Putnam Investment's 2015 Financial Advisors and Social Media Survey from Putnam Investments More advisors are starting to see the value of using social media. According to a recent survey of over 800 advisors by Putnam Investments, 81 p...

Not only has fixed income volatility been suppressed below its long-term average, but also, it seems to lead equity volatility and has been influence by policy.

The man behind the mask. Michael Batnick, the director of research for Ritholtz Wealth Management, takes a recent news article -- about an asset manager announcing he will equal-weight the S&P 500 as if it were a new strategy -- as an oppo...

Everyone seems worried about the upcoming FOMC meeting. Everyone, that is, except the bond market.  Let me clarify what I mean by “worried.” The dictionary defines it as “afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief.” Whe...

Gough Financial joins the network. Gough Financial Group, a Wichita, Kan.-based advisory firm with $300 million of assets under management, announced Thursday that it joined Transcendent Advisor Networks, an office of supervisory jurisdict...

Whereas current developments pose a serious (but fading) risk to non-dollar denominated investments, we still have to consider the closed nature of the system.

Millennials would do well to rein in a natural tendency to believe they’ll meet their goals simply because they identified what they want to do.