Are closed-end fund preferred-auction securities safe? We consider CFPs to be the conservative's conservative security. Defaults are even rarer than failed auctions. We are comfortable with the safety of auction securities from closed-end funds...
The engagement letter is here to stay and constitutes best practice for both lawyers and clients in estate planning. But it wasn't always so. Indeed, the use of engagement letters is a relatively new phenomenon. For generations, a simple...
RegentAtlantic Capital was ahead of the game. In 1996, the fee-only RIA in Chatham, N.J., went paperless a move that put it a decade ahead of its peers. RegentAtlantic manages $1.8 billion in assets for about 900 clients, and when the firm moved...
A few weeks ago I had one of those blinding glimpses of the obvious. It dawned on me that despite the grinding intensity with which some advisors focus on attracting, serving and developing loyal relationships with affluent clients, a very...
Drinking and driving is a very bad idea for a lot of reasons. But did you know how bad it can be for your job? If you have between two and five prior DUI misdemeanor convictions within three to twelve years, thirty-seven states will charge the...
Seminar Scammers Busted The SEC has filed civil fraud charges against Linda Woolf and David Gengler, promoters of Teach Me to Trade (TMTT) classes, mentoring and computer software programs. In infomercials, and a handful of free seminars held in...