planadviser January/February 2013

High tech is driving advisers’ businesses like never before

Is going independent all it’s cracked up to be?

How well do you know your broker/dealer?

What exactly does a plan adviser do?

 

The aftermath of 408(b)(2)

New products, highlights, announcements

There has been a lot of talk about Apple in the news lately—what its stock price is doing, what new gadgets it will or will not come out with next.

The best places to direct money this year

 

Few things are worse in a business meeting than a boring PowerPoint presentation (except maybe stale bagels). 

The 2012 presidential election’s significant impact on advisers

Just two hours’ exposure to a device with a self-luminous backlit display—a Kindle, iPad or other tablet computer—can cause a suppression in melatonin, which in turn could lead to trouble falling asleep, according to a study from the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Melatonin, a hormone secreted by the pineal gland in the brain, helps regulate sleep cycles.

Tired of giving the same old presentations? Use these nuggets of information to spruce them up.

Articles that appeared in the Trendspotting section of the magazine.