by
Ray Fazzi
The SEC has shut down a Beverly Hills, Calif., hedge fund and advisory business that allegedly used lies and religious messaging in its marketing.
Purchases of new houses in the U.S. rose in March from a record low as the weakest industry in the economy strained to recover.
Silver and gold climbed to records and oil rose for a fourth day, while
the dollar weakened, amid concern inflation will accelerate.
by
Jeff Schlegel
The SEC has charged a Santa Ana,
Calif.-based e-mail marketing company with defrauding investors in a $10
million boiler room scheme.
by
Eric Rasmussen
Despite the sharp rebound in the markets, economic growth will continue to be slow and be vulnerable to a double-dip recession, said David Wyss, S&P's chief economist.
LPL Financial LLC has announced the intent of its parent company, LPL Investment Holdings, to acquire Concord Capital Partners and certain of its subsidiaries.
A gain in sales of U.S. previously owned homes in March
failed to make up for the ground lost the prior month, a sign that the
housing market is taking time to recover.
The trustee liquidating Bernard L. Madoff's defunct firm said he has recovered more than $7.6 billion for
investors in the Ponzi scheme against fees of $175.5 million.
Teachers, engineers and other public employees are heading for the exits, fearing how proposed benefit cuts will affect them.
by Dan Moisand
A soon-to-be-published paper has a lot of advisors debating what kind of spending plans are appropriate for their clients.
by Don Schreiber Jr.
Many advisors use a systematic withdrawal plan from growth funds to provide income for retired clients. That approach fails during bear markets...
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
The SEC has expanded the CFP Board's power to discipline advisors by making it clear that RIAs and broker-dealers can provide client information to the board without violating a federal privacy...
by
Jeff Schlegel
An SEC official indicated the agency might delay transferring to state
regulators those financial advisors with less than $100 million in
assets.
The most affordable real estate in a generation is failing to lure
buyers as Americans sour on the idea of home ownership.
The trustee liquidating Bernard L. Madoff's defunct investment firm
asked a judge to pay him and his law firm $43.2 million for four months'
work.
by Robert Laura
Today's world demands that advisors help clients plan for everyday life in retirement.
by
Karen DeMasters
Nearly half of all advisors are missing out on a lot of business they
could obtain by helping people roll over employer sponsored retirement
plan assets, says a new study.
by
Jeff Schlegel
If an SRO for RIAs is coming, the Committee for the Fiduciary Standard says an upstart SRO should be part of the discussion.
More money than ever is flowing to mutual funds that
buy both stocks and bonds, a sign that individuals are starting to
return to equities during the most volatile bull market since at least...
Standard & Poor's put a "negative" outlook on
the long-term U.S. AAA credit rating, citing a "material risk"
the nation's leaders will fail to deal with budget deficits and
debt.
