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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.
The 50 Top Women in Wealth: The 2011 Honorees
By James J. GreenFrom the Capital to capital; from Wall St. to Main St., the power and influence of women in wealth management is growing. Our annual list.
June 20, 2011
iShares Rolls Out Floating-Rate Note Fund; UBS Adds to Energy ETN GroupOther new investment products are launched by Neuberger Berman, Aperio, Aequam and Highland
June 17, 2011
Top 10 Resources for Preventing Fraud Against Retirees: AIEThe Alliance for Investor Education lists the top 10 resources for protecting retirees against fraud.
June 16, 2011
J.D. Power: Investors Clueless on Suitability vs. Fiduciary StandardsA survey by J.D. Power and Associates reveals that, by a vast majority, full-service customers don’t know the difference between the standards that are now in effect.
June 08, 2011
PIMCO’s Gross Warns to Flee Treasuries, Dollar Assets: Morningstar ConfabPIMCO principal Bill Gross painted a gloomy picture of U.S. investment prospects during his opening keynote address on June 8 at the Morningstar Investment Conference in Chicago. He encouraged the audience of financial advisors to seek investment opportunities outside the Treasury market and away from dollar-based markets more generally.
June 07, 2011
Morningstar Conference Features Gross, Fink, BerkowitzMorningstar kicks off its 23rd annual investment conference for financial advisors Wednesday afternoon in Chicago with a keynote speech by PIMCO's Bill Gross. ‘Big picture, fixed income’ focuses of this year’s agenda, says Morningstar’s Phillips.
June 06, 2011
Jason D. Pride, CFA Director of Investment Strategy Portfolio Fix: What to Do About the Latest Growth ScareIn his latest investment-strategy outlook, Jason Pride of the investment firm Glenmede notes that the U.S. is in the midst of a “soft patch,…
June 02, 2011
Mass Affluent’s Top Reason for Picking an AdvisorWhere once the mass affluent looked to performance and risk level, they have changed their reasons in 2011 when picking an investment provider, according to data from Spectrem Group in its new report, "Mass Affluent Investors 2011, Vol. 1," released Wednesday.