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Think your millionaire clients aren't e-media savvy? Think again
NEWS RIAS NOV 03, 2011
Think your millionaire clients aren't e-media savvy? Think again

Financial advisers who think their millionaire clients would prefer sit-down meetings instead of e-mails or text messages may need to do a rethink.

By Jessica Toonkel
Talk with Chuck produces intriguing responses
NEWS RIAS NOV 02, 2011
Talk with Chuck produces intriguing responses

Ten questions, ten answers from the iconic founder of the discount brokerage

By John Goff
NEWS RIAS NOV 02, 2011
United Capital to acquire $600M Peak Capital

United Capital Financial Advisers will acquire the assets of Peak Capital Investment Services – an advisory firm with $600 million in assets under management – executives revealed at the Schwab Impact Conference here in San Francisco today.

By InvestmentNews Staff
NEWS ETFS NOV 02, 2011
Three reasons the recent rally will continue: iShares

First, and most important, a large part of the late summer sell-off was precipitated by a growing belief that the United States and the global economy were about to enter another recession.

By Russ Koesterich
Schwab not interersted in buying 'balance sheet challenges'
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 02, 2011
Schwab not interersted in buying 'balance sheet challenges'

Comment by brokerage's CEO likely to tamp down rumors about E*Trade acquisition

By John Goff
Flag pattern says gold about to flag
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 02, 2011
Flag pattern says gold about to flag

Precious metal set to drop well below 1,600 within weeks, says chartist

By John Goff
Gold traders most bullish since July
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 02, 2011
Gold traders most bullish since July

Twenty-two of 25 people surveyed by Bloomberg expect the metal to rise next week, the highest proportion since mid-July.

By Doug Cubberley
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 01, 2011
Everywhere that Mary went

The revelation that a Finra official allegedly altered requested reports is just the latest embarrassment for SEC chairman Mary Schapiro, who was in charge of the SRO when the document doctoring supposedly took place. <b>Big Picture</b> <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20111030/REG/310309968>Another black eye for Finra</a><br><b>Extra</b> <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=CI&amp;Date=20111021&amp;Category=FREE&amp;ArtNo=102109995&amp;Ref=PH>Financial firms that have paid the most $$$ to the SEC in fines and settlements</a>

By John Goff
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 01, 2011
Don't abandon commodities

Although commodities are falling down on the job as a portfolio diversifier in the rough-and-tumble markets, it would be a big mistake to give up on the asset class altogether

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 01, 2011
Value stocks best bet to navigate choppy seas

Large-cap-value stocks stand out as the clear favorite in equities for the year ahead

By Jeff Benjamin
Occupy Wall Street now occupying more of Wall Street
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION NOV 01, 2011
Occupy Wall Street now occupying more of Wall Street

As hundreds milled about at Zuccotti Park today in Manhattan's Financial District, it became clear that Occupy Wall Street isn't just a young person's movement anymore. And it's gathering momentum.

By Darla Mercado
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 01, 2011
ARS mess could cost Raymond James up to $50M

Firm says that's the potential loss if it has to buy back auction-rate securities at this time; investigations pending

By Bruce Kelly
Can anybody fix Goldman's brokerage?
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 01, 2011
Can anybody fix Goldman's brokerage?

Despite the glitter of the Goldman Sachs name, the bank's asset management operation continues to sputter. One telltale benchmark: the unit has had eight bosses in eight years. Can 'Lloyd's Boys' turn things around?

By John Goff
Corzine to Street: Get real
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 01, 2011
Corzine to Street: Get real

Jon Corzine, the former Democratic senator and governor of New Jersey, is warning the financial services industry: Don't try to fight the financial-reform bill being debated in Congress.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
Ex-Goldman chairman Corzine defends embattled firm
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 01, 2011
Ex-Goldman chairman Corzine defends embattled firm

Jon Corzine, the former Democratic senator and governor of New Jersey, came to the defense of his old employer, Goldman Sachs Inc,. in remarks at the Investment Company Institute's General Membership Meeting on Wednesday afternoon.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 01, 2011
Corzine returns to Wall Street as boss of brokerage MF Global

Former Goldman Sachs boss -- and onetime N.J. governor -- Jon Corzine finds a new challenge: righting the ship at struggling brokerage MF Global

By Associated Press
NEWS EQUITIES OCT 31, 2011
Franklin Templeton: Is global the new core?

By Mark Bruno
NEWS RIAS OCT 31, 2011
Vigilant compliance must be grounded by ethics

The following is an edited version of an Oct. 17 speech by Carlo V. di Florio, director of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, at the annual meeting of the National Society of Compliance Professionals in Baltimore

By MFXFeeder
Good news on GDP, Europe fuel market surge
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 31, 2011
Good news on GDP, Europe fuel market surge

Economic data to be released today is expected to show that GDP picked up in the third quarter as did sales of existing homes. Meanwhile, the number of new claims for unemployment likely dropped off. | <B>Extra</b> <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=CI&amp;Date=20111025&amp;Category=FREE&amp;ArtNo=102509999&amp;Ref=PH>Hottest housing markets</a>

By John Goff
NEWS RIAS OCT 31, 2011
Fiduciary standard is an RIA's best friend

Every time the debate over the fiduciary standard of client care hits the news, RIAs pick up a few more clients

By Lavonne Kuykendall