While retail investors are exiting equity mutual funds like no other, dividend-focused mutual funds are actually reaping the benefits of investors’ search for yield.
You can’t very well tell the IRS that their check is in the mail. But a new iPad application by Fidelity Investments allows investors to make deposits into Fidelity IRAs via the Apple tablet. Taxpayers can use the iPad camera to photograph...
Does Merrill Edge, Merrill Lynch's brokerage, banking and financial advice platform for the mass affluent, compete directly with Merrill financial advisors? We couldn't get a straight yes or no from Prasad, but that's probably because...
These days, problems of governance could hardly seem more acute and alive in a public consciousness driven by the information revolution. There's a heightened need to pay attention to the realities of shifting modes of governance and...
Diversify, diversify, diversify. That's the mantra for trust investing under the Uniform Prudent Investor Act (UPIA), which has been adopted in some way, shape or form in virtually every state. It makes sense. Having all of your eggs in one...
In a year that saw roller-coaster market moves, the nation's top custodians seemed to do all right in their efforts to lure new assets and advisors to their platforms. All four major custodians logged growth in breakaways in 2011, although some...
