure that he or she has a clean background. Hiring an experienced, capable advisor gives you the services of someone who knows the landscape of investing and other necessary financial matters, such as the amount and type of insurance you should have, and how you should set up your estate.

 

Different Types of Advisors

By Larry Light, Editor-in-Chief

What type of advisor should you hire to guide your wealth? Like doctors, they have different focuses. The two basic types are like general practitioners and orthopedists, which are specialists in muscular and skeletal issues. The G.P.s are wealth managers and the orthopedists are asset managers.

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