Unlike Traditional Financial Advisory Firms
Most traditional investment firms focus on a buy-and-hold philosophy that assumes holding certain mutual funds, bonds and stocks for the long term is the smartest way to grow capital and avoid short-term capital gains taxes. Other firms do not like to “trade” and do not believe in changing strategies when the market moves from bull to bear or bear to bull. They want you to believe that they have the strategic resources to put you into the right “plan” for your age and your financial objectives for your future and you should ignore the net asset value of your account. In fact, many traditional investment firms train their advisors to limit their trading and focus on getting more clients rather than managing their client accounts to capitalize on bull and bear markets with different strategies for each.