Features
By Philip Palaveev
Why a partnership is the best ownership structure for an advisory firm, and for clients....
By Robert F. Keane
Dan Deighan wanted to be an athletic director, but now acts as a financial coach to his clients, and to television audiences ...
By Mike Patton
Advisor Mike Patton describes the eight-step process he uses in managing money for his clients. It’s worked out pretty well in a difficult environment.
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Beginnings
By Staff Writer
Behind the Numbers with Sam Stovall...
By Melanie Waddell
Cerulli’s data suggests there may be fewer wirehouse brokers breaking away....
By Melanie Waddell
The SEC is seeking public comment on an alternative approach to short selling price test restrictions....
By James J. Green
The Committee for the Fiduciary Standard held face-to-face-meetings with two SEC Commissioners, Congressional staffers, and a Treasury Department official to discuss the Committee’s five fiduciary principles. ...
By Staff Writer
Association news...
By Staff Writer
Personnel comings and goings...
By Staff Writer
What's going on......
By James J. Green
The latest Department of Agriculture child-rearing study reports that a two-parent, middle-income family can expect to spend $221,190 to raise a child born in 2008.
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By Vaughan Scully
There are about 40 "country-specific" ETFs which track local stock market indexes at relatively low cost, listed in the U.S....
By Jeff Joseph
PAO also refers to the appeal of investments where multiple liquidity and exit outcomes are possible. ...
By Melanie Waddell
The healthcare debate moved outside the beltway in August, as members of Congress headed back home to face constituents bent on voicing their opinions on healthcare reform during townhall meetings.
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By Melanie Waddell
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is moving at a rapid pace to repair its sullied reputation after being lambasted by Congress for failing to stop the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme....
By George D. Kinder
Lessons learned from Confucius, Abraham Maslow, and Adam Smith point the way....
By James J. Green
Michael Bulley on what you should know about managed futures....
By James J. Green
Schwab Charitable has expanded the underlying investment options in its Charitable Gifts Accounts and introduced a new online advice tool.
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By James J. Green
If we needed any more proof of the power of the language, I present as Exhibit A the townhall meetings on healthcare reform....
Columns
By Lewis Schiff
Few advisors use a cookie cutter approach to retirement income support....
By Robert F. Keane
Envestnet’s sustainability platform has attracted hundreds of advisors and $400 million in its first year....
By Mark Tibergien
Like the department stores and airlines, will "low price" be your permanent value proposition?...
By Bob Clark
The wirehouses have figured out that now is no time for a frontal assault....
By Olivia Mellan
“Everyone experiences betrayals in intimate relationships. The important thing is to learn how to work through them.”...
By Angela Herbers
Creating the right jobs for the right people ...
Conclusions
By Melanie Waddell
Retail commercial real estate could be a good investment for retirees....
By Melanie Waddell
Pension plans’ funded status and the outlook for Social Security continue to appear bleak.
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By Melanie Waddell
401(k)s, 529s, and savings rates ...
By Robert F. Keane
JP Morgan commits $100 million to broker platform...
By Melanie Waddell
In the first half of 2009 suits against financial services firms and foreign firms increased....
By Staff Writer
Actions by the SEC and FINRA
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By Marlene Y. Satter
According to the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance, asset-based LTC insurance is on the rise.
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By Thomas D. Giachetti
What every investment advisor should know about securities arbitration....
By Guest Contributor
If you’d rather talk to clients than pick investments, then it’s time to start looking into goal-based investing....
Sidebar Stories
By Staff Writer
Company stats...
By Philip Palaveev
Which business model is most acceptable to investors?...
By Robert F. Keane
With 35 years experience in the business, Dan Deighan can rightly claim to be one of the independent advisory profession’s pioneers....
By Robert F. Keane
Dan Deighan
CEO, Deighan Financial Advisors
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By Mike Patton
Over time, value stocks have outperformed growth stocks and have done so with a lower standard deviation ....
By Mike Patton
"I use a combination of strategic and tactical approaches, though the tactical portion is much smaller."...
By Staff Writer
The signature exercise that Kinder’s Institute of Life Planning conducts at its workshops to help an individual discover what’s most important to them is to ask themselves the three questions....
By Olivia Mellan
It takes work, but it can be done....
By Angela Herbers
The trick—and it’s a big one—is to actually make the transition to the new organizational structure....
By James J. Green
Win, place and show in this year's B/D of the Year voting. ...
By James J. Green
Representatives tell us what products or services they wish their current broker/dealers offered, but don’t. ...
By Staff Writer
Company stats...
By James J. Green
This year, more than many others, many representatives of broker/dealers are reassessing their options when it comes to with whom, and how, they will affiliate. ...
By Staff Writer
Company stats...
By James J. Green
The year 2009 marked the 19th time that Investment Advisor asked its readers who are representatives of independent broker/dealers to rank their own B/Ds on 14 discrete categories, along with an overall rating. ...
By Staff Writer
Company stats...
Web Extras
By Staff Writer
Broker/Dealers of the Year, 1994-2009...
By Robert F. Keane
White paper: "Responsible Investing: A Paradigm Shift" ...