How did you celebrate the New Year? I stayed home and watched TV with my 13-year-old son, which we both enjoyed very much.

Stifel Nicolaus, the quiet St. Louis-based regional, doubled its size in two years with its purchases of Legg Mason's capital markets group in 2005 and now Ryan Beck, Bank Atlantic's brokerage arm, in January.

Variable-annuity sales are booming the National Association for Variable Annuities (NAVA) estimates they will surpass $150 billion for 2006, up 33 percent versus the previous year.

As we begin a new year, one very old but important lesson is worth remembering. While consensus investment views are often correct, the strategies used to implement such views may fall short. During 2006, it was widely believed that inflation...

Dividends—considered silly back in the roaring 1990's—are once again in vogue. Here's a screen to uncover strong, dividend-paying stocks

Private equity is a hot investment these days. And while you may be referring your ultra-high-net-worth clients to established private equity firms, don't be surprised if a wealthy client asks you for advice on a private investment opportunity...

In September 2003, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced that hedge funds and other speculators had fleeced mutual fund shareholders. Employing the tactics known as market timing and late trading, the thieves had stolen huge amounts...

Mutual fund giant Fidelity Investments has inked an agreement with American Airlines in a new marketing twist. Under the agreement, American's AAdvantage members will earn miles for opening brokerage accounts at Fidelity. The more money investors...

The outlook for the U.S. dollar is not as bad as some of the 'smart money' would have you believe

Is government bad for business? One fund manager thinks so.