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Researchers have determined that the part of the brain that is activated when using drugs such as cocaine – the nucleus accumbens – is also stimulated when making money. According to Kabir Sehgal, author of Coined, people making money and tho...
ETF companies have been rushing to introduce portfolios that weight holdings in unconventional ways. Popular choices give each stock an equal weighting or emphasize holdings with characteristics such as low volatility. The strategy, &lsquo...
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The market rout last week pushed every major asset class into negative territory for the one-year trailing period. That fact prompts Capital Spectator's James Picerno to note that...
There's no such thing as a sure thing.
Many investment and market gurus have made their predictions for 2016. The problem is, argues Larry Swedroe, the media has done a poor job in the past of holding these gurus accountable. Swedroe, the...
Americana.
This weekend Sotheby’s will be auctioning off what it deems the “greatest collections of Americana ever assembled” on Saturday and Sunday in New York. The items are part of a collection assembled by Irvin and Anita Schorsch, the...
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said Thursday it will use every tool at its disposal to challenge the Department of Labor’s proposed fiduciary rule, including a potential lawsuit and working with Congress...
Over half of investors still say alternative investments remain a “mystery,” but 47 percent say they wish they knew more. It's a good opportunity for advisors to step in, according to Affiliated Managers Group, which recently polled nearly 1...
Registered investment advisory firms had a robust year in 2015, with many not only boosting their bottom line and assets under management, but acquiring new clients from new and different channels.
According to TD Ameritrade Institutional 2016 R...
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David Bowie, the British rock legend who died Monday at 69, will mostly be remembered for his influential contributions to music, fashion and film. But Bowie was also financial innovator. In 1997...
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Equity crowdfunding is expected to grow in 2016, but by how much? A new report from Juniper Research expects investments in the technology sector via crowdfunding to increase sevenfo...
