{"id":101896,"date":"2022-10-03t11:00:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-03t15:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/?p=101896"},"modified":"2022-12-22t00:39:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22t05:39:22","slug":"diversify-for-greater-wealth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2022\/10\/03\/diversify-for-greater-wealth\/","title":{"rendered":"your client’s instincts are wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>how you as the personal cfo can help.<\/strong><\/p>\n by anthony glomski<\/i><\/p>\n let\u2019s examine in detail some key drivers of investment success:<\/p>\n more: <\/b>when clients don\u2019t listen<\/a> | what clients need to know<\/a> | what level of advice do entrepreneurs need?<\/a> | three components of collaborative wealth management<\/a> andrew carnegie\u2019s advice for growing assets \u2013 put all your eggs in one basket and watch the basket \u2013 is sage wisdom when it comes to building a great enterprise. that strategy has worked for you as an entrepreneur, and it\u2019s likely why your clients are successful, too and yet, too many investors \u2013 especially entrepreneurs \u2013 invest too much of their wealth in any number of non-diversified ways. some of the most common, and potentially wealth-threatening, include:<\/p>\n sound familiar?<\/p>\n a plan should be developed to diversify into other asset classes as well as into other categories of equities.<\/p>\n often, the best approach for dealing with an oversized position in one stock is one or a combination of the following strategies:<\/p>\n in all the above scenarios, the investors are taking on far more risk than is prudent. it is simply unnecessary to incur the full volatility of a single asset class, like stocks. the marginal benefit from doing so (in the form of higher return) is not commensurate with the amount of risk taken \u2013 risk that can threaten the preservation of your client\u2019s wealth.<\/p>\n no one can say what will happen today, tomorrow or next month with absolute certainty. unexpected developments such as sept. 11, the global financial crisis and the covid-19 pandemic will always occur that can affect your investments in ways you might never anticipate.<\/p>\n therefore, it\u2019s impossible to know precisely when a stock, asset class or industry will outrun all the others \u2013 and when it will find itself languishing at the back of the pack. in fact, financial science tells us that an asset class that soars in one year rarely finds itself at the top of the pack the following year. likewise, a \u201closer\u201d asset class one year often catapults to the winner\u2019s circle the next year.<\/p>\n the lesson that financial science teaches us is clear: if you want to own winning investments consistently over time, you can\u2019t just invest in one or two stocks, sectors or even broad asset classes.<\/strong> you need to own many of them at all times \u2013 regardless of how they perform in any single year. that way, you will always be invested in enough areas of the market that are doing relatively well at any given moment.<\/p>\n diversifying your portfolio will also ensure that you don\u2019t put too much of your money in the wrong areas of the market and end up watching your net worth plummet. with diversification, your portfolio is far less likely to experience wild swings in value the way a highly focused or highly concentrated portfolio does.<\/p>\n global exposure adds value<\/strong><\/p>\n during the so-called \u201clost decade\u201d of 2000-2009, the s&p 500 delivered a cumulative total return of minus<\/strong> 9.1 percent. add in the volatility of two sizable bear markets during that time, and nobody remembers that period too fondly.<\/p>\n interestingly, however, other asset classes fared much better than large-cap u.s. stocks over the same dark period:<\/p>\n while past performance is not indicative of future results, a properly balanced portfolio diversified across the globe and asset classes had a much better chance of not losing an entire decade. looking outside the united states can feel uncertain and be intimidating for many. headlines can be frightening, and foreign governments can be unpredictable. in an agnostic investment portfolio, however, it is exactly in these environments that value is found. if one doesn\u2019t make the mistake of having too many opinions and diversifying improperly, history shows, a global portfolio will tend to weather any storm quite well. through our strategic partnerships, our firm has the ability to own 12,000 stocks in 44 countries through a select number of low-cost institutional asset class funds for our clients. the bond market exposure via these funds is equally broad. this way the investor can feel like the house, rather than an individual gambler. when clients participate in all markets, the odds are more likely to be in their favor. they don\u2019t need to decide when to walk away from the ace or the jack or when to turn off the \u201clet the gamblers gamble\u201d sign. over the long term, the house always wins.<\/p>\n diversify with fixed income <\/strong><\/p>\n \u201crule no. 1: never lose money. rule no. 2: never forget rule no. 1.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 warren buffett<\/p>\n there are many definitions of risk. too many, actually. we concern ourselves with two types:<\/p>\n the latter type of risk results from owning single stocks of companies that experience major financial issues (like bear stearns, lehman brothers, countrywide, enron, etoys, etc.) and has no place in our process. the former can be tolerated differently by different investors, and it is the type of risk we can do something about.<\/p>\n for this type of risk, we allocate to bonds. that\u2019s because bond prices typically do not fluctuate as much as stock prices do, and because bond prices often rise when stocks fall. that makes bonds an excellent tool for diversification and for smoothing out overall portfolio returns. in the 2007-2008 bear market, for example, stocks lost more than 50 percent of their value. in sharp contrast, the barclays us aggregate bond index delivered a 6.1 percent annualized gain during that time, while the highest-quality long-term u.s. government bonds returned 17.6 percent annualized.<\/p>\n overall, bonds historically generate lower returns than stocks do over the long term. and with interest rates near historic lows right now, you may wonder how bonds could do anything but hurt the overall return of your client\u2019s portfolio going forward. but that question doesn\u2019t account for the uncertainty of time<\/strong>. the long-term return expectations for stocks and bonds are not valid for each and every starting point in history. plus, we never know how far \u2013 or for how long \u2013 any asset class will trend up or down.<\/p>\n remember from above that investment returns are \u201clumpy\u201d and unpredictable? it\u2019s entirely possible that even a low annual return from bonds of, say, 3 percent over the next few years could end up giving your client\u2019s portfolio a boost and help them better preserve wealth if stocks experience multiple years of flat or negative returns.<\/p>\n that\u2019s exactly what happened during the decade-long period from 1965 through 1975. during that time, u.s. government bonds returned 2.2 percent annually. hardly impressive \u2013 but still better than the 1.2 percent annualized return from stocks over the period. ancient history? maybe. but there\u2019s no way to be sure history won\u2019t repeat.<\/p>\n the message: by owning bonds at all times \u2013 even when they appear unattractive \u2013 your client could at any time own the best-performing asset class available, and therefore preserve their wealth better while increasing the probability of generating the target return they seek from their portfolio.<\/p>\n control what you can control<\/strong><\/p>\n you may not be able to control the direction of the market, but (as shown throughout this post) you can control the level of risk that you and your clients bear and how you help them position their wealth to best take advantage of the market to compensate them for that risk. other key determinants of investment success that you can \u2013 and should \u2013 seek to control include:<\/p>\n there are some one-size-fits-all \u201ctax efficiency\u201d models that rarely serve entrepreneurs well. instead, entrepreneurs require specialized customization to their unique situation, which is often complex with a lot of moving parts. we have an arsenal of tools that help to minimize taxes, but many require customization to the individual or family.<\/p>\n coordinate and oversee \u2013 the personal cfo<\/strong><\/p>\n many affluent families work with multiple financial advisors and\/or money managers. for example, 78 percent of families with more than $10 million in investable assets have more than three advisors simultaneously, according to research from aes nation. this \u201cadvisor diversification\u201d approach may make good sense in some situations.<\/p>\n that said, the key to working with multiple financial professionals simultaneously is to ensure that each professional\u2019s efforts are coordinated. that way, an investment strategy implemented by one advisor doesn\u2019t conflict with or harm an investment solution used by another. a personal cfo is needed here \u2013 someone who is capable of organizing, overseeing and coordinating the work that each professional do on behalf of your client and their family. the real value in your investment experience comes from this coordination, which helps ensure that every investment strategy works as it should, and nothing falls between the cracks. without a trusted personal cfo at the top, the good work of all the other professionals can be quickly negated.<\/p>\n the next steps<\/strong><\/p>\n the investment consulting process is just the first step in a collaborative wealth management process. once the investment foundation is built and solidified, it\u2019s time to turn our attention to the key non-investment<\/strong> financial areas of importance in one\u2019s life.<\/p>\n these areas might include advanced tax planning, transferring assets to family members or others, protecting assets from those who would seek to take it from your clients, and developing planning strategies to help causes and 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\nsuccessful investing is an entirely different story, however \u2013 one in which diversification is the key to growing (and more important, keeping) your money. contrary to andrew carnegie\u2019s advice, we all know the basic, almost clich\u00e9 idea behind diversification: don\u2019t<\/strong> put all your eggs in one basket.<\/p>\n\n
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\nso-called concentrated stock positions are particularly common among business owners after they\u2019ve had a liquidity event. that\u2019s often when they have received a large amount of stock of the company (or companies) that acquired their enterprise. in such situations, there are two main tasks for the successful entrepreneur:<\/p>\n\n
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