With marginal rates likely going up, now is a good time for clients to rethink how they can get the most out of their tax-deferred college-savings plans
BlackRock equity guru says medical sector is undervalued despite surge in cash flow
James Barnette Jr. never had trouble getting clients, largely because he focused on a very specific niche: providing retirement plans to American educators who work abroad.
In 2007, Rick Kahler lost five of his six employees within two months.
TD Ameritrade Inc. wants financial advisers who hold assets in custody at the firm to do more options trading, using its thinkorswim options-trading platform
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. said Tuesday its second-quarter profit jumped 23 percent thanks to its latest acquisition.
E-Trade Financial Corp. shares surged late Wednesday after media reports fed speculation that rival online broker TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. could make a bid for the company.
First share repurchase in four decades taken as sign the Oracle sees stock rally ahead
Plenty of complications in ensuring the wealthy pay same percentage as middle-class earners; 'opening the door for tax lawyers'
With developed nation recession 'possible,' Pimco bond king is spreading his wings
Bernanke says U.S. doesn't need another batch of quantitative easing; that eases concerns on Wall Street
Famed economist Andrew Smithers says cash-rich corporations will soon step in and start buying back their shares, boosting stock prices. But he also believes equities are way overvalued. His advice? Wait for a 10% rise in prices, then sell.
One predicts retiring boomers will muzzle equity prices for years; the other doesn't
Carl Icahn said to have made $100M shorting the S&P 500
Spider Gold Trust surpasses bellwether in market cap; 'portfolio antidote for the global financial crisis'
Aging baby boomers may hold down U.S. stock values for the next two decades as they sell their investments to finance retirement, according to a paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
Is the sky falling? No, just stock prices, which seem to be more sensitive to news headlines than in anytime in recent memory. Indeed, experts see a huge disconnect between the market sell-off and what's really going on in the economy. It's 'sell first and ask questions later,' says one portfolio manager.
U.S. and European stocks rose, erasing all of last week's losses for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, as companies announced $26.9 billion in global deals after equities traded near their cheapest relative to earnings since 2009.
As all eyes focused on the equity markets, one easily overlooked development yesterday was the Treasury's 30-year bond auction. Guess which player didn't take part?
