Why do clients stop communicating with financial advisors? This paper seeks to answer this question by combining the Gantt Chart of project management with the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) of Change—a framework whereby advisors illicit client responses in an effort to reinforce positive...

In the latter half of 2020, Los Angeles was dubbed by the media and academicians as the latest epicenter of COVID-19 in the United States. Using time-series analysis on Los Angeles Police Department crime data from 2017 through 2020, this paper tests the economic theory of crime, routine...

The financial advisory industry lacks professional standardization/regulation. There are few guideposts to assess advisor quality, and risks to consumer welfare abound. Some 91% of investment advisors operate on conflicted sales commission licenses, though many market themselves as fiduciaries....