Daniel R. Solin's Blog, page 6
September 24, 2019
Cramer vs. a Coin Toss
Should you rely on Jim Cramer or toss a coin to tell you whether to buy a stock?
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September 17, 2019
Conversational Blind Spots
Until I figured out why we are prone to lecture and educate instead of converse, I was frustrated by my inability to convert more advisors to The Solin Process℠, which is premised on asking questions.
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September 16, 2019
Negligent Financial Planning
You are caring, competent, conscientious and dedicated to the well-being of your clients. Yet, I wonder if there are gaps in the financial planning you are providing.
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September 10, 2019
An Open Letter to Financial Conference Organizers
Financial conferences are great for learning about complex investment and planning topics. But they fail to offer sessions that would give advisors the tools to use this knowledge effectively.
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Most Stocks Suck
Only 4% of the total number of stocks (1,092 stocks out of a total of 25,967) accounted for the net gain for the entire US stock market since 1926.
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September 3, 2019
How to Work 6.5 Fewer Weeks per Year
Here’s an example of how you can use Parkinson’s law as a productivity hack. You can adjust the goal to make it one that works for you.
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August 28, 2019
An Insight into the Mind of Your Prospects
Don’t you wish you could peer into the mind of your prospects and see what they’re thinking? Actually, you can and here's how to do it.
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August 23, 2019
A Different Understanding
You spend a lot of time trying to differentiate yourself. How many times have you seen this menu item on advisor’s websites: Why we’re different?
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August 20, 2019
Fees and Other Creative Ways to Lose Business
Fees are the easiest way to lose a prospect. But high fees aren’t necessarily the turn off.
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August 19, 2019
Wall Street’s Biggest Secret
Wall Street has a big secret. They use it to manipulate you. They don't want you to find out that they are terrible money managers.
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