Fiduciary standard standstill
By Brian AndersonIt's looking more and more like an attempt to extend the fiduciary standard to all financial services professionals will not be a part of any financial services regulatory reform legislation any time soon.
March 10, 2010
Will it EVER change?"If Thomas Edison invented the electric light today, it would be reported on the evening news that the candle-making industry was threatened.
March 10, 2010
Immediate Annuities as Longevity InsuranceSome financial advisors still find that that fixed immediate annuities are a viable solution to retirement-income issues in the right circumstances.
March 10, 2010
Where Will the Next Generation of Agents Come From?Since 1985, the full-time agent population has decreased from 275,000 to 175,000, according to LIMRA. According to ASJ's own research, the average age of an agent is 54 - with an age range of 22 to 84.
March 10, 2010
Market beatersEveryone has a strategy for beating the market, and yet most all of the strategies offered for sale don't beat the market, and most all of the mutual funds we offer don't beat the market either.
March 10, 2010
Market beatersEveryone has a strategy for beating the market, and yet most all of the strategies offered for sale don't beat the market, and most all of the mutual funds we offer don't beat the market either.
March 10, 2010
Seniors More Likely to Drop Stocks, Vanguard Research ShowsPeople age 65 or older were more than twice as likely to abandon equities as investors between the ages of 45 and 54 in the recent market downturn. .
March 10, 2010
Where Will the Next Generation of Agents Come From?For our April print edition, I wrote a story about generation Y. This story and the corresponding Web component required me to interview consumers in ...
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