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By Arthur D. PostalThe head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today blasted Congress for failing to give any federal regulatory agency the authority to regulate investment ...
September 16, 2008
Clear Thinking for Tough TimesTough times like these can also be the best time for well-positioned advisory firms to grow. With the fate of many wirehouses uncertain, and the...
September 16, 2008
Market Cap UpdateAflac Inc. now has a market capitalization that is almost as 4 times as great as that of American International Group Inc.A company's market cap ...
September 15, 2008
How the Wall St. Earthquake Will Affect ClientsHow are advisors reacting to the latest news of the changing landscape on Wall Street, with the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the acquisition of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America? For one thing, they're putting it into the context of the broader credit and housing crisis that has affected...
September 07, 2008
U.S. Places Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Into ConservatorshipOn Sunday, Sep. 7, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced that the Treasury Department, in collaboration with the Federal Reserve and the new independent regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), had moved to place into conservatorship Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the troubled government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) that have been under...
September 01, 2008
What is this thing called marketing?In the middle of a very fine publication called Senior Market Advisor is the word "market." Just what does that keyword imply? It is possible there might be more to be discovered in the word "market?" Have we lost our vision
September 01, 2008
Behind the Numbers"The majority of the time, the markets' best days are a few weeks or a month away from the good days," notes the Alpha Group's...
September 01, 2008
HealthShares' Major SurgeryXShares Advisors says the board of directors of its flagship ETF family, HealthShares, has approved a reorganization of 19 HealthShares ETFs, which includes liquidating 15...