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  Advising a Couple That Fears a Financial Crisis

  Michael Pompian outlines the case of a high-net-worth couple whose investment behaviors may get in the way of their goals.

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  Retiring with Natalie Choate

  How to Avoid This IRA-to-IRA Rollover Trap

  Contributor Natalie Choate reviews a few ways to get around the once-per-year limit.

  • Effectively Taking Early IRA Distributions Without Penalty
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  The Risk/Return Trade-Off and Modern Prudent Fiduciary Investing

  Contributor Scott Simon explores the origins of the "central consideration" required of fiduciaries.

  • An Introduction to Modern Prudent Fiduciary Investing

Advisor Insights

• Where Might Biases Creep Into Investment Advice?
• Lessons From the Financial Crisis
• 10 Questions with Robert Horrocks
• How to Uncover an Investor's Real Goals
• Are Brokers Acting in Their Clients' Best Interest?
• Gamma in Action
• Heeding Advice
• The Soft Side of Planning
• To Index Bonds or Not?

ETFs

• Value Investors Are Vexed
• Use This Cheap Fund to Simplify Your Portfolio
• Find the Value in ETF Value Investing

Funds

• 4 Niche Funds for a Sliver of Your Portfolio
• Morningstar Awards for Investing Excellence--Rising Talent Nominees
• 5 Nominees for Outstanding Portfolio Manager

Fiduciary Focus

• An Introduction to Modern Prudent Fiduciary Investing
• 403(b) Plans Not Adding Up
• On Bernie Madoff and Working Longer
• Why Target-Date Funds Miss the Boat
• The SEC Should Try Enforcing the Investment Advisers Act of 1940
• An SEC Commissioner's Misfires

Practice Builder

• Sheryl Rowling's Practice Wise: Should RIAs Offer Tax Services?
• The Best Student Loan Planning Tool Is Free
• How to Advise the Accumulator Investor Type
• The Smart Way to Use Model Portfolios
• Key Takeaways from the 2019 T3/Inside Information Advisor Software Survey
• Advising a High-Earning, Risk-Taking Pre-Retiree Using Behavioral Investor Types
• The Top 5 Tasks Advisors Can Outsource to Virtual Assistants

Retiring with Natalie Choate

• Retiring with Natalie Choate: IRA Annuity Surprises
• Tricky Timelines If You Miss an RMD
• Restoring Lawsuit Winnings to an IRA
• The 401(k) Early Withdrawal Penalty: It's Not Fair!
• A Good Tax Idea Backfires
• Effectively Taking Early IRA Distributions Without Penalty
• Managing a Year-of-Death RMD in an Inherited IRA

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