When I started my career at Smith Barney in the US, “back in the day,” people with surplus funds engaged a stockbroker to buy and sell securities on their behalf. This relationship was primarily transactional (with a few liquid lunches thrown in for good measure). Stockbrokers were paid by commission, and each buy or sell ...
Risk means different things to different people, particularly when used in the context of financial planning. Often advisors are too quick to label investors, particularly women and young professionals, as conservative, when in fact a more moderate or aggressive profile would better suit their objectives. Risk means different things to different people, particularly when used ...
What’s next? On one hand I want to say, “who the heck knows!?”. But on the other hand, I do know some things. Beginning in February, Kamal and I are going to deliver a six-part lunch hour workshop series called Cash Flow Connections, focusing on the connections that need to be made between knowledge, behaviour ...
