Financial stocks have understandably led the market down during the recent credit-related correction. But the group has also recently led in another area: insider buying. In July and August, executives and directors in this much-beleaguered sector...
Think for a moment about your affluent clients and their centers-of-influence. As you scroll through these images in the theater of your mind, try to assess your marketplace equity. If is your initial response to this term, you are not alone. But...
Many years ago our research on the affluent led us to investigate wealth management teams. We turned our focus to teams simply because it became obvious that it was difficult (if not impossible) to manage the entirety of an affluent client's...
Despite mounting sub-prime mortgage woes, hedge funds are doing better than ever. In fact, the second quarter of 2007 saw hedge funds accumulate net new assets of $59 billion, making it the industry's second best quarter on record after first...
Two years ago, Tom Lydon, a small independent advisor running an 11-year-old practice, launched a blog about Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). Now, he's wondering how to expand that effort without hurting his ability to work with his clients. For...
Most financial advisors lust after rich people. Lust is perhaps an arresting choice of words, but it does accurately describe the intensity of desire an advisor suddenly feels when a liquid millionaire is referred to him. This is precisely what...
The applause was loud and lasting in a ballroom packed with over 250 senior financial advisors who were being treated to a preview of their firm's new television advertising campaign. Giving credit where credit is due, the ads were very well done...
What does integrity have to do with superior portfolio performance? A lot, say researchers in a study released in May, which found that advisors who demonstrate high levels of moral and emotional competency outperformed the S&P 500 by 73 percent...
Tampa: I feel that we're continually asked to cull the bottom of our book, says Sean. But what do you consider to be the ideal number of clients for a 21st Century financial advisor? Sean was honing into the heart of what has become an essential...
It is no secret that Wal-Mart has an insatiable appetite for expanding the reach of the products and services it offers. But now, behold, the behemoth has ventured onto your turf: financial advice. Meet Wal-Mart Easy Investing by Sharebuilder. Wal...
