Morning Memo
Wealth Management Morning Memo

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

INDUSTRY

Model Portfolios on the Rise

With the proliferation of model portfolio platforms, investment management is increasingly automated, ubiquitous, and not at all the financial advisor’s job.

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Should Investors Buy Bonds Today?

Dennis Gartman says for investors, it’s a mistake to buy bonds now given the rising rate environment, and probably will be for the next 20 years. Sage Advisory Services' Robert Smith thinks otherwise.

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Military Personnel Face Critical Decisions as the Blended Retirement Program Approaches

Will the revised military retirement program affect your clients?

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TECHNOLOGY

The Wirehouses Are Right to be Afraid – Here’s Why

Improved technology over the past dozen years has made the independent landscape much more robust and attractive to breakaway advisors.

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The Daily Brief

Stifel Broker Wins $3 Million From UBS for Defamation

James Springer Jr, a broker at Stifel Nicholas, was awarded $3 million in his arbitration case against UBS Financial Services, his former employer, for defamation. The award is one of the largest in financial industry history related to defamation. ...

Business Owner Action Hinges on Tax Reform
The majority of business owners believe taxes are too high and should be a legislative priority ahead of healthcare and infrastructure, according to the latest UBS Investor Watch survey. ...

The One-Hour Rule
Children who are taught to spend more time on productive activities, like exercising and reading, and no more than an hour on leisure, like watching TV, tend to be more successful in life, according to a new book by accountant and financial planner Tom Corley. Corley writes in Rich Kids: How to Raise Our Children to Be Happy and Successful in Life that surveys of 233 wealthy individuals on their daily habits versus 128 lower-earning people found that the key to success is limiting what he calls "time wasters." ...

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