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Advisers’ business booming, but dark clouds looming
Firms lagging in long-term planning, standing out from the crowd and connecting with young investors.
Yellen takes another stab at offering clarity on Fed policy without jarring the markets
Breakfast with Benjamin: Can Janet Yellen and her Federal Reserve colleagues avoid roiling the markets? Plus: Visa and MasterCard tighten screws on Russian banks, bond ladders get snubbed by a fan of bond barbells, checking the math on alternative-investment performance, and the momentum-stock nosedive is real.
Global markets start to realize the risks of Russia’s move into Ukraine
Friday's menu: Investors waking up to Putin's Russia risks. Plus: Russia's debt downgraded as Kerry issues another warning; U.S. manufacturing comes back (but housing has not); how about this call: gold to hit $5,000 an ounce; the SEC starts to dissect liquid alt funds; and how sanctions are supposed to work.
As Ukraine heats up, Obama “tees up” more sanctions, and the market turns a blind eye
Breakfast with Benjamin: Obama tees up more sanctions. Plus: Financial pros warn against ignoring Ukraine's significance, the housing market is being hurt by basement dwellers, epic Medicare fraud, safe investment bets surprise in 2014, and $1 million saved for retirement is now considered a good start.
Sugar-coating the data to downplay retirement-income challenges
Breakfast with Benjamin: Sugar-coating data to downplay retirement-income challenges. Plus: Simplified Fed-speak, ETFs continue to threaten active management, leveraged-loan fund investors hit the bricks, and there are still undervalued stocks worth considering.
Fidelity Institutional lowers fees for financial advisers trading on its platform
Starting Jan. 1, Fidelity will lower to $30, from $40, the standard pricing for a buy or sell transaction on its FundsNetwork platform, a 25% saving. But the custodian is also raising buy fees by 25% to $50 on five fund families, including the popular offerings from the Vanguard Group Inc.
Independent broker-dealers poised to keep roaring in 2014
These are heady times for the independent-broker-dealer industry, which came roaring back to life in 2013 and is…
Barclays hit with departures of international advisers
Brokers with international clients have been moving to competitors in recent months as Barclays curtails its international business.
REITS continue to be hot as first quarter flows top $4B
Sputtering equity market, lackluster bond returns continue to drive investors.
For LPL, recruiting numbers add up
In a good sign for the industry, recruiting came roaring back in the third quarter for LPL Financial, which added 154 net new registered reps and advisers. CEO Mark Casady says recruits came 'from all over.'
Financial advice business grapples with diversity challenges
Could a wave of retirements open unprecedented opportunity for minorities?
Former Vermont securities director joins LPL as a compliance officer
John Cronin will oversee supervisors in the Northeast; 'it's like hiring an IRS guy to be your CPA.'
No longer able to blame winter weather, economists see real weakness in housing
Breakfast with Benjamin: The truth of the housing market is about to hit. Plus: A fresh batch of market data to start your week; the rich have gotten richer since the financial crisis; stocks are being called overpriced; and why working for a hedge fund is better than working at your company.
Equity ETFs posted seventh-straight up quarter in 1Q, but just barely
'Plowhorse economy' ambled along despite some negative news; how much upside room is left?
GAO cites SEC for cybersecurity lapses
Weaknesses found in way agency authenticated users, authorized access and encrypted data.
Why the client segmentation model is outdated and should be replaced
Client segmentation may make business sense, but it defies common client-servicing sense
Vanguard beats BlackRock, taking in most ETF money in 1Q
90% of the assets put in ETFs in quarter went to low-cost provider.
Consumers left in the loan lurch as big banks still hold off
Friday's menu: Consumers still left in the loan lurch. Plus: Which manager just jumped into the liquid alts pool? Some stocks for a rising-rate cycle; commodities are hot again; European banks ride the wave; and Merrill trims its housing outlook.
Using digital potholes to slow the pace of high-frequency traders
Breakfast with Benjamin: Fighting technology with technology. Plus: Know your ETF or don't invest, how not to advise clients, a pyramid to financial success, biotech on the rebound, and Russia addresses meat shortage with the Easter turkey
Markets brave a presidential-cycle speed bump
Breakfast with Benjamin: It's a bad time for stocks, based on the presidential cycle. Plus: The Nasdaq tests correction territory; most money managers think U.S. stocks are pricey (but there is a market they love); a tech ETF for nervous investors; what advisers wish investors knew; and having delicious fun with Crème Eggs.
