Raymond James and Cuso are winning new business by tapping into this potentially lucrative market for investment advice.

In a bid to carve out a bigger niche in the affluent market, PaineWebber follows Merrill, Prudential and Morgan Stanley in offering mortgages.

...after the biggest layoffs in a quarter of a century.

Seeking charismatic planners for financial road shows; audition required.

Brokers offer free advice to the families of the World Trade Center victims.

Larger firms offer deeper discounts on commissions than smaller ones, according to a recent Securities Industry Association survey.

Harry S. Dent Jr. might be the best-known forecaster ever, save for Nostradamus. But are all those "greatest boom" predictions actually worth anything?

Quick & Reilly responds; Arrogance and the "Law of Resources"; Thinking Outside the Box; Abre Los Ojos

And you thought Henry Blodget and his ilk were gods.

Firms now fear that they paid too much up front to recruit brokers during the bull market. They want the money back. What's a broker to do?