RIAs Wirehouse Reps Obligation to Clients Fiduciary duty to act in clients' best interests at all times Can put his firm's interests first, as long as his recommendation is for the client Compensation Model Fee-based or asset-based Fee-based or...

The tougher financing climate is prompting some tenant-in-common (TIC) sponsors to pursue a more alternative: the Delaware statutory trust. Both investment vehicles are similar in that they allow for a group ownership structure that can be pre...

There are literally hundreds of investment newsletters these days.

Traditional, dead-wood media companies are dying. Take a look at the New York Times Co., America's (supposedly) great newspaper company. The NYT is a wonderful proxy for old-style content providers, such as newspapers and broadcasters, because it...

How a philosophy student became the number one investment newsletter analyst.

Investing orthodoxy stipulates that advisors should choose fund managers who don’t stray from their investing style.

Bank of America joins a growing list of banks and brokerage firms that have promised to buy back auction-rate securities sold by their brokers.

In the first case of its kind, the SEC announced today that it has charged two individual financial advisors with fraud related to the sale of more than $1 billion in auction-rate securities.

Mobile phone handset makers are in the trough right now. But take my advice: I'd avoid bottom fishing the usual big names Nokia, Motorola and Sony Ericsson. If you want to profitably play the handset maker game, you'd be better off buying shares...

Wine might emerge as a bona fide alternative asset class. Established in 2004, the London International Vinters Exchange Ltd. (aka the Live-ex index) tracks the price movements of 100 fine wines and is calculated monthly. Over the first six months...