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The Private Venture Investment Process
By Jeff JosephOne of the few commonalities among the thousands of VCs and angel investors is the consensus that the process of identifying an attractive private venture...
November 01, 2009
Can Commodity ETFs Survive?The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has been waging war against commodity index funds, and visible evidence they are winning that war has...
November 01, 2009
New ETF Offerings Hit the StreetIt was a busy third quarter for ETF providers, as they introduced new products to meet market demand and round out their fund lineups. State Street...
November 01, 2009
Advisors Need to Think More Broadly, Act More CreativelyOne of the several takeaways from Rydex|SGI's 10th annual AdvisorBenchmarking study of RIAs is that advisors "need to think more broadly and more creatively" in...
November 01, 2009
Fox River Launches ETF PlatformFox River Execution has collaborated with Barclays Global Investors by introducing a new ETF trading platform that provides a comprehensive system for competitive, real-time...
November 01, 2009
Historical Research: Inventing Financial FuturesIn November 1967, University of Chicago economist Milton Friedman was turned down for a loan, a rejection that ended up changing the course of financial...
October 31, 2009
Gain new clients in a volatile market (part 2)Be armed with at least three solid stories of your clients who weathered bad or volatile markets in the past and came out ahead using your advice.
October 31, 2009
10 for '10: Sales tactics that work in today's worldThe meltdown happened. Then came the aftermath--investors in retrenchment mode, advisors doing damage control, everyone licking their wounds.