Added on December 2016 in Other Ideas
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Summary:With so many new business books published this year, it’s hard find the titles that will really make a difference to financial professionals. We pored over 200 new titles to find the books most focused on the needs of our readers and best able to help you be more targeted in serving your clients. Unlike previous years, 2016 did not produce a blockbuster finance book (think Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century from two years ago).
Added on December 2016 in Other Ideas
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Summary: Do you hear voices? Even when you're alone, there is someone talking to you — a near constant internal dialogue we have with ourselves. The voices in your head don't make you crazy, they make you human. But these voices have the power to make us believe some crazy things.
Added on November 2016 in Other Ideas
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Summary: Behavioral finance authority Meir Statman caused something of a stir with his award-winning book, “What Investors Really Want,” published in 2010.Now, in an interview with ThinkAdvisor, the professor reveals an exclusive peek at his next book, “Finance for Normal People,” due in April from Oxford University Press.
Added on November 2016 in Other Ideas
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Summuary: To any advisor dismissing or ignoring the millennial generation, a few words of insight: you are making a mistake. The largest generation in U.S. history, born between 1980 and 2000, numbers 90 million. Many millennials are still too young to have amassed significant savings, but by 2020, they will have $7 trillion in liquid assets, according to Wealthfront, and they are in line to inherit another $41 trillion from their parents and grandparents. A giant wave is coming at the advisory industry; you can either ride it, or be swept away.
Added on November 2016 in Other Ideas
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Summary: According to a recent study published by the American Sociological Review, 70% of American workers struggle with finding a work-life system that works for them. For many in the workforce, achieving any type of work-life balance, can seem like a myth, especially when technology has made us accessible around the clock. Time free from workplace obligations seems to becoming ever more elusive.