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Financial advisors name their favorite products
By Staff WriterA recent survey by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants asked over 400 financial advisors what products they were recommending to their clients in 2010.
February 01, 2010
The ETF Advisor: S&P 500 ETFs[Editor's Note: This is a longer version of the article which appeared in the print edition of Investment Advisor, Februrary 2010 and includes S&P rankings...
January 27, 2010
Up, Down or Sideways: What's Next for Stocks?Right before the 1930 market top, investors' felt confident about stocks future as they do today.
January 04, 2010
Money Flows in 2010: Searching for Alpha, January 2010There are a lot of nervous investors around as we begin a New Year and decade.
January 01, 2010
The Dow at 100,000?Round milestones, the ones with many zeros, have traditionally been difficult for the Dow Jones Industrial Average to leave behind. The market hovered around 100...
December 31, 2009
Four ways to get 401(k)s above pre-crash levelsFor boomers who may have lost up to one-quarter of the value of their 401(k)s, breaking even may be a major victory, but it isn't...
December 23, 2009
Will the Rally Last into the New Year?Based on advisor sentiment, there is some more short-term upside potential followed by some sort of a market top.
December 01, 2009
Still Too Early to Go for Gold: Searching for Alpha, December 2009The current "it" investment of the moment is gold. Everyone seems to be talking about the rally in what some have described as the last storehouse of value.