Investors added to the week's strong gains in the stock market after finding some positives in a surprisingly weak jobs report.
CashEdge Inc. is now making its AllData Advisor account aggregation service available to financial advisers via a self-service online subscription.
Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers charged with lying to investors always were honest about the risks of investing in securities linked to the volatile subprime mortgage market, a defense lawyer told a jury on Friday.
Hedge fund and private equity firm The Blackstone Group LP on Friday posted a narrower loss for the third quarter, as its private equity holdings gained value and its real estate investments stabilized.
Big bonuses could be back in store for some top executives and traders on Wall Street as profitability returned to the investment banking industry in 2009, according to a new study released Thursday.
Encouraging news on jobs and workers' productivity gave investors new reason to be optimistic about the economy and send stocks to big gains.
The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits last week fell to the lowest level in 10 months, evidence that job cuts are easing as the economy slowly heals.
Life insurance producer advocacy groups celebrated the House Financial Services Committee's approval yesterday of the proposed Investor Protection Act, but stressed the bill still doesn't go far enough in protecting commissioned-based insurance sales agents.
A focus on market volatility has become a driving force behind the Direxion/Wilshire Dynamic Fund (DXDWX) <ahref=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?q=dxdwx&INDA=1&crit=&SearchCategory=CHART%3BREG%3BFREE%3BSUB&SearchProfile=1119&x=21&y=8&symbol=&targetURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.investmentnews.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Fsection%3Fcategory%3Dstocklookup&category=ETFLOOKUP&searchType=etf>DXDWX</a, according to portfolio manager Cleo Chang.
As any stockbroker knows, it isn't just online and institutional brokers that offer discounts. Brokers at full-service firms have long offered commission concessions to keep their top customers happy, and their firms have more or less acceded if the broker met a minimum level of revenue production.
Stocks are rising as investors get some encouraging news on the labor market and wait for the Federal Reserve to weigh in on the economy.
The Hartford Financial Services Group on Tuesday posted a much narrower loss for the third quarter, as its investment losses shrank as financial markets improved.
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America is pulling its stand-alone long-term-care insurance product off the shelves, effective Nov. 13.
The Phoenix Cos. Inc., following a series of ratings downgrades earlier this year that halted sales of its life insurance and annuity products by major outside distributors, today announced the creation of a distribution company, Saybrus Partners Inc., and a consulting agreement with Edward Jones & Co. LP.
Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc., the brokerage services firm spun off by Automatic Data Processing Inc., is selling its securities clearing business to Penson Worldwide Inc. and its Penson Financial Services Inc. subsidiary.
Investors sidestepped some of their doubts about the strength of an economic recovery and pushed into energy, industrial and materials stocks as commodity prices rose.
The bankruptcy of a key lender that helps retailers stock their shelves is adding to the industry's worries ahead of the critical holiday shopping season.
Hopes for the fledgling economic recovery got a boost Monday from better-than-expected news on manufacturing, construction and contracts to buy homes.
Stocks are snapping back from Friday's big losses as stronger-than-expected reports on manufacturing and housing allay concerns that the economy's recovery won't last.
