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The stock market is now in a “historical sweet spot” following the mid-term elections, Charles Schwab’s chief investment strategist told financial advisors at the IMCA Advanced Wealth Management Conference in San Francisco...
UBS hired three financial advisors with $2.1 billion in client assets away from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. They will work out of UBS' Los Angeles office.
Bah, humbug. The latest study of charitable giving among America’s high-net-worth households shows a marked decline in generosity. The 2010 Bank of America Merrill Lynch report says that households averaged donations in 2009 of $54,000, down 34.9...
Ultra-high net worth clients are “re-thinking their investment approach” and turning away from traditional asset allocation strategies and modern portfolio theory, according to Kristi Kuechler, president of the Institute for Private...
Financial advisors should prepare for both an improved economy and higher taxes, according to the keynote speakers at the IMCA (Investment Management Consultants Association) Advanced Wealth Management Conference in San Francisco this morning.
Merrill Lynch released a new broker recruiting deal a few weeks ago—with two major changes. First, a new hire must now stick around for 14 years instead of nine to get his entire recruiting bonus, and all of the back-end money is now...
If you believe in the “politicians-are-idiots” theory, you’ll love gridlock. After all, the economy and stocks tend to do better under divided government.
Affluent investors still remain conservative in their approach to investing this year, despite the fact that they feel financially better off than a year ago. According to the latest Merrill Lynch Affluent Insights Quarterly, 39 percent of...