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What top-performing investment strategists and portfolio managers are thinking about the latest market trends and how to build high-performing portfolios.
Investing, Fast and Slow
By Tom NawrockiDo you make investment decisions based on quick, intuitive thinking or longer, more complex meditation. Here's why one of these methods always comes out on top.
January 27, 2012
For Big Banks, It’s a Case of Bill Gross vs. Gundlach, KBW, et alIn the case of Too Big to Fail vs. Market Expectations, it looks like negative market expectations are winning out against the big U.S. banks.
January 27, 2012
Security Benefit, Mesirow Financial Team Up on Fiduciary ServiceSecurity Benefit and Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc. recently joined forces to help employers offer a retirement plan for their employees, and to assume the fiduciary role of selecting investments for participants.
January 26, 2012
Advisors’ Bad BehaviorDespite the large and growing body of research on behavioral finance and its role in the investment process, convincing most investment professionals of the merits of behavioral finance is still an uphill battle.
January 23, 2012
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth IsIf you recommend insurance and annuity products to your clients, shouldnt you own a piece of the carrier?
January 23, 2012
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth IsIf you recommend insurance and annuity products to your clients, shouldnt you own a piece of the carrier?
January 19, 2012
Obama’s Re-Election Means More Stagnation, Says Ex-Treasury Chief O’NeillFormer Treasury Secretary Paul ONeill, special advisor to Blackrock, was interviewed Thursday by Bloomberg T.V.s Tom Keene, host of Midday Surveillance.
January 19, 2012
Cerulli: Many Self-Described Financial Planners Actually Only Offer Investment ServicesFifty-nine percent of the respondents surveyed describe themselves as financial planners, but only 30% actually practice financial planning, Cerulli reports. The differential is even more pronounced among advisors who label themselves investment planners (22%) versus those practice investment planning (56%).