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Editor's Choice: Week of June 1, 2009
By James J. GreenWhat's happening this week.
June 01, 2009
Danger & Opportunity: A Fool's ErrandOn April 9 2009, under enormous pressure from the banking community and politicians, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement No. 157 to relax...
June 01, 2009
When Less Is MoreIt appears that the best broker/dealers limit the number of investment vehicles on their approved list. That's one of the findings of The Art of...
June 01, 2009
Soapbox: Algorithms vs. ArithmeticThere are security analysts and financial advisors who have no fear about taking positions in derivatives based on arcane algorithms. But for some reason, these...
June 01, 2009
Asset AllocationBehind the Numbers, with Jeffrey Kleintop In his May 4 weekly commentary LPL Financial's chief market strategist noted that, "The prospects for recovery by year-end have...
June 01, 2009
Venture Populist: Private PracticeThe cover story for April's The Atlantic was a timely article called "Why I Fired My Broker" in which Jeffrey Goldberg recounts the misgivings of...
June 01, 2009
Now and ThenBob Reed's decision to build a firm that allowed all its employees to exercise their abilities has led to growth in assets under management and...
June 01, 2009
The Green Advisor: More On Climate Change OpportunitiesWhen I last wrote about climate change (March 2009, "Climate Change Opportunities"), it generated a number of negative responses from readers, including one e-mail which...