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Executive Team Expands
We are pleased to announce a new addition to our senior staff. Matt Hamilton has joined TPFG as President. His role is to unify and optimize the efforts of our National Accounts, Private Wealth, Strategic...
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Is My Business Pandemic Proof?
Given the current economic environment, every advisor should be asking themselves: “Is My Business Pandemic proof”? At TPFG, we’ve had the opportunity to work with hundreds of financial advisors throughout the years....
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PFG Strategy Update - January 2021
This past week has generated some exciting headlines in the financial media. GameStop, a video game retailer, appears to be the subject of a short squeeze, causing the stock price to skyrocket over 1000% since the start of the year.
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State of the Consumer
The pandemic induced recession has broken the mold of a typical economic slowdown. One area that looks very different is the state of the consumer. This covers a broad range of measures such as savings, wages, and debt. While many are still
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PFG Strategy Update - December 2020
Economic and market conditions continue to evolve rapidly. In the short term, we are facing a resurgence in COVID-19 cases and renewed restrictions. However, we have promising news on a vaccine. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has been approved
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Make Your Clients Better Investors with 3 Questions
How much easier would your life be if your clients were better investors? What would that look like? Better investors would better understand the markets, better understand their investment goals and how to meet them, and ultimately,...
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PFG Investment Update - November 2020
Key Points Decreased defensive holdings Increase mid & small caps Add Materials Overall increasing cyclical exposure The recent good news about COVID-19 vaccine trials has caused us to review our view on risk and portfolio positioning....
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Envestnet and RiskPro® Announce Enablement of Enterprises to Mitigate Regulatory Risk
Scheduled to Go Live in Early 2021, the Integration Will Strengthen Transparency & Documentation Capabilities for Enterprises and Advisors NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. and CHICAGO, Nov. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- RiskPro and Envestnet, Inc....
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Manguso Joins Senior Leadership Team
TAMP veteran Gary Manguso to drive the next stage of product expansion at TPFG. The Pacific Financial Group (TPFG), an SEC Registered Investment Advisory firm and pioneer in Self-Directed Account Management, today announced Gary...
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How To Make Your Business Pandemic Proof
The value of advice has never been more important. Listen to this insightful interview by Mike Watson, VP of Wealth Management at Independent Financial Group and Sylvain Templeman, EVP and National Sales Manager at The Pacific...
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Is Your Risk Profiling Process Putting Your Firm at Risk?
Historically, investor risk profiling begins with an investor completing a risk tolerance questionnaire and then getting a label like “conservative”, or “aggressive”. We created RiskPro® because we found...
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RiskPro® Proves Pandemic Proof
Validation Amid a Crisis The outbreak the COVID-19 virus rocked the global economy and financial markets. Understandably, fear and panic spread among millions of investors. Through it all, RiskPro® performed impeccably. From the...
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Nobody Told Me
The year of 2020 makes me think of many things, including some of my favorite John Lennon lyrics…. “Nobody told me there’d be days like these……. strange days indeed, most peculiar Mama, whoa!” 1...
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Stocks Continue Downward Slide
The Week on Wall Street Stocks traveled a volatile path last week as investors appeared concerned about the upcoming elections, an uncertain economy, and more delays with additional fiscal stimulus. The Dow Jones Industrial Average...
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Benefits of Fixed Income Active Management
In March 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Reserve reduced the Federal Funds rate to 0.00%. Treasury yields fell across maturities in conjunction with the move and, by the end of August, the 10 Year Treasury yield...
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2020 Election
Key Points: Election headlines are everywhere. Historically, volatility does not increase pre-election. Stay focused on long term goals and plan. There is no shortage of headlines this election season that may cause investors to...
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Stocks Stall as Recovery Continues
The Week on Wall Street A late week sell-off sent stocks broadly lower as investors took some profits after stocks reached all-time highs earlier in the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 1.82%, while the Standard & Poor’s...
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The Days of “Set-It and Forget-It” for Plan Participants are Over
In May of 2020, The Pacific Financial Group, Inc. proudly launched the Strategy PLUS™ suite of professionally managed model portfolios for group retirement plans participants whose options were lacking, and no longer keeping...
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RiskPro® Shines a Light on Pricing Discrepancies
On February 19, the S&P 500 reached an all-time high of 3,386. Shortly thereafter investors began to price in the economic impact from the COVID-19 pandemic, causing the market to make its most abrupt trip ever into bear market...
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Carla Martin Becomes New National Accounts Leader
Carla Martin Director of National Accounts Industry veteran Carla Martin has joined The Pacific Financial Group (TPFG) asDirector of National Accounts. In her role, Carla is responsible for leading all firm initiatives related to...
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PFG Market & Strategy Update
Key Points: Strategies are built for a variety of potential outcomes. Economic data is improving. Deployed 10% cash into equities across PFG Strategies. Markets and economies are complex systems driven by a wide range of variables....
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