Marketing vs Advising - Which is More Important in Financial Services

After graduating with a prestigious masters degree in architecture from a well-known school and spending 2 years in a large architectural firm, Stu decided to open his open architecture practice.  The business grew and two years later he took on a p...

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Proof that it is Not Possible for Most to Retire

Wall Street Says You CAN Retire There is so much talk about saving for retirement that you may come to believe it is possible, with the right habits and discipline, that a comfortable retirement is possible for everyone.  The truth is that maybe 20...

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The Worst Idea You Can Have This Holiday Season

This post was contributed by David Sage of Brokerville The worst idea you can have is that you can’t do business during the holidays. The gentleman who brought me into the financial services business as a stockbroker was a huge success. On the l...

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Secondary Annuities - Higher Return Without More Risk

One technique of the rich is to supply cash to people who badly need it. Using this concept, the rich are able to make higher rerutnrs.  But aren;t these investments more risky?  Not necessarily.   Consider these two types of people T...

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Secondary Annuity Offerings

These offerings ae current as of 11/19/13 and change daily.  To to get current offerings, please fill out the form below. We continue to sell our SMAs on a first come - first served basis.  Please be aware that the green SMAs below are be...

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Reasons to Locate Your Site Visitor's Location

The best tool I have found for locating users geographic location is IP2Location.com.  I am using this service in two ways: Detecting White Page Fraud In one of my businesses I buy leads from a co-registration lead network.  These networks oper...

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Tips for Upcoming Tax Changes Affecting Retirees and Pre-Retirees

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Living on your own or moving to a retirement community: which would be more cost-effective?

This is the million-dollar question, literally. On the one hand the idea of continuing to live where we have always lived is very appealing, though it also raises the question of “but what happens when we get very old?” On the other, the thought ...

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Typical Financial Advice Will Leave Retirees Broke

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Accountanst Dont Understand Immediate Annuities

Accountants often look at financial decisions through a narrow point of view. Th result could be an incorrect conclusion or bad advice. This is not uncommon with annuities and accountants' analysis.

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How Could Bank Closures Affect The Elderly

Recent announcements have confirmed that approximately 6,000 bank branches are set to be closed due to the rise of online banking – but just how could this affect the elderly? According to a report on the Daily Express, the closures could transl...

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Top Producers Don't Focus on Results

Everyone inherits the conversations (aka beliefs) of his own culture.  Many of these conversations are so much taken for granted, we don’t stop to question them or even notice them.  An example is the belief, "money doesn't grow on trees."  In o...

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You Advise People About Their Money – But You're Broke!

There's the old joke about financial advisors who come to the office by bus to advise clients who come to meet in their Mercedes. If we had as criteria that individuals who advise others would need to be financially successful themselves, how many...

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Earn Income Without a Job or Skills

http://retirement-income.net/blog/retirement-money/earn-income-without-a-job-or-skills/

Who Says You Deserve to Retire?

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Keep Your Site Trending With These Awesome Tips

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Older workers suffer from long-term unemployment more than any age group

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Why a Financial Advisor Won't Advise You

http://retirement-income.net/blog/investment-advice/why-a-financial-advisor-wont-advise-you/

Many People Hang Up on You and Rightly So

"My name is....." "Hi Mr. Smith, my name is........" Most every sales call or appointment-setting call in America starts this way--the WRONG way. Sales people and business owners think it's so important to tell the caller their name. But the c...

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Henry Ford Would Have Been a Rich Financial Advisor

Project vs Process Henry Ford is credited with mastering use of the assembly line concept.  In other words, Henry converted machine assembly, which was previously done on a project basis, to a process.  We would not think of manufacturing now in...

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