Newly minted advisors, fresh out of training program, more often fail than succeed. Add a credit crisis, a market crash and a recession to the mix, and most green FAs quit before year one is up. Here's a handful who...
Fidelity announced a new and improved online trading platform today, significantly expanding its international and foreign currency investment capabilities for financial advisors, broker-dealers and retail investors...
With all that’s occurred in the past 18 months, financial advisors have had a lot to ponder. Is Modern Portfolio Theory sufficient? Is buy and hold a sucker’s bet (more like “buy and hope”)? Is...
The market continues its remarkable recovery from March lows. The short-term outlook from many is that it could continue—Barry Ritholtz explains why in this post on his site. The long-term outlook for the...
In a September report, Daniel Alpert, founder of New York-based investment bank, Westwood Capital, says the current rally is strikingly reminiscent of market moves in 1930, following the 1929 crash. He isn't...
Ponzi Porn: Philip Barry, a 52-year old Brooklyn native, stole $40 million from 800 investors, many of whom were his neighbors or elderly, between 1978 and 2009, according to an SEC complaint filed in September...
