Dr. Marc Faber, who predicted the 1987 crash and the recent financial crisis, is predictably gloomy. Buy farmland, gold and head into the country to avoid a "dirty" war, he told a conference. For more, please go to VonAldo.com, the blog of Registered Rep. Editor-in-Chief David A. Geracioti....
Hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt and online brokerage pioneer Blake Darcy recently opened an online managed account service for retail investors. Can Greenblatt's star power take asset management online? ...
For the past half-decade or more, financial advisors have been shifting from commissions to fees as they seek steadier revenue flows, pursue greater flexibility...
Note to President Obama: Learn from FDR’s mistakes. A conversation with author Amity Shlaes, author of The Forgotten Man, a narrative about how the New Deal actually inhibited economic recovery....
Booming stock markets in the last five years saw many RIA firms sell a portion of their future cash flows in return for cash and stock in the acquiring firm. But as the stock market collapses, many RIAs who sold stakes to “roll-up” firms are scrambling to pay quarterly preferred disbursements....
Name Firm (b/d) City Est. AUM in $MM Yrs. In Biz Business Description/Specialty 1 Kevin Myeroff NCA Financial Planners (Royal Alliance) Cleveland $2.650...
With so many independent b/ds in the industry, it’s not always easy to tell one from the next. In a continuing effort to help our readers become more familiar with their options, we’ve asked the heads of two independent b/ds to answer a few questions about their firms and themselves....
The hybrid channel—made up of advisors who have their Series 7 and are registered as investment advisors—is growing, and b/ds and clearing and custody firms are here to help...
Traditional, dead-wood media companies are dying. Take a look at the New York Times Co., America's (supposedly) great newspaper company. The NYT is a...
Not satisfied with having ushered in a new era of efficient, low cost, investment-savvy pooled investment products, ETF issuers insist on trying to reengineer their own (already pretty darn good) invention....
The American Dream Planner is designed to develop and stress- test wealth accumulation, management and transfer choices. The software accepts unlimited investments, tax deferred accounts, real property and business interests, income and expenses. Plans can include Trusts (Bypass, Marital, ILITs, CRTs, GRATs), SCINs, marketability and minority interest discounts and other techniques with income, gift and estate tax calculations. Data rich and interactive pie, line and bar charts and tabular data and mail merge provide a source for customizable reports. All versions can share encrypted data. The Personal Edition is intended for individuals with current estates of less than $3-5M. ...
