The Occupy Wall Street movement may be on a winter hiatus, but not in The Nation --- one of America's oldest continuously published magazines. In its Feb. 13th edition, The Nation features a story by a former Marine and failed Merrill Lynch...
Berstein Research today issued a somewhat equivocating research note on LPL (Ticker: LPLA). Well, in my view anyway. Consider that Brad Hintz notes the company missed his earnings estimates but nevertheless praises the company by saying that the...
Tom Bradley, the long-time president of TD Ameritrade Institutional who was promoted to the retail side of TD Ameritrade (Ticker: AMTD) hit the press today, explaining how the executive changes at AMTD was no shakeup, but a long-planned maturation...
. . . But watch out for that pesky volatility that scarred clients last August and pushed many to the sidelines, according to FAs I spoke to at the Conference ended yesterday (after a concert Friday night performed by none other than Kool and the...
Today, the New York Post begins an article in the business section: "Got a hangover? Good." According to the NYP, booze sales are back up to pre-credit woes boozing. ...
I have no idea who Bret Jordan is ---- he is an analyst at Avondal Partners, an independent investment bank and wealth management boutique in Nashville. Or Jordan's record. This was brought to my attention by a relation who lives in Nashville and...
So Buffett says he pays a lower percentage of his income than does, say, his secretary. Now the big kurfluffle is over Mitt Romney's 15% or so tax rate. Here in New York City, the top 10 percent (minimum adjusted gross income of $105,400)...
