Monthly Archives: April 2021

Episode 33 – Disrupt Your Thinking About ETFs – with Rob Isbitts and Samita Thephasit



ETFPortfolios.com is an investment advisory service that offers a contemporary, common-sense, analytical approach to navigating modern investment markets.  In this episode of Power Your Advice, Doug Heikkinen speaks with chief investment officer Rob Isbitts and financial advisor, Samita Thephasit, from ETFPortfolios.com and Sungarden Investment Management about how the nature of investing has changed, and what advisors need to do to keep up.

  • How advisors need to adjust to today’s investment environment
  • How ETF investing has changed over the last few years
  • What the proprietary analytical tools created by Rob & his team do and how they help advisors make investment decisions
  • Rob & Samita’s advice to advisors who leverage ETFs to achieve their clients’ goals

Resources: ETFPortfolios.com | Sungarden Investment Management

This commentary is provided for informational and educational purposes only. The information expressed herein reflects our judgment as of the date of writing and are subject to change at any time without notice. They are not intended to investment advice or a recommended course of action in any given situation. The risk associated with utilizing hedging strategies; Hedging instruments such as options and certain ETFs are typically intended to limit or reduce investment risk, but can also be expected to limit or reduce the potential for profit or result in losses. No assurance can be given that any particular hedging strategy will be successful and achieve its desired objective, or will make any profit, or will be able to avoid incurring losses. Certain hedging transactions may involve the use of leverage, which could result in losses exceeding the amount committed in the transaction. Rob Isbitts is an Investment Advisor Representative of Dynamic Wealth Advisor dba Sungarden Investment Management. All advisory services are offered through Dynamic Wealth Advisors. Rob Isbitts is a Senior Contributor at Forbes.com, as well as a contributor with U.S. News and World Report, these are considered outside business activities and are separate and apart from his activities as an investment advisor representative with Dynamic Wealth Advisors.


Episode 32 – NFTs – The Wild Wild West of Investing – with Ben Way



​​Ben Way is a well-known crypto expert and entrepreneur. His most recent startup, TokenMaker, is a platform on which users can create tokens and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) with zero code experience. In this episode of Power Your Advice, Doug Heikkinen and ben discuss cryptocurrency, NFTs, and why advisors should learn more about both.

  • What an NFT is
  • What are some of the challenges with this type of investment
  • Why Ben sees a positive future for them in the future
  • Why you should be interested in this asset class for your clients

Resources: TokenMaker


Episode 31 – Creating Client Income with Equity Options – with Michael J. Egan, CFP®, CIMA®



​​Michael J. Egan is the Founder and President of Gyroscope Capital Management Group, a Naples-based investment advisor with a 12+ year track record of providing low volatility, equity income and custom hedging solutions for individuals and financial advisors. In this episode of Power Your Advice, Doug Heikkinen and Mike discuss Gyroscope’s passion for helping advisors learn and use equity options for income generation and concentrated stock hedging.

  • A brief overview/refresher on options investing
  • Why finding income for clients is a growing challenge for advisors
  • How advisors can derive income from equities for their clients
  • How Gyroscope can help advisors with clients who may be holding too much of one stock

Resources: Gyroscope Capital Management


Episode 30 – Delivering Financial Planning in 30 Seconds – with Adam Holt, CFP®, ChFC®



Adam Holt is the CEO and Founder of Asset-Map, an award-winning software platform that combines design thinking and personal finance to help advisors display their clients’ complete financial picture. In this episode of Power Your Advice, Doug Heikkinen and Adam discuss how Asset-Map came to be, and how they strive to help advisors deliver exactly what their clients want: clarity and simplicity.

  • How Asset-Map allows advisors to better mine their clients’ data to provide more in-depth analysis
  • Why “simple elegance” is at the foundation of everything Asset-Map builds
  • How Asset-Map can help advisors drive engagement and make their clients feel more involved with their decisions
  • Where Adam sees technology & advice converging over the next few years

Resources: Asset-Map | Adam Holt on LinkedIn


Episode 29 – Leverage Artificial Intelligence in Your Investment Strategy – with David Aferiat



​​David Aferiat is the founder & managing partner of Trade-Ideas, which publishes actionable market intelligence to help customers capture alpha in the capital markets. In this episode of Power Your Advice, Doug Heikkinen and David discuss how Trade-Ideas makes technology normally available to hedge funds available to financial advisors and investors.

  • How Trade-Ideas makes artificial intelligence (AI) accessible to professional traders
  • How AI provides the guardrails to help advisors make decisions
  • Why David thinks advisors may be reluctant to adopt this type of technology
  • Where David sees AI & Trade-Ideas headed in the next five years

Resources: Trade-Ideas