Of all the people to ask for investment advice, James A. Capwill Jr. sometimes turned to a guy nicknamed "The Animal."
A reputed Mafia enforcer, Eugene "The Animal" Ciasullo would show up at Mr. Capwill's Cleveland-area office in dark glasses and a jogging outfit. In tow would be purported business
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There's an old saying that a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client.
New York Attorney General Eliot L. Spitzer isn't just getting scandal-plagued mutual fund companies to cry uncle. He is going for their wallets, too.
Concerned that the public - and even some financial planners - are clueless about its practice standards, the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. in Denver is on a mission to spread the word.
Mutual funds that use hedging strategies are finding their way into variable-annuity subaccounts - a move some expect will snowball in the coming year.
Eager to tie the knot with her partner of nearly 25 years, financial planner Sharon Rich says she's already planning a May 18 wedding - six months after a state Supreme Court ruling endorsed gay marriage.
