Investors should plan now for when and how financial decisions should be made if they become impaired, says investment strategist and professor Andrew Lo.
There's a rollercoaster on Wall Street right now. And it's making retail investors and financial advisers downright queasy. But to one money manager, short-term stock market volatility represents pure opportunity.
Under current law, the Medicare payroll tax applies only to wages.
The Committee for the Fiduciary Standard takes a different tack in its bid to eliminate the broker-dealer exclusion
The prospect of tough new regulations in Europe has hedge funds hopping on the 'Ucits' bandwagon. But questions about liquidity, custody dog these collective-investment vehicles
17 of Fortune 100 companies provide death benefits for heirs of top execs. Omnicom stockowners are just the latest to vote down a 'pay-for-no-pulse' proposal
Dr. Doom says bond traders may start unloading government paper -- and, in turn, drive the price of borrowing up
With the dollar losing the 'negative beauty show' to the euro, the Nobel laureate doesn't see the job picture improving until the middle of the decade
Note to independent advisers: It's time to measure yourselves against a bigger stick.
Financial services company with troubled past changes corporate name; 'new beginning'
The Securities and Exchange Commission hasn't contacted Citigroup Inc. or Morgan Stanley about their sales of collateralized debt obligations or other securitized vehicles in the wake of its charges that The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. engaged in fraud in the sale of such securities, according to executives at the two firms.
Morgan Stanley, in its first profit report under Chief Executive Officer James Gorman, posted earnings that beat analysts' estimates as fixed-income trading revenue more than doubled from a year earlier.
In 2008, the S&P 500 fell 37%. University endowments fared somewhat better, losing 18.7% of their value. Student-managed assets, on the other hand, shrank by a mere 16.2%, according to <i>InvestmentNews</i> research.
Bank of America Corp. announced today that Kunal Kamlani has been named head of global investment solutions, reporting to his former colleague at Citigroup, Sallie Krawcheck, president of global wealth and investment management.
Charles Goldman, who one year ago joined Fidelity Investments to run its RIA custody, correspondent clearing and family office businesses, is leaving the firm.
Stocks are surging after European leaders agreed to a nearly $1 trillion rescue plan to avoid a major debt crisis and the U.S. Federal Reserve said it would also provide loans overseas.
In theory, it's quite simple.
Natalie Choate, a retirement planning expert with Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP, talks with Morningstar's Christine Benz at the InvestmentNews Retirement Income Summit about four factors that favor conversion, and includes some pitfalls to avoid when doing and IRA conversion.
Thursday's stock market whipsaw sent many financial advisers into client management mode — fielding calls and sending out soothing e-mails as the Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly tested a record 1,000-point drop.
The stampede to the exits on Thursday illustrated to financial advisers and market strategists just how skittish investors have become, and especially how frightened they are about the instability of the European economy.
