With two of the most severe bear markets of this century fresh in their short-term memories, affluent investors — particularly the youngest investors — appear to be quite skittish about investing in anything but the safest of asset classes.
Head of company's asset management unit sees 15% spike over next year; QE3 coming?
At a party during a trip to China in the 1930s, Nikos Kazantzakis, one of the foremost writers and thinkers to emerge from Greece in the 20th century, became involved in a deep conversation with a mandarin.
Republican leaders in Washington should stand down in their efforts to block the revival of the popular Build America Bond program
Warren E. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has sold its stake in Bank of America Corp., ending an investment that spanned three and a half years, in which the stock lost more than two-thirds of its value
If nothing else, market conditions over the past few years have proved that most investors tend to overestimate their true risk tolerance wildly
Last year, many financial advisers worked with clients to implement Roth conversions
A new health insurance tax credit could hit some small financial advisory firms in their sweet spot — but only if they fit a specific profile
The Securities and Exchange Commission has found itself in the cross hairs of House Republicans determined to deny it the funding it says it needs to implement the many mandates called for by the Dodd-Frank reform bill
National Securities Corp. is the latest broker-dealer to face disciplinary action from Finra over the sale of private placements gone bust
Finra is proposing to drop its 5% markup-markdown guideline, which can be traced back to the 1940s.
Charles Schwab aims to attract smaller RIAs by expanding its retail network
QA3, the brokerage founded by Steve Wild, is closing its doors on Friday, according to an internal e-mail. Recruiters, who have been flying lazy circles over the firm, are now descending on the B-D -- and its highly prized 400 registered reps.
Independent broker-dealers depend on hiring new advisers to keep their businesses growing -- and in 2011 they're likely to ramp up recruiting in the first half before the onset of new Dodd-Frank rules, according to an <i>InvestmentNews</i> analysis.
Among the largest independent broker-dealers, Commonwealth Financial Network has the highest concentration of financial advisers who produce more than $500,000 annually, according to InvestmentNews <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/section/broker-dealer-data>data. And it's reached the top by getting people out the door: Namely, its advisers.
A cash strapped independent broker-dealer that sold $65.3 million in high-risk oil and gas private placements is seeking to combine 36 separate arbitration claims and lawsuits as part of a class action settlement
Carrier rejiggers pricing and products due to low interest rates; 'small window' for rivals
Warren Buffett, who amassed the world's third-biggest personal fortune through decades of stock picks and takeovers, told CNBC his worst investment was the textile mill that gave its name to Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Brokerage firm Edward Jones this week announced that it plans to add up to 20 branch offices to the more than 60 it has in the state of Utah.
President's budget would end break on corporate-owned insurance; dividends-received reduction also targeted
