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Best Blogs of the Week

Posted by Anu Heda on Dec 24, 2012, in Best Blogs of the Week , tagged with , , ,

We’re providing a bevy of blogs to end 2012.

  • AllianceBernstein – This post provides a few good points in retrospect and learning from 2012.
  • BlackRock – Will interest rates rise in ’13? Read the post.
  • Columbia – This little-too-dense post provides great insight about yield looking forward. It’s easy to understand the author’s point of view and incorporate that into an investment process.
  • Putnam – Everyone knows that social security payments is eating the government. Bob Reynolds posts a succinct article on the topic with hopeful actions.

 

Best Blogs of the Week

Posted by Anu Heda on Dec 10, 2012, in Best Blogs of the Week , tagged with , ,

This week includes three posts, only one on the fiscal cliff.

  • AllianceBernstein – This  is the fiscal cliff post of the week. I think the added layer of business and consumer confidence is helpful in framing the discussions happening across the US between advisor and investor.
  • JPMorgan – Remember the Greek debt crisis? Seems like many news cycles ago but the debt issue continues to loom. This  post provides an update and one important action likely to take place.
  • Oppenheimer – I love the contrarian angle here. Saying European equities look attractive is very contrarian. (There’s even a contrarian comment already.)

Best Blogs of the Week

Posted by Anu Heda on Dec 03, 2012, in Best Blogs of the Week , tagged with , ,

While the industry’s blogs continue to load up on fiscal cliff, this week’s best includes only a single reference.

  • AllianceBernstein – Seth Masters directs this post directly to endowments and foundations. Selecting an institutional sub-segment is highly rare and this post is straightforward and effective.
  • BlackRock – This post shares important dates in December relative to the fiscal cliff.
  • Columbia – Via a very simple infographic, this post describes the difficulty in timing the market and why the end investor’s consideration might be more effectively categorized via risk. It’s a solid post for any FA to share with a client when asked the question (and it’s asked often): should we get back into equities now?

 

Best Blogs of the Week

Posted by Anu Heda on Nov 27, 2012, in Best Blogs of the Week , tagged with ,

The topic du jour (and probably everyday until it’s fixed) is the fiscal cliff. This week’s posts include two on the popular topic.

  • Franklin Templeton – This post gets to the heart of the matter: fixing the debt. It’s an instructive and quick read, immediately useful for FAs in their client conversations and prospect meetings.
  • Russell – A great combo-pie charts in this post. The post discusses potential 2013 government spending/revenue changes with some basic background information.