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    A Closer Look at Income InSight: Stress Tests

    Provide Retirement Insights and Add Bottom Line Dollars for Your Clients Income InSight® was designed to help advisors visually answer their clients' biggest questions about retirement and quantify the value they deliver. One of the best ways our new retirement income planning platform executes this is with stress test icons. Let's take a closer look at the feature.
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    Hidden Value: Probability of Success vs. Consequence of Failure

    Hidden Value is a column in ThinkAdvisor where Joe Elsasser, CFP®, answers common questions with insights advisors and their clients may not have considered. This week he takes a closer look at Monte Carlo simulations.
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    Frequently Asked Questions About SmartRisk

    Q: What does SmartRiskTM do? A: SmartRisk uses a heavy-tailed model to provide more precise portfolio risk measurement, because the actual risk of big losses in client portfolios is much greater than the standard deviation calculation would suggest. SmartRisk doesn’t show what we think will happen; it’s what could happen. This more realistic estimate of risk allows advisors to have a conversation with the client in advance of the next downturn, and set reasonable expectations. In addition, once an advisor sees that much larger downside possibility, they can start looking for ways to mitigate the risk.
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    ThinkAdvisor: Covisum's Advisor and Quant Discuss the 4% Rule

    In an ongoing series exclusive to ThinkAdvisor, Joe Elsasser, CFP® and Ron Piccinini, PhD provide readers with two distinct perspectives on the same topic. This week, we asked Joe and Ron to discuss, the 4% rule.
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    Forbes Finance Council: The Truth About Portfolio Risk Exposure

    In a recent article for Forbes, Covisum President, Joe Elsasser, CFP®, addressed common misconceptions surrounding financial risk and the dangers of relying on an outdated financial risk model.
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    ThinkAdvisor: Covisum's advisor and quant discuss the benefits and risks of ESG investing

    In an ongoing series exclusive to ThinkAdvisor, Joe Elsasser, CFP® and Ron Piccinini, PhD provide readers with two distinct perspectives on the same topic. This week, we asked Joe and Ron to discuss, the benefits and risks of ESG investing.
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