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    Dream Team: Financial Advisors & CPAs

    Collaboration Leads to Better Client Thinking Financial advisors can capitalize on this era of new tax laws by forming mutually beneficial relationships with CPAs. CPAs can add value to your practice, both by providing tax advice and by referring clients who need financial plans. Tax advice that a CPA gives is different than the advice you can give for a tax-efficient retirement plan. But when paired together, this advice empowers your client to make the best financial decisions. Use our free CPA introduction letter template to forge the relationships that will result in better retirement plans for your clients.
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    3 Questions that Make Creating a Retirement Investment Strategy Easier

    Crafting a retirement investment strategy can be a daunting task for many people, even when they have a great financial advisor. Between the financial goals being set and the possible scenarios being accounted for through retirement planning, it’s easy for your clients to become overwhelmed and disoriented.
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    A closer look at the new Tax Clarity updates: self-employment tax

    At the beginning of April, Covisum rolled out four new features to our Tax Clarity® software. The new self-employment tax calculates the impact of paying both the employee and the employer's share of Social Security and Medicare taxes for self-employed clients.
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    ThinkAdvisor: Covisum's advisor and quant discuss how to manage sequence of returns risk in retirement planning

    In an ongoing series exclusive to ThinkAdvisor, Joe Elsasser, CFP® and Ron Piccinini, PhD provide readers with two distinct perspectives on the same topic. Check out the most recent installment, "How do you manage sequence of returns risk in retirement planning?" In this edition, Joe and Ron discuss how to protect clients from a down market in the crucial early withdrawal years. Joe's response included:
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    Investors Chronicle highlights SmartRisk

    Investors Chronicle published an article, "Alpha Portfolios: Appreciating Real Tactical Risk" by James Norrington on April 13, 2018.
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    The 7 books (and papers) everyone with an interest in financial tech should read

    In honor of Financial Literacy Month, Covisum President, Joe Elsasser,CFP®, has created a reading list for anybody with an interest in the financial tech industry. As you know, this is evolving. Financial advisors, finance students, and those working in fintech can benefit from this reading list.
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    ThinkAdvisor: Covisum's advisor and quant discuss the impact of tax reform on investment portfolios

    In an ongoing series exclusive to ThinkAdvisor, Joe Elsasser, CFP® and Ron Piccinini, PhD provide readers with two distinct perspectives on the same topic. Check out the most recent installment, "How New Tax Law Affects Investment Portfolios." In this edition, we asked both Joe and Ron what kind of impact tax reform has on investment portfolios. Joe's response included:
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