Daniel R. Solin's Blog, page 15
January 14, 2019
Reconsider Your Generic Website and Videos
Most advisors’ web pages are incredibly boring. They’re filled with stock images, dense content, insider jargon and self-serving information. This isn’t a formula for maintaining interest.
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January 9, 2019
A Massive Missed Opportunity
For those of us who have been writing about the benefits of passive management for over a decade, recent developments have been heartening. I have never seen so many articles debating whether active management is or isn’t “dead.”
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Working Hard Is Bad For Investors
There’s no shortage of quotes extolling the virtue of hard work. The one I hear a lot is “the harder I work, the luckier I get.”
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January 8, 2019
My Take On Risk
If you have less than 5 years, you shouldn’t invest in stocks unless you are prepared for the value of your portfolio to decline by as much as 50% or more.
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January 7, 2019
This Brain Flip Will Change Your Life
The nice part about implementing this resolution is the results are immediate. They will be evident in any setting – personal and professional.
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January 2, 2019
Don’t Be Scared of Volatility
No one complains about market volatility when stocks go up. There are no articles telling you how you should deal with a sharp increase in the value of your portfolio.
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Market Babble
No one knows what will happen with the financial market. This is yet another reason to ignore the financial media. Much of what the financial media reports isn’t accurate or reliable.
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December 31, 2018
Two Resolutions That Will Change Everything
Here are two resolutions that will help financial advisors increase their AUM. They’re easy to understand and simple to implement.
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December 27, 2018
Investing Answers You Won’t See in the Financial Media
We have entered that time of year where the financial media goes into overdrive, dispensing more misinformation than usual. The trigger is end-of-year prognostications about next year.
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December 19, 2018
They Lie
High priced investment consultants market their services to institutional investors by claiming their ability to “beat the market.”
