When opportunity knocks, open the door
By Fred CowleySomebody left the gate open, the cows are out, the horses are running wild, the pigs need a bath, the rooster has disappeared and the hens aren't laying eggs anymore. Things on the farm aren't what they used to be. "Woe is
December 01, 2008
Debate Ensues on Mark-to-Market AccountingThe debate about whether fair value, or mark-to-market accounting, is the best way for companies to value their assets ensued October 29 during the SEC's...
December 01, 2008
What Can I Say?As the end of the year approaches, pretty much every advisor out there is starting to worry about those dreaded annual client reviews. During a...
December 01, 2008
How Index ETFs Top RivalsOver 15 years ago, in 1993, the S&P Depositary Receipts (SPY) went up against a who's who of fund heavyweights; Fidelity Magellan, Legg Mason Partners...
December 01, 2008
Gerald "Zeke" StridCareer Began: 1968 Home Base: Berwyn, Pa. Civic Affiliations: Project H.O.M.E., Siloam --- When Erik Strid was a boy, he remembers his father disembarking from a Philadelphia commuter train...
December 01, 2008
Research Investment RoundtableWhen the going gets tough, the tough go...bargain hunting for cheap stocks. Though weak corporate earnings are forecast to make 2009 a rough-and-tumble year indeed, there's...
December 01, 2008
Commonwealth Leaders, Advisors Fired Up(Phoenix) Commonwealth Financial Network advisors seem to be taking a measured approach to the present financial crisis. And that means they were quite keen to...