How many ETFs are there now? One gazillion, covering nearly every sliver of the investible universe. Okay, I kid but, in 2009, asets in ETPs (eschange traded products) grew by 50 percent. There are more than 600 equity ETFs alone. Well, turns out...
There are all kinds of benchmarks to grade your investment performance. Try this one: Compare how you did versus doing nothing, the inertia benchmark. http://bit.ly/dkU81m
The war for assets continues, and the trend for disgruntled brokers to go to RIA land continues. TD Ameritrade tells us that its pipeline of breakaway brokers is at record levels, and Schwab says it gained 32 percent in client assets in its...
Robert W. Baird is based in Milwaukee, but CEO Paul Purcell, like his brother Phil who once ran Morgan Stanley in New York, commutes from his home in Chicago --- in a Chevrolet van "equipped with a desk, computer, fax, printer, TV, fridge and...
Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal posted a story, Ten Stock-Market Myths That Just Won't Die. Brett Arends writes, "At times like this, your broker or financial adviser may offer words of wisdom or advice. There are standard calming phrases you...
Today, the Tax Foundation posted a “Bush Tax Cuts” calculator to show how the expiration of Bush's tax cuts would hit individual taxpayers. The calculator can be found on www.MyTaxBurden.org and it allows taxpayers to compare 2011 income tax...
Surprise! Financial advisors use the web now more than ever and the quality of an asset manager's website matters! The better the manager's site, the more assets it can gather. ...
