If politicians were traded daily like a stock, which company would best describe them? That’s one perspective Slate, an online magazine, has brought to its coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign.

Merrill Lynch began a round of layoffs this morning: The dismissals reportedly kicked off at 7 a.m. on the trading floor, according to Wall Street news blog Dealbreaker

Financial research firm Morningstar announced today the three winners chosen as “Mutual Fund Managers of the Year.” But with many studies showing one year’s hot managers

The SEC released the results of the RAND study today, which examined two issues: how broker/dealers and investment advisors market and provide products and services to investors, and how investors understand the differences between investment...

Last year’s markets were not very kind to brokers and their firms, which both took major hits in the fourth quarter thanks to the credit fiasco. For those betting on 2008

Since Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau unsealed indictments on the "swindling" of the late Brooke Astor, grand dame of New York society and Gotham's first lady of philanthropy, the press accounts have focused on the two men...

Registered Rep.: Why would a wirehouse rep want to leave his firm and join yours? Joe Deitch: At Commonwealth, an experienced advisor can have the best of all worlds

Name Firm (B/D) City Est. AUM in MM Yrs. in Biz Business Description/Specialty 1 Ron Carson Carson Wealth Management Group (LPL) Omaha, NE $1,560 24 Holistic wealth management and asset management. 2 Cleves and Brad Delp The Delp Company (LPL)...

It's a familiar drama in the schoolyard and in business too: One day a kid comes along with some cool new toy instantly supplanting the previously reigning cool kid and winning schoolyard prestige. The registered investment advisory (RIA) industry...

A generation ago, retiring clients usually had most of their money locked up in certificates of deposit at the local bank. Simplicity, predictability, and the double-digit yields of the time provided a nice compliment to Social Security or pension...