Gurus: When It's Time To Buy, You Won't Want To 

Nov 1, 2008,

By David A. Geracioti

Inveterate contrarian and former “perma-bear” Steve Leuthold is bullish. ...

On Borrowed Time 

Nov 1, 2008

All eyes are on the stock market's gyrations and its impact on retirement plans....

Promises Will Be Broken 

Nov 1, 2008,

BY Addison Wiggin

Are you factoring future Social Security payments into your clients’ financial plans? Bad idea. ...

The Hybrid Approach 

Nov 1, 2008,

By Halah Touryalai

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...

The State Of Independence 

Nov 1, 2008

Independent broker/dealers and their reps have come a long way over the last few years. Track their progress...

America’s Top 100 Independent Advisors 

Nov 1, 2008

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...

Top 20 Independent Broker/Dealers 

Nov 1, 2008

Firm: Producing Reps Average Payout Recruiting Executive Clearing Firm Parent Co LPL FinancialSan Diego, Calif., (888) 250-2420www.joinlpl.com 11,089...

Meet The Indies 

Nov 1, 2008

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....

Thinking Outside The (Style) Box 

Oct 1, 2008,

By Stan Luxenberg

Investing orthodoxy stipulates that advisors should choose fund managers who don’t stray from their investing style...

Media Wars 

Oct 1, 2008,

By Brad Zigler

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...

Gurus: The Investment Newsletter Judge 

Oct 1, 2008,

By Nate Wendler

How a philosophy student became the number one investment newsletter analyst...

Something’s Gotta Give: Getting Good At Giving 

Oct 1, 2008,

By Kevin McKinley

When it comes to giving money away, the only hard part for your clients should be accumulating the wealth in the first place...

Stock-Picking Talent Or Mere Luck? 

Oct 1, 2008,

By Nate Wendler

There are literally hundreds of investment newsletters these days...

Morphing SMAs  

Oct 1, 2008,

By John Churchill

SMA growth has slowed, a natural consequence of maturity...

Humbled But (Somehow) Triumphant 

Oct 1, 2008,

By Kristen French With reporting from John Churchill and Halah Touryalai

Rescued by Bank of America from its near-death experience, Merrill Lynch is still managing to set the industry standard...

Are Fund Fees Excessive? 

Sep 1, 2008,

By Stan Luxenberg

Plaintiffs' lawyers periodically charge that mutual funds impose excessive fees. But costs in the industry have been declining steadily....

Blame the Nudists 

Sep 1, 2008,

Nate Wendler

The free-flow of information is key to a healthy market....

Whole Lotta Love 

Sep 1, 2008,

By Christina Mucciolo

These days the wealth management divisions are the shining stars of wirehouse firms....

Tiptoeing Into Retail Brokerage 

Sep 1, 2008,

BY CHERYL MUNK

Consumer banking powerhouse Bank of America is taking its time building out of its retail brokerage business....

Gurus: Blame The Gub’ment? 

Sep 1, 2008,

David A. Geracioti

A controversial economist says government attempts to increase home ownership are at the root of the sub-prime mortgage mess....

ETFs: Dollar Damage 

Sep 1, 2008,

By Brad Zigler

A controversial economist says government attempts to increase home ownership are at the root of the sub-prime mortgage mess....

Generations 

Sep 1, 2008,

By Kevin McKinley

Sometimes it’s in your clients best interest not to advertise the charitable donations they make....

Case Study: SMAs Talk 

Sep 1, 2008,

By John Kador

An advisor turns to outside separate accounts manager to help him turn a sophisticated prospect with tax-management issues into a client....

Fund House: In Search of Alpha And Good Pricing 

Sep 1, 2008,

By Lisa A. Cohen

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....

Suddenly Stupid? 

Aug 1, 2008,

By Stan Luxenberg

Even great fund managers slump. Don’t sell; buy the dips...

COMINGS & GOINGS 

Jun 1, 2008,

Halah Touryalai

Jim Dario joined Pershing Advisor Solutions from Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services as a Managing Director, responsible for leading business development...

You're Fired, You're Hired 

Jun 1, 2008,

Halah Touryalai

A lot of JPMorgan Chase employees are going to be in search of new digs very soon. The firm is expected to shed itself of 4,000 of its own staff about...

How Do You Like Me Now? 

Jun 1, 2008,

By John Churchill

When it began, the credit crisis had little to do with retail brokerage. After all, the fixed income departments were the ones who made the bad mortgage...

Gettin' A Piece 

Jun 1, 2008,

By Halah Touryalai

Cleves Delp, an LPL Financial-affiliated advisor in Maumee, Mo., with $1.5 billion in assets under management, says he's been looking into starting his...

THEY WORK HARD FOR THE MONEY 

Jun 1, 2008,

By Christina Mucciolo

When Jeffery Camarda Left His Job as an insurance-based advisor at John Hancock in 1988 to launch Camarda Financial Advisory Inc., a fee-only RIA, his...

The Inverse Of Gold? 

Jun 1, 2008,

By Brad Zigler

Sports and financial markets have more than a little in common. Just as a sports contest takes several innings or quarters to develop, bulls and bears...

How To Play The Agriculture Game 

May 1, 2008,

By Brad Zigler

During the heyday of paper assets, stockbrokers regularly lorded over their commodity-dealing brethren. It wasn't personal, mind you, just the nature...

The Auction-Rate Mess And You 

May 1, 2008,

David A. Geracioti Editor-In-Chief

In September 2006, an SEC official gave a remarkably prescient speech to an obscure organization (well, obscure to me, anyway). Martha Mahan Haines, chief...

Survivorship Life Back In Favor 

May 1, 2008,

By Alan Lavine

Despite current laws that reduce the estate-tax bite, survivorship life insurance is making a comeback as an estate-planning tool among some advisors....

WHAT RECESSION? 

May 1, 2008,

David A. Geracioti

When it comes to company earnings estimates, analysts tend to be optimistic. The U.S. is probably in the midst of a recession, spurred by the credit crunch,...