The past year's small-cap stock rally may well be spent, but a raft of
new exchange-traded funds with bullish marketing materials suggest fund
companies still smell opportunity.
The Vanguard Group is now offering its brokerage clients commission-free
transactions across its line of exchange-traded funds.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Activist shareholders are working to get
some public gas drilling companies to report on the environmental impact
of a controversial means of extracting natural gas.
by
Ray Fazzi
A majority of financial advisors look toward their peers when trying
to find ways to improve their businesses, according to a new survey.
by
Ray Fazzi
Social media networks are becoming an increasingly important tool for individual investors, according to a new report.
Congress is considering legislation that would enable banks to directly
offer FDIC-insured 529 college savings products.
In recent years, financial advisors have strongly encouraged investors to
think globally. But the debt crisis
in Southern Europe threatens to put a sudden halt to such a diversified
strategy.
Among mutual funds, the pain from the recent market downturn was felt
far and wide-but not shared equally. The same can be said of the
relief experienced so far in the recovery.
by
Ray Fazzi
Forum Financial Management LLC and Pinnacle Wealth Management concluded a merger today, forming a wealth management firm with more than $500 million in assets under management.
by
Ray Fazzi
For many Americans, financial success is not defined by what you have, but what you don't owe, according to a new survey.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
The author of a paper that looks at how to determine optimal leverage in
an investment portfolio is the 2010 first-place winner of a $10,000 award for advancements in active management.
Finra remains concerned
about the inappropriate sale of annuities to seniors, and its
examinations of firms continue to raise red flags on the issue.
Lloyd Blankfein's support of a fiduciary standard for retail brokers
now seems like nothing more than a bone thrown at financial reformers.
A proposed Finra rule change would mean brokers and brokerages couldn't plead poverty as an excuse to keep their securities licenses when they
don't make good on arbitration awards.
by
Jeff Schlegel
Affluent Americans now have more assets in IRAs than in
employer-sponsored retirement plans, according to a report by Cogent
Research.
Ameriprise Financial Inc.'s Advice and Wealth
Management division reported a surge in pretax income to $51 million for
the first quarter of 2010, compared to a pretax loss a
year ago.
The
Hispanic community is going to grow for years to come. Here are some tips on how to cultivate Hispanics as clients.
by
Karen DeMasters
All may not be lost for those people who are well into their fifties and
have not begun saving for retirement, but it is going to take some
serious sacrifices, says a T. Rowe Price planner.
Wells Fargo may begin recruiting independent registered investment advisors.
More of the wealthy are turning to community investments for some of
their financial and social returns.
