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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.
I Don't Hate Gold. I Just Don't Love It.
By Barry RitholtzThe underlying reason I love to write about gold is because it offers so many lessons about the behavioral errors of investors.
June 13, 2016
House Panel to Mark Up Advisers Act Modernization BillBill updates provisions of the Act that impose undue burdens on investment advisors, says IAAs Karen Barr.
May 31, 2016
5 things top-performing advisors doExperts offer their advice on how to succeed as a financial advisor. One key point: Keep it simple.
May 31, 2016
Top Investment Firms for Consumer Satisfaction: Temkin GroupNone of the investment firms surveyed had rankings considered "good" or "excellent."
May 26, 2016
How Socially Responsible Investing Strategies Are Built: A Case StudyThe Sad Business School at the University of Oxford provides a nuts-and-bolts look at how a carbon efficiency strategy was born.
May 25, 2016
Prohibited Transactions in a Post-Fiduciary Rule WorldAdvisors can directly or indirectly be on the wrong side of DOL's rule and they can be held personally liable.
May 25, 2016
What 'The Big Short' Got WrongLast year's movie The Big Short, starring Christian Bale, Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling and Steve Carell, has renewed interest in the history (and myth) of the 2008 mortgage meltdown.
May 25, 2016
What Wealthy Americans Have in CommonA study by U.S. Trust creates a portrait of high-net-worth Americans, focusing on their backgrounds, how they built their wealth and how they use it.