Commodities prices plummeting as speculators cut long bets; for many, portfolio position the 'fetal position'
Gold closed below its 200-day moving average today, signaling prices may drop to $1,400, according to Stifel Nicolaus & Co.
Wealthy locking in 35% tax rate before death tax returns; 'Throw Momma from the Train' law
Even in death, George Steinbrenner went out a winner.
Eight straight weeks home loans have hovered around record lows; should client's refi?
Low interest rates seen as manageable; stock prices 'beaten down to ridiculous levels'
Europe is being blamed again today for the volatility in the U.S. equity markets, but some market watchers are saying the knee-jerk reactions by investors go too far.
Technical analyst sees S&P 500 topping 1,330 in December; reversal around Christmas
Bruce Berkowitz is an icon in the fund management world. His flagship Fairholme Fund led its category for ten-year peformance. But things haven't gone so well of late for fund manager or fund, which is hemorrhaging assets. A newly announced SEC investigation of St. Joe, a company Berkowitz runs, isn't going to help matters.
COR Securities agrees to buy clearing firm, makes offer for holding company of two indie B-Ds
Custody unit boss receives 35% hike, as brokerage's management delivers in 'difficult operating conditions'
Raymond James' custody unit has picked up four new RIA firms with more than $400 million in assets.
Walter White takes helm of U.S. ops, arrives with brokerage expertise
Financial advisers are going on the offensive in terms of reaching out to clients to discuss market conditions, and most of the conversations center on market volatility.
Volatile markets haven't been friendly to those who employ asset-based advisory fees, but conventional wisdom says switching would be a hard sell ... or will it?
Getting uncashed benefit checks to ex-employees a growing problem; death a bigger complication
Required disclosures mean advisers can easily benchmark performance; onus on advisers to prod stragglers to do better
A disbarred attorney who courted politicians and star athletes and led a flamboyant lifestyle even by flashy South Florida standards pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges that he ran a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme.
