Disclosures and footnotes
1 Though some clients will benefit from personalized equity portfolios, many find that pooled products such as mutual funds and ETFs meet their needs.
2 Investor’s Business Daily, 2022. IBD’s 25 Most Trusted Financial Companies.
3 Kevin Khang, Alan Cummings, Thomas Paradise, and Brennan O'Connor, 2022. Personalized indexing: A portfolio construction plan. Valley Forge, Pa.: The Vanguard Group. Simulation as of September 2021.
4 Cerulli Associates, 2022. The Case for Direct Indexing: Differentiation in a Competitive Marketplace.
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