If you are reading this magazine, you've probably been on the hunt for high-net-worth clients for years. Indeed, most financial advisors from the independent working out of his home office to the Merrill Lynch veep in a downtown skyscraper have...
Discrimination lawsuits against Morgan Stanley could start rolling in from brokers laid off in August, say labor lawyers. The firm got rid of 1,000 low producers according to a strict performance-based system, but women in the retail brokerage...
The war in Iraq has cost Elton Johnson just about everything. Johnson, owner and operator of Amerivet Securities, a small broker/dealer in Inglewood, Calif., is a major in the U.S. Army Reserve who has been on active duty since Dec. 2001. He...
The proverbial lump of coal is what naughty boys and girls get in their Christmas stockings. But investors who have placed coal stocks in their portfolios over the last year or two have found a gift that keeps on giving. Coal stocks soared by 125...
On a recent eBay auction, customers bid on a Power Lunch with Wall Street Titan Ace Greenberg, former chairman of Bear Stearns and member of the Society of American Magicians. The promise: Ace will discuss business, philanthropy, or how to pull...
Hydie Sumner is on the cusp of winning a battle many think she was crazy for waging. Sumner, a former broker who successfully sued Merrill Lynch for sexual discrimination, has been trying for seven years to reacquire her job at the firm. Now an...
Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez hit a home run for his favorite charity, the Children's Aid Society, but he didn't do it on the field. According to a report in the New York Post, A-Rod used $50,000 in seed money given to him by Trader Monthly...
Unless you're superhuman, chances are good that some aspect of your practice is in need of tweaking. We're here to help. This new column will take challenges confronting real-life advisors and place them in front of a panel of experts who will...
Registered investment advisors continue to take home fatter paychecks than their counterparts at regionals and wirehouses, even after factoring in the RIAs' higher overhead. According to research from Moss Adams, RIAs with a $1 million practice on...
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