Monthly Archives - November 2016

Sheaff Brock Investment Advisors - Year-end planning strategies
25 Nov

Some To-Do, Not-To-Do, and ‘It Depends’ Items for Your Year-End List

As the fall season sets in, there are certain end-of-year planning techniques you can begin implementing, financial planning professional Paul Coan reminds Sheaff Brock investors. There are some not-to-do items as well, Coan adds, and some “it depends” tactics that may or may not prove best given your individual situation. Since several, although not all, of these checklist items involve tax planning, there are a couple of cautions: Speak with your CPA or other tax advisor before implementing any tax-related [...]

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18 Nov

After the Recent Election, There’s New Reason to Love the Unloved

In certain oversold industries, it’s been a long, long stretch with stocks deprived of investors’ love and appreciation, observes Sheaff Brock Chief Investment Officer Dave Gilreath. Over-regulation and disfavor have swung the “affection pendulum” away from certain basic areas of our economy, Gilreath points out, including: pharmaceuticals industrials “traditional” energy (coal, natural gas, oil) After all, Gilreath reasons, with an aging population, the importance of pharmaceuticals and medical devices isn’t going away. Similarly, as the Energy Xchange emphasizes, “renewables have [...]

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Boring yawn about bonds boring investment style | Sheaff Brock
11 Nov

The Potential Benefits of Bonds’ Boring Investment Style

When Oppenheimer Managing Director Leo Dierckman asserts that bonds should most definitely continue to be included in investment portfolios—even when interest rates are expected to rise—he means what he says. Dierckman believes that bonds serve as the backbone of both individual and institutional portfolios, and help offset the risks of equity and alternative investment holdings. While the portfolio manager admits that interest rates tend to rise when the economy is improving, which can render lower-paying existing bonds less attractive, those [...]

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baseball analogy is bonds may deliver singles or doubles and not home runs | Sheaff Brock
04 Nov

Fixed Income is the Portfolio’s “Boring Backbone”

Should bonds continue to be included in investment portfolios even when interest rates are expected to rise? Most definitely, Oppenheimer Asset Management’s Managing Director Leo Dierckman told our SheaffBriefs editor. In fact, Dierckman went on to say, bonds serve as the backbone of both individual and institutional portfolios, offsetting the risks of equity and alternative investment holdings, and reducing volatility. Using an analogy from baseball, Dierckman cautions investors that bonds can reasonably be expected to deliver “singles” and “doubles,” rather [...]

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