Evan Simonoff is editor-in-chief and editorial director of Financial Advisor magazine, as well as editorial director of Private Wealth magazine. He has spent more than 15 years as an editor and reporter covering the financial services industry. Evan is a widely recognized expert on personal finance and investments.
What was so normal about the old normal? Buying a house with no financial documentation? A negative savings rate? Three billion credit-card solicitations in one year? That was what Mellody...
Bob Reynolds, chairman and CEO of Boston-based Putnam Investments, said that the wave of regulations coming out of Washington won't end in 2010...
It's still unclear what regulatory reform will look like, but Tom Bradley, CEO of TD Ameritrade's institutional unit, says small RIA firms may need to consider merging with other firms or...
Few pieces I've ever written generated as much interest as Financial Advisor's Big Picture column in the September issue on Roger Ibbotson's research into the amazing premium the stock market...
Despite a series of economic reports pointing to a continuing anemic recovery, Research Affiliates founder Rob Arnott believes the odds of a double-dip recession remain above 50%.
The way the U.S. government taxes capital gains makes little sense. That in itself is not surprising. But it is counter-productive when it comes to long-term capital formation.
It is an unfortunate fact that we live in a world of imbalances. Three years ago, the global economy was dependent on American consumers shopping until they dropped, which they finally have...
Unless something major happens in the next three months, the first Tuesday in November won't be "much fun for Democrats," according to former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine.
When it comes to the art of being a silver-tongued purveyor of doom, Nouriel Roubini can't hold a candle to Jeremy Grantham...
As I reread the interview I did with Fiduciary Network CEO Mark Hurley in the July issue, it suddenly dawned on me how prescient many of his observations were, particularly about the benefits and...
Watching events unfold in Greece and the rest of Europe over the last month, I couldn't help but think of a scene from the 1981 movie, Fort Apache, The Bronx, in which Paul Newman plays a cynical,...
A financial advisor who occasionally moonlights as an expert witness recently told me that he had many more requests to testify than he can handle...
If all goes according to expectations, next year the federal tax rate on capital gains will rise for the first time in 23 years from 15% to 20%...
Since this decade has commenced a few short months ago, the U.S. dollar has defied conventional wisdom and appreciated fairly dramatically...
What's the real story behind RIA mergers? Some are successful, but in general the picture isn't pretty.