WHO WE ARE: The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research and providing education and patient services. Our mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease...
Do you have conservative clients interested in passing on their ideas with a planned gift? Your clients will thank you for telling them about Young America's Foundation and the Reagan Ranch! Young America's Foundation saved Rancho del Cielo Ronald...
When a retirement plan participant dies, the Internal Revenue Code's minimum distribution rules generally require that the plan benefits be distributed in annual installments over the life expectancy of the participant's designated beneficiary.1...
Since our founding as the country's first cancer hospital in 1884, Memorial Sloan-Kettering has pioneered countless discoveries in science and research that have led to standard-setting innovations in all areas of cancer diagnosis and treatment...
Ameriprise tightened its corner on the mass-affluent market with its purchase of H&R Block Financial Advisors (HRBFA) in August. Much of the financial advisory industry has long looked down its nose at Ameriprise's down-market approach. But...
Mobile phone handset makers are in the trough right now. But take my advice: I'd avoid bottom fishing the usual big names Nokia, Motorola and Sony Ericsson. If you want to profitably play the handset maker game, you'd be better off buying shares...
Have we hit Platypus Bottom? UBS analyst Art Cashin thinks so. He coined the phrase this summer during an interview with CNBC. A platypus bottom is an unfamiliar bottom, he explains. What? Well, platypuses are waddling contradictions the only...
Bear markets tend to end with a whimper rather than a bang: They are usually marked by low volume and minimal investor interest, says the Leuthold Group in its August newsletter. By these measures, we may be close. U.S. focus equity mutual funds...
On the first morning of his run as a trainee for Merrill Lynch, Brian Hetherington remembers standing near his desk unsure of what to do next. I got there at 6 a.m. and I just stood there for a long while. After some time, one of the senior...
Registered Rep.: What's the best part about working in San Francisco? Brodie Cobb: Natural beauty, food, wine and outdoor sports. RR: As an RIA, what is your firm's largest expense (excluding compensation)? BC: Rent. RR: If you weren't in this...
