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CFPs Worldwide Have ‘Renewed Focus’ on Consumer Protection, FPSB Chief Says
By Melanie WaddellCFPs around the world have a renewed focus on consumer protection, with the Dodd-Frank Act influencing the profession on a global scale, the CEO of the Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) said on Monday.
October 28, 2011
Top Portfolio Products: Guggenheim Fund Sees IPO; TD Ameritrade Launches Options PlatformNew products introduced over the last week include Guggenheim's Equal Weight Enhanced Equity Income Fund and a new options platform from TD Ameritrade.
October 26, 2011
Measured PaceBack in 1976, while other teenagers had started obsessing over the newest style of music, punk rock, 16-year-old Louis M. Ricciardi was grooming himself to be a financial advisor. Hipping classmates to the Rule of 72, he was touting the benefits of investing at a young age.
October 26, 2011
Rob Arnott: 'There May Never Be a Better Time' to Buy Inflation ProtectionIndexing guru Rob Arnott, a lone inflationista wolf, howls that todays market provides a golden opportunity to buy inflation-fighting asset classes at 'below retail prices.'
October 24, 2011
JPMorgan's Kelly: Housing Market Turnaround Is at HandAfter years of housing market decline that has weakened the economy and depressed consumer sentiment, a number of analyses are strongly suggesting that a turnaround in the beaten sector may finally be at hand.
October 24, 2011
Top 10 Richest Colleges for 2011: The Biggest EndowmentsSome surprises on the endowment front, and some non-surprises. Ivy League schools dominate the list with Harvard's haul nearly double its arch-rival's
October 24, 2011
What the U.S. Economy Signals for Stock MarketWhats an advisor to do as economic growth stumbles?
October 20, 2011
Warren Buffett, Jay-Z Team for Animated Financial SeriesWarren Buffett is known as a financial wizard, now hell become oneliterally, in a series of animated videos made with Jay-Z.