Banks, lenders extend last week's gains; automakers advance.
JPMorgan estimates global demand will outstrip supply by roughly $400 billion.
Preventing hack attacks is a big concern for independent broker-dealers heading into next year based on their planned technology spending.
As more Americans demand online billing, some advisers are kicking the tires of mobile payment systems such as PayPal and finding benefits and drawbacks.
A slump in VA purchases clashes with historical notion that product sales mirror the stock market's trajectory. And insurers are launching new products.
Start your week with <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, featuring a global bond market mismatch that now has demand far outstripping supply. Plus: Loading up on stocks after retirement, how Larry Summers got it wrong, and new liquid alts players breaks it down for investors and advisers.
NASAA calls binary options, stream-of-income and marijuana schemes emerging investor threats.
The advantages of active strategies come from identifying value with respect to credit risk, interest rate levels and currency valuations, according to Legg Mason's Thomas Hoops.
Shares of world's largest company rose four times more than S&P 500 as product plans eased concern over future growth. But many actively managed funds missed out.
Didn't buy Apple stock this year? Shares of the world's largest company rose four times more than the S&P 500 as chief executive Tim Cook's product plans eased concern over the company's future growth. Plus other missed opportunities of the year.
Only one out of every three firms have a formal referral process, despite referrals accounting for the lion's share of new business.
Although the assets are not protected from bankruptcy, there are ways to protect them. Legally.
On today's midweek <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan talks fear of bubbles. Plus: Catching a ride on Japan's QE wave, Russia is sweating over low oil prices, and a union stalemate could lead to lower-cost Christmas trees.
Fidelity researchers dive into virtual reality with StockCity, a wearable technology interface for investors to explore the stock market like it were the streets of Midtown Manhattan.
Brokers take a three-day training program on how to cater to those clients.
After the legions of market savants missed out on hundreds of billions of dollars in gains this year anticipating a tumble in bonds, you'd think they would have found another target. You'd be wrong.
Guidance from the IRS on its one-IRA-rollover-per-year rule requires advisers to know where clients' money has been or risk a snafu that could sever that relationship.
Pimco Total Return accounts for tiny portion of the U.S. bond market and Janus funds even less.
Contribution limits climb but not for IRAs
Net worth standard is top criteria but views mixed on whether to raise it.
