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ATM: Mutual Funds vs. ETFs

The Big Picture

At the Money: Mutual Funds vs. ETFs with Dave Nadig, Financial Futurist for Vetta Fi (December 13, 2023) What’s the best instrument for your investments? Mutual funds or ETFs? But over the past few decades the mutual fund has been losing the battle for investors attention. Dave Nadig : Absolutely not!

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Here's What You Can Do When Your Financial Planner Invests in an Asset Without Your Approval

The Motley Fool

It's a good idea to do this in writing so you have documentation of your complaint, especially if you've lost money. If your financial planner is an investment advisor, mutual fund company, or transfer agent, you should file a complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or your state securities regulator.

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How to value illiquid investments

Private Equity Wire

PARTNER CONTENT By Muhammad Akram, CPA Founder, Akram | Assurance, Advisory & Tax Firm Why fair value is so important Fair value impacts net assets/partners’ capital, potentially overstating performance and overcharging management and performance fees. Maintain documentation for all inputs, including growth rates and discount rates.

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What It Means to Be Regulated by FINRA

The Motley Fool

A broker-dealer firm is in the business of buying and selling securities -- stocks, bonds, mutual funds and certain other investment products -- on behalf of its customers (as broker), for its own account (as dealer) or both. All broker-dealers that sell securities to the public in the U.S.

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Seven ways to talk your financial execs out of jargon and bad writing

Investment Writing

Use the Oracle of Omaha When I push for plain language, sometimes my asset manager clients say they’re worried they’ll be seen as “dumb.” That should be intuitive: Everybody is bombarded with content; and they skim or skip pieces that run long, as the mutual fund prospectus research in the next section suggests.

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Why a Stock Peak Isn’t a Cliff

ClearMoney

The information in this document is provided in good faith without any warranty and is intended for the recipient’s background information only. Unauthorized copying, reproducing, duplicating, or transmitting of this document are strictly prohibited. DISCLOSURES. Dimensional Japan Ltd., and Dimensional Hong Kong Limited.

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Is Active vs. Passive Actually Passé?

ClearMoney

Studies documenting underperformance by active fund managers supported the sentiment that market prices were largely fair and any attempt to find under- or overpriced securities was akin to flipping a coin. Unauthorized copying, reproducing, duplicating, or transmitting of this document are strictly prohibited.