This year has been great for stocks — far better than most investment gurus predicted. In fact, if the S&P 500 finishes the year about where it's been recently, it could be among the top 15 years for performance since 1928. So what will 2014 bring? Time to talk with your clients.
Record keeping, color coding and cloud computing help one firm add a personal touch to client relationships.
Plus: How-to for advisers going solo, global investors bail on Obama, deflating market bubble babble
The latest wrinkle in the fight to preserve existing tax advantages for charitable giving comes one month after a political standoff led to a 16-day government shutdown. Congress has restarted discussions about a long-term deal on debt.
A bitcoin exchange, citing banking and regulatory uncertainty, has suspended trading. But that's not the end of the story as the company sees a silver lining.
Business owners often eschew saving and count on their business for their retirement, which can backfire
The Securities and Exchange Commission said representatives of two Houston-based advisory firms engineered thousands of so-called principal transactions between client accounts and their affiliated brokerage firms from 2009 to 2011, without obtaining clients' consent or making required disclosures.
Today's Breakfast with Benjamin: Markets brace for big economic data, insider selling at 30-year high, SEC tries to get tough, measuring Fed-speak, and how to behave at the company holiday party. Curated by <i>InvestmentNews</i>' senior columnist Jeff Benjamin
If a client talks about claiming Social Security benefits before full retirement age that don't ring true, ask questions. It could make a huge difference in their long-term financial security.
The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the U.S. bank most reliant on trading, won't make any “wholesale strategic change” to help improve returns, chief executive Lloyd C. Blankfein said.
Experts see focus on 'anything that's an easy score.'
Gilman Ciocia has 160 independent financial reps, advisers.
Finra is said to be investigating a handful of broker-dealers that sold VAs with subacccounts invested in hedge funds. Clients who bought the products lost $18 million, says an attorney.
Workers seem to be doing precisely what they would be expected to do with 20-page disclosure documents: Tossing them in the circular file
Although I say that technology can be my best friend and my worst enemy, I have to admit that it has truly enabled a better life and a more successful career.
The AdviceIQ site features profiles and rankings of about 2,600 financial advisers from 27 broker-dealer firms, detailing their assets under management, client characteristics, mission and contact information.
Jackson National Life Insurance Co.'s temporary halt on tax-free exchanges of variable annuities is in effect until Dec. 16 &mdash; but it turns out not everyone is subject to the suspension.
