Registered Rep.: So you are an Ayn Rand fan, and specifically of her heroic character John Galt. Why? David Loeper: Nearly 20 years ago I read Atlas Shrugged. Objectivism clarified in my mind a moral and noble way to live my life. The basis of the...
Whoever said it was painful to talk to your kids about sex? According to a new survey from ING Direct USA, parents are more prepared to talk to their kids about the birds and the bees than about money and finances. Only 26 percent are ready to...
Jered Haag, who shot many of our Advisors with Heart for this month's issue, is a New York native who has been photographing for Registered Rep. since 2007. His work has appeared in publications such as Women's Fitness, Golf Digest, Sporting News...
Financial advisor George Cook displays a pair of steel cuffs once worn by a child slave on his office coffee table. He knows what effect they can have on those who see them for the first time. Cook first saw cuffs like these in the office of a...
Financial advisor Steven Tonkinson uses his quick intelligence to solve investment problems and build portfolios for clients. But outside of the office, he uses his hands and his instincts to help relieve crises in places that have been struck by...
Patricia Estopinal was fortunate enough to grow up in a middle-class suburban home in New Jersey. But after going to school and settling down in Sacramento, the sixth largest city in California, she became more aware of the problems of the urban...
Growing up in Jonesboro, Ark., David A. Pickler was a voracious reader. He was especially taken with the biographies of our founding fathers John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin. What he read about their lives gave him a deep appreciation...
During the first quarter, money flowed in and out of individual mutual fund asset classes faster than you could say, "volatility." Investors just couldn't decide whether to hold 'em or fold 'em. For example, the flow data shows how quickly...
The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards is coming to a cable TV channel, magazine, and website near you. The board last month launched the first wave in a four-year marketing campaign to promote the CFP brand to the public, at a cost of...
John Vita's twin interests in the financial services business and in helping those less fortunate than himself began at an early age. Vita's father Robert was a Merrill Lynch broker for 40 years, and Vita recalls that as a boy, he loved going to...
