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The advice algorithm: financial planning in the app age. Watch Out Silicon Valley: There’s Project Silicon Beach Down Under. Would you trust a robot to manage your money? Fees at Betterment and Wealthfront, for example, can be as low as a few dollars a month.

Would you trust a robot to manage your money?

Betterment's sliding scale shows that it charges 0.15 percent annually on assets of $100,000 or more, or from as low as about $13 a month, according to the firm's founder and CEO, Jon Stein. Young, tech-savvy investors entrusting their portfolios to 'robo advisors' Why Robo-Advisors Aren't A Threat To Traditional Advisors. FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.

Why Robo-Advisors Aren't A Threat To Traditional Advisors

Robo-Advisors Aren’t A Threat To Traditional Advisors (Business Insider) The rise of Robo-advisors — start-ups that use algorithms to help investors create and manage their portfolios — is a trend to watch this year. Some have argued that the emergence of robo-advisors is changing the wealth management industry. But Robert Stammers, Director of Investor Education at CFA Institute, doesn’t think that this necessarily means they’re threatening traditional advisors. Stammers told Business Insider in a phone interview, that robo-advisors are helping a segment of the market that is underserved. How To Tell If You’re On Track To Your Long-Term Goals (Charles Schwab) The S&P 500 had its largest gain in 16 years in 2013, and returned over 30% to investors. 1. 2. 3. 4.

Asset & Money Management - Financial Planning. The Ensemble Practice. News and Advice for a Lifetime of Financial Decisions. DailyFinance - News and Advice for a Lifetime of Financial Decisions. (1) Online Financial Services Startups: Who is winning the race: Wealthfront, FutureAdvisor, Betterment, LearnVest, or Personal Capital? (or any other that I missed) Wealthfront vs. Betterment vs. Vanguard vs. FutureAdvisor vs. SigFig — Joe Jansen. Pros Great design and interfaceLow fees (0.35 - 0.15% depending on account size)Invests in fractional sharesAppears to have the second most assets under management and most customers of my contendersTotal transparency on portfolio methodologyNo minimum initial depositUnderlying philosophy of optimizing for automation, long term focus, and behavioral finance Cons No automated tax loss harvestingLittle portfolio distinction between taxable and IRA accountsNo REITS (though most cheap REIT ETFs have recently been strongly correlated with domestic equities)

Technology Blog of Personal Capital. Welcome To Powerwrap - Powerwrap. Ignite Sales. Mitchell brings to Ignite a proven track record, over eighteen years, of delivering commercial grade technology to the market.

Ignite Sales

His expertise is in sales and sales management, cloud-based product development and capital fundraising. Mitchell served as Executive Vice President and co-founder of G2X, an Internet company focused on customer relationship management software. He was responsible for building ACT! For Lotus Notes and bringing it to market with Symantec Corporation. He worked with over 50 sales organizations for over 7 years implementing technology aligned with sales process best practices. Self Managed Super Funds. A better investment. This startup captured $200 million of people’s savings by turning financial advice into an algorithm.

My brain tumor introduced itself to me on a grainy MRI, in the summer of 2009, when I was 28 years old.

This startup captured $200 million of people’s savings by turning financial advice into an algorithm

It had been with me from the day I was born. Tumors like mine develop in utero. They are usually discovered in children, but no one could tell me why mine had only been found once I was an adult. It wasn’t cancerous. Perhaps this tumor at the base of my brain, near the pituitary gland, had reached maturity long ago and would never grow further. Certainty only came with surgery, whose outcomes were presented to me in the form of averages and standard deviations. What eventually did happen was something none of the experts ever suggested would be possible. What eventually did happen was something none of the experts ever suggested would be possible. I’ve now been given my health back. Financial Planning Software - MoneyGuidePro. Investment Advice and Flat-Fee Financial Management. Jemstep Portfolio Manager - Secure Your Retirement. Decimal, Financial planning software « Decimal.

Affluent investors increasingly using social media for personal finance, investing. Index. Financial Planning, Investment, Software, Online, Portfolio Management. Investors turn to social media for finance, investing. One third of affluent investors are using social media platforms for personal finance and investing purposes, according to a new report.

Investors turn to social media for finance, investing

Investment Management, Online Financial Advisor. Top 5 Investment Sites. Yahoo Finance is the 800 lb gorilla in best investment sites.

Top 5 Investment Sites

Yahoo essentially democratized financial information. While not the first to do so, Yahoo made it easy for investors to study companies’ balance sheets and income statements. As Reg FD leveled the investing playing field by prohibiting selective disclosures, new sites have arisen that provide tremendous value in the research process. These best investment sites, when used properly, can mean the difference between profit and loss and between big gains and little gains. **Recommended: In my new book, I write about many of these sites and how investors can leverage them to make better, more informed — and accurate — investment decisions. 1.

Expert Communities are comprised of groups of people used to conduct professional research. Marketocracy. Collective2- Automated Trading for Humans. Covestor Investment Management. Nutmeg: we build and manage your investment portfolio - Investment management, ISAs, Online savings. Instreet Investment Limited. DealVector launches social network for fixed-income investors.