LPL Financial Holdings is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged in the retail financial advice market and is an independent broker-dealer. Co.'s product and solution access includes: commission-based products, which include variable and fixed annuities, mutual funds, equities, fixed income, alternative investments, retirement and education savings plans and insurance; and fee-based platforms and support, which includes wrap-fee programs, mutual fund asset allocation programs, an advisor-improved digital advice program, advisory programs provided by third-party investment advisor firms, financial planning services and retirement plan consulting services. The LPLA YTD return is shown above.
The YTD Return on the LPLA YTD return page and across the coverage universe of our site,
is a measure of the total return for a given investment year-to-date for the current calendar year
(up to the end of prior trading session). Arguably, choosing the current calendar year for a measurement
period is on the one hand completely arbitrary, but on the other hand a year-to-date look can be extremely
useful in the context of our country's tax system which taxes gains and income on a calendar year basis.
Thus, researching Year-To-Date Returns is good practice for investors — whether LPLA YTD return or other benchmarks/peers
— and when doing so it is also important to factor in dividends, because a financial instrument's YTD return is
more than just the change in price if that instrument pays a dividend or coupon. Our website aims to empower investors
by performing the LPLA YTD return calculation (with any dividends reinvested as applicable), and to provide a
coverage universe of many stocks and ETFs to be able to compare YTD returns.
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