Investment Strategies
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Measured Pace
By Jane Wollman RusoffBack 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 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.
October 20, 2011
Benartzi, Thaler and Previtero Attack the ‘Annuity Puzzle’Financial industry professionals have long grappled with the so-called 'annuity puzzle'-the quandary as to why savers who would seem to rationally benefit from annuitizing a portion of their savings do not avail themselves of the opportunity.
October 19, 2011
Despite Pain, Encourage Clients to Stay the CourseThe more frequently clients look at portfolio performance, the more likely they are to feel the pain of loss and to start trading.
October 19, 2011
Options Usage Means More High-Net-Worth Clients, Study Finds: RIS 2011Advisors who use options have larger books of business and tend to be more experienced than advisors that do not use options.
October 17, 2011
At CFDD 2011, Peng Chen Emphasizes Human Capital'If you take a step back and really think about what were in this business for, its helping the individual investor,' said Peng Chen, president of Morningstar Ibbotson, as he opened the conference of the Center for Due Diligence 2011.