Larry Swedroe Book Foreword & Prospective Materials Intro Templates  

Created: December 7, 2014

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Description: This bundle of two pieces provides a 1,100-word foreword for use when ordering custom-foreword versions of Larry Swedroe's book, "Think, Act and Invest Like Warren Buffett." It also includes a similarly themed, 500-word template for introducing general prospecting materials such as white papers, reprints, RFP responses and more -- for individual and institutional prospects.

A Meaningful Message for Thanksgiving-2014  

Created: November 11, 2014

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Description: This 300-word letter/e-mail is a template you can use to reach out to clients, to send them Thanksgiving greetings. This year's theme focuses on the way you are grateful to your clients for their personal and professional relationship with you. Use the piece as a client letter or e-mail, or modify it for other purposes as appropriate.

Timeless Investment Advice for Timely Market Troubles  

Created: October 15, 2014

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Description: This 500-word e-mail can be used to reach out to clients or prospects about today's (October 15, 2014) market drop or repurposed as a follow-up (with minor edits to adjust to whatever happens next in the market). It empathizes with the pain that market drops can cause and reinforces classic themes such as the importance of taking a long-term, evidence-based approach to harnessing market volatility.

October Q3 2014 Client Letter (CAPE ratio)  

Created: October 2, 2014

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Description: This 420-word client letter can be used as a cover letter to accompany your quarterly client reports or as a stand-alone communication. It presents recent media coverage of Shiller and Malkiel's assessments of the CAPE ratio and stock pricing, and why it remains prudent for clients to stick with their long-term globally diversified portfolio.

Market Mania and Investor Resolve … Again  

Created: July 31, 2014

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Description: This 500-word timely client letter can be used to contact clients who may be concerned about the July 31 2014 steep market decline (or modifiable to be used in the days ahead, depending on continued news). Borrowing on language from past periods of market risk, it reinforces the importance of avoiding herd mentality and instead staying the course during times when market risk appears.

July Q2 2014 Client Letter (Wm Sharpe)  

Created: July 1, 2014

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Description: This 375-word client letter can be used as a cover letter to accompany your quarterly client reports or as a stand-alone communication. Based on a SensibleInvesting.tv interview with Nobel laureate William F. Sharpe, it reminds readers that, even as time, technology and terminology march on, some investment essentials remain as strong as ever. (Ties well with recent Evidence-Based Investment Insights series covering the benefits of diversification.)

Heartbleed Security Reach-Out  

Created: April 10, 2014

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Description: This 280-word e-mail alerts your clients that you are aware of and following up on the Heartbleed Security bug announced this week and that you will be in touch promptly should they need to take any action at their end. A Mashable link is provided to help you inform your clients whether their specific account custodian appears to be affected by the breach. (Most of them appear not to be, since brokers/banks don't seem to be using OpenSSL where the breach occurred), The event also serves as a good reminder that they should routinely update their account passwords every 60-90 days.

April Q1 2014 Client Letter (Michael Lewis & HFT)  

Created: April 3, 2014

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Description: This 475-word client letter can be used as a cover letter to accompany your quarterly client reports or as a stand-alone communication. It addresses Michael Lewis' March 30th, 2014 "60 Minutes" discussion about his new book on high-frequency traders. The incident is a good lesson on why clients need to be aligned with a fiduciary advisor like you to look out for their interests in a market that is expected to reward patient investors, but that clearly has its dark side.

Portfolio Analysis Offer – for Prospects & Client Referrals  

Created: March 27, 2014

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Description: Two letters or e-mails for the price of one! These 350-word calls to action offer a complimentary portfolio analysis to qualified prospects. One version is for sending directly to qualified prospects. The other is to remind your clients that you are available to help others they care about with an objective, confidential portfolio analysis.

The Latest Reasons to Think, Act and Invest Like Warren Buffett  

Created: March 5, 2014

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Description: This 575-word piece shares some "best-of" quotes ("Buffettisms") related to essential investment strategy from Fortune magazine's preview of Buffett's forthcoming annual shareholder's letter. The piece also can be used as a call to action inviting clients or prospects to be in touch with you for a copy of Larry Swedroe's quick guide: "Think, Act and Invest Like Warren Buffett." (Let me know if you'd like more information about ordering a version of Larry's book with a custom foreword authored by your firm.)

Combating Hidden Trading Costs: Here Be Dragons  

Created: February 26, 2014

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Description: This 1,300-word article serves well as a stand-alone piece or to accompany our broader article, Cost Control: An Investor's Greatest Investment. The broader article provides an overview of various investment costs; this piece explores hidden costs in more detail: bid-ask spreads, market-moving costs and costs of moving to cash. It concludes with a reminder of the value your firm brings in identifying fund managers who effectively manage hidden costs. Use this piece as a brochure or article to introduce your investment strategy to prospective clients or to review key benefits with existing clients.

Evidence-Based Investing vs. Indexing: Making a Good Thing Even Better  

Created: February 7, 2014

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Description: This 1,000-word article describes advantages of evidence-based investment management over index fund investing (i.e., investing as applied by Dimensional Fund Advisors and similar fund managers). It positions passive/index fund investing as a good improvement over active management, with evidence-based investing as an even better approach. It does not mention Dimensional or any other fund manager in particular, instead covering broad principles. Use this piece as a brochure or article to introduce your investment strategy to prospective clients or to review key benefits with existing clients.

Cover Intro for Dimensional 2013 Year in Review  

Created: January 29, 2014

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Description: Here's a 230-word letter or e-mail you can use to share Dimensional Fund Advisors' Advisor Byline 2013 Year in Review (assuming you are a Dimensional firm). There is a version directed to clients and another directed to prospective clients, encouraging them to read Dimensional's report and be in touch with you for follow-up. Both versions help remind the reader about the importance of adopting an evidence-based investment strategy.

Cost Control: An Investor’s Greatest Investment  

Created: January 19, 2014

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Description: This 1,200-word article provides (1) an overview of transparent as well as hidden costs of investing and the impact they have on net returns, (2) strategies for minimizing those costs, and (3) the role an experienced, objective advisor plays in cost-effective fund selection, tax-management and investor discipline. The article concludes with a call to action, inviting readers to contact your firm for a complimentary analysis of their existing portfolio. Use this piece as a brochure or article to introduce your investment strategy to prospective clients or to review key benefits with existing clients. For a deeper review of hidden costs, consider also ordering "Combating Hidden Trading Costs: Here Be Dragons."

January Q4 2013 Client Letter  

Created: January 5, 2014

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Description: This 350-word (one page) client letter can be used as a cover letter to accompany your quarterly client reports or as a stand-alone communication. It reminds clients that, in the context of great 2013 returns but an uncertain future, it's better to base one's decisions on the durable science of investing than on past performance or attempts to time the market.

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