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Perilous paths: the temptations of a financial advisor
By Steven McCartyPressure No. 1 is living beyond your means. You go for the big house, pricey toys and exotic vacations. You wind up with a huge mortgage and a mountain of credit card debt. You start churning client holdings in order to preserve your lifestyle. What
November 01, 2006
States resist federal insurance regulationIt all goes back to a Supreme Court ruling (Paul v. Virginia) just after the Civil War that said insurance was not interstate commerce. The ruling said that because the Constitution only provided for federal regulation of interstate commerce,
November 01, 2006
Insurers Could Lose Out To Funds, Exec WarnsDeclaring that insurers let the mutual fund industry take the 401(k) market away from them, the top executive of Oppenheimer Funds Inc. thinks they could ...
November 01, 2006
Insurers Could Lose Out To Funds, Exec WarnsDeclaring that insurers let the mutual fund industry take the 401(k) market away from them, the top executive of Oppenheimer Funds Inc. thinks they could ...
October 31, 2006
States resist federal insurance regulationIt all goes back to a Supreme Court ruling (Paul v. Virginia) just after the Civil War that said insurance was not interstate commerce. The ruling said that because the Constitution only provided for federal regulation of interstate commerce,
October 31, 2006
Saucy senior steals the showThe four Las Vegas-based senior panelists ranged in age from 64 to 83 years - all middle-income retirees. The open-mic format allowed 75 advisors to ask the seniors questions about anything. Marketing was a big topic. And, although the ratio of
October 31, 2006
Staying certifiedIt is said that the Certified Financial Planner designation is becoming the industry standard. More and more consumers are seeking advisors who are certified, who have been through rigorous testing, and who work and live by a code of ethics and
October 29, 2006
FRC: Advisors Like Annuities For RolloversMany financial professionals like the idea of insuring the assets that clients shift out of employer-sponsored retirement plans.Although the majority of financial advisors say they ...