Abstract While an emerging body of research has documented the significance of estate planning, there remains limited understanding regarding the extent of Black adults' engagement with estate planning in the United States. The objectives of this study were to examine whether the utilization of financial planners, the status of inheritance receipt, and religion are associated with engagement in estate planning among U.S. Black adults, and how these associations vary based on life insurance policy ownership. Participants for this study were 673 U.S. Black adults aged 25 and older who completed ..read more

Abstract This study proposes a simple theoretical model to compare dollar cost averaging and buy-and-hold strategies for investors who perceive that equity's unobservable fair (intrinsic) value is symmetrically dispersed around the observable price. For reasonable model inputs, the study shows that if the fair value dispersion is relatively high, dollar cost averaging can be superior to a buy-and-hold strategy ..read more

FINANCIAL PLANNING REVIEW, Volume 7, Issue 1, March 2024 ..read more

FINANCIAL PLANNING REVIEW, Volume 7, Issue 1, March 2024 ..read more

FINANCIAL PLANNING REVIEW, Volume 7, Issue 1, March 2024 ..read more

Abstract Using nationally representative data from the 2021 National Financial Capability Study (NFCS), this study investigates the association between human capital, as proxied through education and objective financial knowledge, and stimulus payment usage for spending, debt repayment, savings, and investments during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results from a sample of 23,344 observations suggest that human capital relates to differences in how people used their COVID-19 stimulus payments. In particular, the study found that human capital is associated positively with using stimulus payments t ..read more

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to provide a future research agenda to study how worldviews impact financial attitudes and behaviors. In addition, this paper will help operationalize many of the constructs associated with an individual's values and personal worldview. As a result of this research agenda, researchers and financial planners will move towards developing personal value and worldview identification tools that will help individuals more intrinsically adopt savings goals that help meet their life goals ..read more

FINANCIAL PLANNING REVIEW, Volume 6, Issue 4, December 2023 ..read more

Abstract Retirees are faced with a variety of choices during their working and retirement years on how to best support their retirement lifestyle and estate planning goals. One of these choices is the option to convert a portion of their pretax savings from a tax-deferred account (TDA) into a tax-exempt Roth account. In this article, we quantify the Roth conversion payoff and when/how it depends on investment returns. We show that, while the use of taxable account assets may produce a larger payoff than early withdrawals from the Roth IRA, large unrealized taxable account gains and estate plan ..read more

Abstract We study the determinants associated with wealth advisors' consideration to leave or say at financial planning firms. Utilizing self-determination theory as the foundational theoretical framework and focusing on the psychological aspect of the decision, we develop a structural equation model that defines the factors relating to work satisfaction, affective work commitment, and turnover intention in the wealth management profession. We provide evidence for the roles played by autonomous motivation, reward, and punishment in determining job retention and affective work commitment among ..read more