The Future for Independent Advisors and Planners Is…Stock Selection? What?
Image Source: 401K Calculator By Brian Nelson, CFA The world is fast-changing, and the financial markets are changing even faster. One of the most influential writers in the blogosphere, Josh Brown (aka the Reformed Broker) wrote one of the most thoughtful pieces I’ve read in a long time last October, “Just own the damn robots.” The gist of the piece is that technology is taking jobs everywhere, and employees that are being displaced may be investing in the same companies that are displacing them as a form of insurance (investing in their “own destruction,” so to speak). It was a fresh read and a fascinating viewpoint. As a former director in Morningstar’s equity and credit department that headed up training … Read more