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The S&P 500 Is More Top-Heavy Than Ever—What Advisors Should Know
In 2024, the top 10 companies in the S&P 500 accounted for 37% of the index’s value—a level three standard deviations above the historical average of 21.5%. This level of overconcentration is unprecedented in recent decades and represents a structural shift in market dynamics. Our research at the College for Financial…
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Check Out the New Alumni Page and Share Your Feedback
We’re excited to share that the new Alumni webpage is here—a central hub to help you stay connected, celebrate accomplishments, and access valuable tools. Here’s what you can already explore: Checkout the webpage here:https://www.cffp.edu/alumni ✅ Attend an Event – Stay in the loop with upcoming alumni and professional…
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Check Out the New Alumni Page and Share Your Feedback
We’re excited to share that the new Alumni webpage is here—a central hub to help you stay connected, celebrate accomplishments, and access valuable tools. Here’s what you can already explore: Check out the Alumni webpage here: https://www.cffp.edu/alumni ✅ Attend an Event – Stay in the loop with upcoming alumni and…
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Dean's Note on Alternative Investments: Unlocking New Potential for Financial Planners
Welcome to the Golden Era of Alternatives If you're a financial planner still relying on the classic 60/40 allocation, you're missing what's happening in the real world and what clients are already talking about. Alternative investments are now mainstream, accessible, and, when used wisely, can transform portfolios for a…
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What part of the business cycle do you think the U.S. is in currently?
Do you think we are still in an expansion phase? For a start, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) sets peaks and troughs for the business cycle and the last declared peak was February 2020 and the last trough was April 2020, both declared in July of 2021! Recessions are declared after the fact, so we feel the…
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✨Industry Insights✍️
Check out this new edition of our "Industry Insights" segment with our Dean of Financial Planning, David Mannaioni.