The news came right before the Thanksgiving holiday, so you might have missed it. But let there be no doubt: The mutual fund investigations have now gone nuclear. New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer told a U.S. Senate committee last...
It is never too soon to think about year-end tax issues. Imagine that you have the opportunity to take a loss on a stock you own, but, since you like the prospects of that stock over the long term, you could still control the stock. Have you ever...
“The stock went up, but my call didn’t!” “My call doubled when the stock rose only $2!” Some of the most commonly expressed frustrations with options are about how option prices change. This article will explain some...
The “Thanksgiving - Christmas – Super Bowl Strategy” It is never too soon to think about year-end tax issues. Imagine that you have the opportunity to take a loss on a stock you own, but, since you like the prospects of that...
“The stock went up, but my call didn’t!” “My call doubled when the stock rose only $2!” Some of the most commonly expressed frustrations with options are about how option prices change. This article will explain some...
It is at once the simplest and most complex question a rep can ask: How many clients are too many? Clearly, a rep cannot service an unlimited number of customers at least not effectively. Still, it's not as though an alarm sounds when the customer...
Edward Jones has been hit with a fine of $2.7 million by the NASD. NASD ruled in an arbitration hearing that one of the firm's brokers overloaded a client's account with unsuitable investments on margin. William and Jean Torrence, clients of...