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Three cheers for two brave judges
Richard J. Holwell and Jed Rakoff, U.S. District Court judges for the Southern District of New York, deserve our praise.
Great pay for terrible performance
Corporate America, which continues to reward failure among its chief executives, needs a serious kick in the pants
Facing facts about picking stocks
If you want to know whether the stock you are thinking about buying for your client is a good deal, look at the face of the company's chief executive
A very worthwhile conversation
At last year's InvestmentNews Retirement Summit, Lazetta Rainey Braxton approached me and asked if I had a few minutes to chat
Advisers need to practice what they preach
My buddy Frankie Sorrentino earned his living as a general contractor and licensed electrician. He was serious about…
Have you seen those commercials about CFPs?
Over the past few years, I have used this space to advocate for a national advertising program to make the public aware of its need for professional financial advice
How advisers are calming clients
My financial adviser called me last week to make sure that my pulse wasn't racing. I told him that I honestly wasn't panicked about the slowing U.S. economy, escalating debt problems threatening Europe and the prospect that the markets would repeat their 2008 collapse.
Don’t blame the media messenger
A financial adviser suggested that one of his satisfied clients buy a high-quality mutual fund
The social-media ball needs to be moved forward
Advisers need more concrete guidance from regulators on what they can -- and can't -- do in the virtual world
Let’s call insider trading what it is — a crime
Recent article claiming insider trading doesn't hurt the markets — and may help them — is a bunch of hooey
<i>IN’s</i> Pavia: Advisers, don’t kill the media messenger
InvestmentNews reporters don't make up the news, they just report it
Thanks, Dad, from your older and wiser son
Next Sunday is Father's Day, and I plan to lie in a hammock in my backyard, smoke an expensive cigar, drink a few cold beers and read The New York Times.
Retirement planning: Someday is not a day of the week
Retirement planning is serious business, but a great deal of research has shown that Americans aren't dealing with it seriously. When it comes to retirement planning, we are a nation of procrastinators.
Have you seen those commercials about CFPs?
Naysayers aside, the CFP's TV ad campaign, part of a new national public-awareness effort, is just the message the retirement-nervous need to see right now.
The social-media ball needs to be moved forward
Now that Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC has become the first major wealth manager to allow its brokers to use Twitter — albeit in a limited way — it's clear that financial services firms are not waiting idly for regulators to provide guidance on social media
Let’s call insider trading what it is: a crime
Some pundits would have you believe that insider trading is a victimless crime or perhaps not a crime at all
Someday is not a day of the week
What parent hasn't had the leisure of a late Sunday afternoon interrupted by a child's sudden plea for help with a project or paper due first thing Monday morning?
Advisers stuck in neutral as regulators ponder social media
Imagine hearing about an amazing vacation spot from a friend, who insists that you go there to discover firsthand just how great it is
A hard day’s night for my adviser
My trusted adviser did his due diligence
Don’t rule out a suggestion box for clients
My friend Jimmy owes a great deal of his newfound success in the restaurant business to, of all things, a suggestion box
