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Intoducing the ELEMENTS
By Staff WriterFour of the world's leading financial organizations have teamed up to launch a new series of exchange-traded notes (ETNs) called ELEMENTS. The first product is linked...
October 26, 2007
SRI Doesn't Have to Mean Subpar Performancenew report released by the United Nations Environment Programme and a group of leading asset managers from around the world draw upon dozens of studies to demonstrate that investors acting responsibly do not have to sacrifice investment performance as a result.
October 12, 2007
Studies Examine Community Bank Investment SalesSmall banks reported strong brokerage results in August.The Kehrer-LIMRA Index of Community Bank Brokerage Revenue climbed to 150 in August, up from 114 in August ...
October 01, 2007
Vanguard Eyes Long/Short FundThe Vanguard Group says it has been in talks with Charles Schwab Investment Management about the re-organization of the Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Large/Mid Capitalization Long/Short...
October 01, 2007
Principal ProtectorQuick, now, what's the fastest growing investment class in the United States? Precisely right: structured products. Go ahead, fall in love with them -- but don't...
October 01, 2007
Singles and Special-Needs ClientsMicki Pitch runs a two-generation practice in Cedar Knolls, New Jersey, with her eldest son, Joe. They specialize in serving the investment and retirement needs...
October 01, 2007
Rules of the CloseI'm going to close this series on the "Good" way to sell with, appropriately, a look at closing the sale. "Closing" is highly overrated in...
September 30, 2007
Industry, Fearing 401(k) Default Rule, Touts GICsThe deadline is approaching for a final decision on a U.S. Department of Labor rule that could exclude annuities and guaranteed investment contracts as qualified ...