The furor over retained-asset accounts doesn't appear to be letting up. The VA is investigating. The Secretary of Defense wants money returned to beneficiaries. And now, a source says NY AG Andrew Cuomo is widening his probe of the industry practice.
Despite criticism from the brokerage industry, a revamp of 12(b)-1 fees is long overdue
The financial markets are in a bit of a fight here between technicals and fundamentals. On a technical basis, a variety of widely-followed trendlines, moving average crossings, and resistance areas converge on the 1100 area for the S&P 500.
If you have clients with sizable pension plans who are getting married for the first, second or third time — or more — the question of who gets the pension plan after death must be agreed upon now, and the agreement must hold up when the time comes to pay beneficiaries.
Analysts at firm see two main scenarios; neither are good
Chairman of Hodges Capital Management contends that change in fund's category cost firm $83 million in outflows
The U.S. Senate approved legislation to cut taxes and ease credit for small businesses in a long-delayed victory for Democrats eager to show voters they are working to create jobs.
U.S. stocks rose the most in almost two months as better-than-estimated growth in American and Chinese manufacturing bolstered confidence in the global economic recovery.
The next few rounds of corporate earnings reports are going to create some investment opportunities for anyone with the “guts to take on some risk,” according to Jeff Buetow, chief investment officer at Innealta Capital, a firm with $1.2 billion under management.
The Collection of the late chairman, president and CEO of A.G. Edwards & Sons in St. Louis will be sold this week at Christie's.
