Financial advisers and brokers should “seize the day,” and “embrace and leverage open architecture products,“ according to David Pottruck, co-chairman of HighTower Advisors LLC in Chicago.
After more than five years of solid performance, including a run in 2009 that saw assets more than double to nearly $1 billion, the TFS Market Neutral Fund (TFSMX) is introducing a “hard close” and will stop taking any investments on Jan. 22.
To manage the latest bout of market volatility, consider an option collar strategy. Option-phobic advisers take heart: There is no need to embark on a wild ride or trade all day long.
Washington in general — and President Barack Obama in particular — is getting in the way of the stock market rally, according to Uri Landesman, head of global growth at ING Investment Management Americas.
After enjoying the “beta rally” of 2009, investors should view 2010 as more of a defensive play, according to Gary Stroik, chief investment officer at WBI Investments.
All signs point toward staying fully invested, according to Howard Present, co-manager of the Virtus AlphaSector Rotation Fund (PWBAX).
Recent stock market volatility won't prevent the bull market rally from lasting another year or more, according to Eugene Peroni Jr., a portfolio manager with Advisors Asset Management Inc.
Catching a ride on the next leg of this historic 10-month stock market rally will mean following the smart money, mostly represented by institutional-class investors, toward a new concentration on quality and calculated risk.
Strong domestic earnings over the next few quarters will add fuel to the charging U.S. equity market, said Michael Aronstein, manager of the Marketfield Fund (MFLDX).
Whether it is to help lock in last year's gains or to put to better use some of the more than $3 trillion parked in money market funds, the creative use of options may be just the tool that finanical advisers need.
