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LIFE&Health Advisor – Access, Exposure & Market Visibility for financial services, investment and retirement income planning.






Reclaiming the future: The time is now to restore and rebuild your clients' retirement dreams
by Robert DeChellis
At the beginning of 2008, total global equity of investable assets was roughly $60 trillion. At the end of the year, that number shrank to below $30 trillion. For the person who was set to retire on January 1, 2009, that short period of time could have caused as much as a 40 percent loss in their overall portfolio and been the difference between a comfortable retirement and putting off retirement for years.

Women seek more confidence in making financial decisions;
men willing to take more risk

by Michelle Ransom
Women, who now control $12 trillion in global consumer spending, recognize the need to get their finances in good order and they wish they were more confident in making financial decisions.

Voluntary benefits protect employee and employer
by Ron Agypt
When you look at all the elements of the employer-employee contract, there is only one that can greatly impact the attraction, retention and protection of workers, benefits.

Cruise control hedging: RISK is not just a board game you played in college
by Steve Selengut
Investors have to deal with public policy risk every bit as much as they need to analyze the risks associated with the securities and other financial products they hold in their portfolios. It's complicated, but it is doable.

PROFILE: Beth Gamel, CPA, PFS
by Carolyn S. Ellis
Beth Gamel, co-founder and executive vice president of Pillar Financial Advisors, spoke with L&HA about her career path from CPA to financial advisor, and how that background serves her in today's planning field.



Noteworthy

New Conversations: How Securities America opened new dialog between client and advisor

Double-digit growth for VA sales in Q2


September 2010



August 2010