As soon as he heard that 13-year-old Margaret Hurt was in danger of losing the horse she had been riding since becoming sick with leukemia two years ago, Preston Byers agreed to donate $6,000 to help her buy Hoochie.
Listed as a "monument to unparalleled success," the largest home for sale in the United States comes with plenty of space but no carpet, tiles or interior walls. It's up to the future buyer to finish it.
The erudite editor of Grant's Interest Rate Investor debunks Treasuries as risk-free investments, and makes a case for gold and cash.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon named longtime associate Heidi Miller to the new post of president of J.P. Morgan International as part of a management shuffle to groom an eventual successor.
A small provision buried in both the House and Senate versions of financial-reform legislation is being hailed by some as a modest but important step for the financial planning industry.
High-net-worth investors in the U.S. are more pessimistic about the economic recovery than wealthy individuals in many other nations, according to survey released today by Barclays Wealth.
Of all of the 52 weekly market commentaries I do each year, this one's always the most exciting for me. I've been doing these top 10 investment themes off and on for the past 18 years, and this marks my second top 10 commentary with The Hartford.
Credit-default swaps broker Phoenix Partners Group and brokers who worked at four other firms including Tullett Liberty Inc. and Creditex Group Inc. will pay $4.3 million to settle claims that they attempted to fix fees.
Kenneth I. Starr replied “not that much” to an investigator who accused him of stealing $30 million, a prosecutor said in court -- a statement the government said it may try to use against the accused investment adviser.
Almost forty years after the U.S. officially abandoned the gold standard and its $35-an-ounce peg, the price of spot gold on Friday reached $1258 an ounce, another record, on Friday.
The uncertain economy is compounding a long-term problem in the brokerage business: its shrinkage.
James Flynn, Rance Hillier and Merritt Zahner will work out of the Madison, Conn. offices of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Many representatives and agents say the new requirements add to the already complex layers of review required by Finra.
The government said Friday it obtained a court order to halt an alleged $34 million Ponzi scheme targeting federal employees and law enforcement agents nationwide with promises of safe investments in a nonexistent bond fund.
Frank DiPascali Jr., who pleaded guilty to helping Bernard L. Madoff carry out history's biggest Ponzi scheme, was released on bail.
Stranger-originated annuity transactions have plenty of layers of oversight already, says ValMark Securities' Caleb Callahan
There's no single solution for dealing with such a diverse age group. But in this clip from Digital Adviser2Adviser, we look at three key points to discuss with clients -- including long-term care.
Federal regulators on Monday filed civil fraud charges against an investment adviser and his firm in connection with complex securities tied to mortgages during the housing market bust.
