Behavioral Finance
Read about the behavioral finance factors that affect clients and that help advisors tailor the best financial plans and portfolio strategies for investors.
Financials: Close to Bottoming?
By Staff WriterCongratulations to Citigroup's executive management for convincing the U.S. government to give it $20 billion in fresh capital and guaranteeing $306 billion in toxic assets....
November 30, 2008
Gloom or boom?Ok, let's not sugarcoat it -- the economy stinks. The stock market has been a runaway rollercoaster with more yips than hoorays. Employment is down. Consumer confidence is at historical lows. The mortgage business is in shambles.
November 27, 2008
The Thanksgiving of our discontentThe pretentious headline isn't mine. It comes from an editorial in a small town newspaper I read last Thanksgiving, before it all went to hell....
November 25, 2008
FRC: Financial Marketing Budgets May ShrinkThe economic crisis will hurt many financial services companies' marketing budgets, consultants predict.Roughly two-thirds of investment management company marketing executives surveyed expect 2009 marketing budget ...
November 20, 2008
Hartford Financial Continues To Back Ski EventA financial services company is braving the cold economy and sticking with a major winter sports gathering for people with disabilities.Hartford Financial Services Inc., Hartford, ...
November 19, 2008
Aetna: Workers Need HelpThe telephones at a major employee assistance program are ringing much more often.Aetna Inc., Hartford, said call volume at its EAP call centers was 60% ...
November 19, 2008
More Insurers To Acquire Financial InstitutionsLife insurers are continuing to announce plans to take over banks and thrifts.Protective Life Corp., Birmingham, Ala., says it has agreed to acquire Bonifay Holding ...
November 17, 2008
Hancock Creates 3 Financial Pro ClassesA financial services distributor is offering the people who sell its products a choice about how to relate to it.John Hancock Financial Network, Boston, a ...