News
Despite soaring assets and popularity among active traders, a number of brokerage firms like Ameriprise, Edward Jones, LPL Financial, Morgan Stanley and UBS have either banned or temporarily halted the sale of leveraged ETFs. ...
The Vanguard funds are expected to be available for purchase in late 2009. ...
As part of the transaction, Claymore Group and its associated entities including Claymore Securities, Claymore Advisors and Claymore Investments in Canada, will become wholly owned subsidiaries of Guggenheim Partners. ...
Commodity regulators have been looking for ways to restrict the trading in futures contracts by commodity pools like UNG....
Despite turbulent global financial markets, Vietnam’s economy grew 6.5 percent in 2008....
Investors put more than $54 billion into U.S. open-end mutual funds in August 2009, the largest inflow since February 2007....
However, for conversion in 2010 only, taxpayers converting to a Roth IRA can elect to defer half of their tax liability to 2011....
The new mutual fund regulations will most likely affect fund naming, advertising and “fund of fund” restrictions....
Last year, it recruited a total of 766 experienced financial advisors. If it is able to keep recruiting at the current pace, Wells Fargo Advisors could recruit about 1,500 veteran advisors or more. ...
McCann sued the largest U.S. bank in August in order to lift a “non-competition” clause in various Merrill agreements and thus free him to take a job with a rival....
Gorman also will join Morgan Stanley’s board at year end....
Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit has confirmed that the bank expects to eventually sell the remaining stake in its Smith Barney brokerage venture....
Discussions with prospective advisors involve many FAs who have yearly sales and commissions of $250,000 and up.
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Wirehouses are set to lose the most clients, while RIAs and dually registered advisors will be the greatest recipients, according to the research firm’s latest report....
In this article, I’ll delve more deeply into longevity risk and argue that it’s actually much riskier and less knowable than you might think....
Retirement income advice only works in a trusting relationship....
Voices/Columnists
Let's look at some concise but vital prospecting concepts, including the use of online social networking like Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn. ...
There are reality TV shows for everyone except financial advisors. ...
Delving deeper into what sets top financial advisors apart....
Lunch with Riordan Roett, Professor and Director of Western Hemisphere Studies, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS, at Occidental in Washington, D.C.
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It may not be imminent, but a price spiral is coming....
Investment Spotlight
A select number of companies in the energy sector are getting the attention of equity analysts thanks to their access to resources and their capable management. ...
In the fragmented water sector, major firms are poised for growth, especially several of those that are owned by investors and that are technically savvy, equity analysts say....