A Top 10 List of How Not to Invest… May 4, 2006
Here’s a list of some of the dumbest things investors say to advisors — presented in no particular order — for advisors to reflect on (and enjoy). Read Now
Broker Job Outlook ’06: A Banner Year April 17, 2006
BrokerHunter.com has just wrapped up its fifth-annual surveys of both candidates and employers in the securities industry. Its major finding: "The best post-9/11 hiring year may be in store for us in 2006," says Steve Testerman, president of the online job board. Read Now
Public Relations 101 for Financial Advisors March 27, 2006
"With everyone calling themselves an investment advisor these days, it's important for advisors to differentiate themselves from the pack." Read Now
Bargain Buy AUGUST 2005
Is the simple but powerful arbitrage opportunity posed by closed-end funds lost on most advisors?
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Accounting for Load Factors MAY 2005
Industry experts say that measuring performance and ranking funds is not an easy feat. For instance, Morningstar has been analyzing data that takes sales loads into account but says there’s no perfect way to do that today.
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Brokers are Exempt: SEC Adopts Reg NMS MAY 2005
Nine days ahead of its April 15 deadline, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted 5-0 to allow dealers offering fee-based accounts an exemption from rules governing investment advisors. Read
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The Bush Test OCTOBER 2005
How will the U.S. economy fare as foreigners buy large quantities of U.S. Treasury bonds?
This summer, while on vacation in Europe, I met a New York private investor, who promptly admitted to being bearish on Wall Street.
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streetTRACKS State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) is a household name among institutional investors. With roughly $1.4 trillion under management, it easily ranks as one of the world’s largest asset managers. Read Now
Shape of Things to Come We have watched as the long arm of the law has yanked an ever greater number of suspected corporate criminals into courts and even jails: high-profile fraudsters at big corporations, along with their accountants; Read Now
The Taxman Cometh How many times have you taken a call from a client that goes like this: “I can’t believe how much I owe in income taxes this year! Is there anything else I can do?” This is a common plea coming from disgruntled taxpayers year-in and year-out. Read Now
Share Your Discipline Every year since 1994, Dalbar, one of the top market-research firms in the financial-services industry, has published its study Quantitative Analysis of Investor Behavior.
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