Entrepeneur Summit 2012

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The Entrepreneur Summit event will showcase the diverse array of businesses that contribute to the South Florida regional economy. Throughout the day there will be many opportunities to network with like-minded professionals and learn what it takes to make it in today’s business world as a small business owner. This event connects emerging entrepreneurs with successful business experts; it is a must attend event.

Date: 
Friday, April 20, 2012 - 07:30 to 14:00

Main Street or Wall Street; Fiduciary Standards or Suitability Standards

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By Amaury Cifuentes, CFP® CMP®

Main Street has been at odds with Wall Street for several years. We hear our politicians discuss how Wall Street has to do a better job understanding and working with Main Street and how Wall Street’s greed is out of control.

We all know that politicians will not get Wall Street under control. However, the truth is Main Street has the power to control Wall Street; they just need to understand how.

Where Nobel Economists Put Their Money

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A lot of wealth is gone, and there is no reason for it to come back.

That was the summation of Robert C. Merton, one of three Nobel Prizewinning economists who joined intellectual forces last week at the School of Managements three-day Future of Life Cycle Saving and Investing Conference. Merton, along with Robert Solow and Paul Samuelson, took questions about the impending retirement savings crisis from PBS NewsHour correspondent Paul Solman at an October 23 after-dinner panel discussion, What Retirement Means to Me, that will be aired in part on the public television program.

Volatility in Today's Market

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Today' high and lows in the market can make any investor say, why invest? Wouldn't it be perfect if your investment portfolio would increase steadily year over year? Sadly, we know this is impossible; however you can control your portfolio's volatility. Most would agree that advisors spend time analyzing measurements of volatility, and I think that's important, however a more important questions would be;

How does volatility affect my client's portfolio and financial goals?

Let's review: Assume 100,000 Portfolios