Predictions make for great headlines, but they don’t always come to fruition. In this episode of the Trending Report, we reflect on how some of the big market predictions for 2024 worked out and talk about the importance of unemotional investing and focusing on trendlines over headlines.
Direct indexing offers powerful capabilities—tax-loss harvesting, values-based screening, concentrated position management. But Zach Conway, CEO and Founder of Seeds, argues the conversation often stops at the advisor level. The client gets a pitch deck without clarity about how the solution fits their situation. Seeds aims to flip the script by starting with deep client understanding before determining which product solutions make sense. The framework helps advisors answer a simpler question: who should get direct indexing, and why?
Layoff announcements ballooned in January, hitting the highest level for the month since 2009.