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Talking Turbulence
By Marie SwiftWhat did you do to communicate with your clients during the market downturn earlier this year? If you answered "nothing," or had to stop and...
March 14, 2008
JPMorgan and The Fed Lend a HandJPMorgan Chase & Co. announced March 14 that "in conjunction with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, it has agreed to provide secured funding to Bear Stearns, as necessary, for an initial period of up to 28 days," via the The Fed's Discount Window.
March 14, 2008
AXA Equitable Ranks #1 in Variable Annuity New Sales for 2007AXA Equitable, New York, N.Y., has announced that it ranked first in variable annuity new sales for the full year 2007, with a 20.2% increase in sales and 4.1% improvement in market share over 2006. "This 2007 achievement was driven by the
March 01, 2008
Behind the Numbers, Richard Bernstein"We think investors should focus on five broad themes; high-quality bonds, large-cap stocks, defensive sectors, developed markets, and high-quality dividend themes," said Richard Bernstein, Merrill...
March 01, 2008
Valuation: Sound Familiar?One of the main factors that buyers will consider in the valuation of your client's business is the degree of concentration among the company's customers....
March 01, 2008
Emerging Into a DownturnAfter years of outperforming the U.S. market, emerging markets, as measured by the SCI Emerging Markets index, topped out last October, moving downward in fits...
March 01, 2008
Pershing Launches ETF CenterPershing has launched an Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF) Center that provides its introducing broker-dealer and independent registered investment advisor (RIA) customers with a centralized source for...