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Susan Dziubinski: What’s the allure of model portfolios for financial advisors? Jason Kephart: Model portfolios are a useful option for advisors who’d rather spend less time thinking about stocks and ...

This Model Portfolio identifies 25 recommended securities to build monthly income. The portfolio covers various sectors, including business development companies ...

For decades, advisors have marketed themselves as portfolio managers, tailoring asset allocation to each client’s unique goals, risk tolerance and life stage. But a silent revolution is underway: ...

Model portfolios – ready-made third-party investment plans – surged to a record $7.7 trillion in assets in the first quarter of 2025, underscoring the growing demand for efficient, off-the-rack ...

With 2026 around, I am refining my inflation-focused asset allocation model that performed well in 2025. Check out the major ...

A first-quarter 2025 “Model Portfolio Trend” report compiled by fintech firm Broadridge Financial Solutions confirms that financial advisors have increasingly gravitated to model portfolios. The ...

Third-party model portfolios had $646 billion in assets under advisement as of March 31, 2025—an increase of 62% since Morningstar last surveyed for assets in June 2023, less than two years ago.

Alternative assets have become an increasingly important component of model portfolios, offering investors unique opportunities to invest in private market assets that are typically available only to ...

BlackRock has added the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), the fund issued by the asset manager that holds bitcoin BTC $92,020.12, to one of its model portfolios. These models suggest portfolios and ...

BlackRock (BLK) is expanding its model portfolio by adding a 1% to 2% allocation to the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT), a move that signals a cautious but long-term bullish view on Bitcoin. The ...