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Brokers are betting heavily on just a few fund families. Remember the Van Wagoner Funds?

At our last branch meeting, our manager took us all to the woodshed, complained Sal, a broker from Houston. It was over the complaints we were getting from clients about feeling rushed, being put on hold and getting transferred to the wrong person...

Warren Buffett, the investment oracle of Omaha, might soon rival the likes of Nemo as most lovable cartoon hero. Or so he's hoping.

Small hedge fund managers positive but wary

Wirehouse brokers that don't bring in much business may do better if they readjust their career sights

Money-market funds may not be sexy but they have been attracting advisors attention lately. But is the retail investor better off in a money market or an insured account?

Genetically modified crops scare uninformed consumers. But not investors. Here's why

An advisor's problem finding someone to eventually take over his business comes down to asking too much for too little

If you advise clients on charitable giving, you're responsible for making sure the recipients are legit.

More than two and a half years after the market-timing scandal, investors have yet to recieve a dime in restitution