Investment Strategies
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LPL's Hybrid RIA Platform passes the billion-dollar mark
By Nancy R. MandellLPL Financial, the nation's largest independent broker/dealer, announced Feb. 19 that the Hybrid RIA platform it introduced last October had reached more than $1.3 billion in assets under management in its first three months of operation.
February 01, 2009
The Social Side of SRIAdam Strauss, manager of the Appleseed Fund, says that sometimes an investment is driven by the social benefits, although it still has to make sense...
February 01, 2009
The Future Is NowWhen facing a disaster, healthy families turn toward each other for emotional support, but also for practical help. Since sisters and brothers know each other...
February 01, 2009
The Perfect PonziAt the time of this writing, the Bernie Madoff story is the most popular topic in America. A quick Google search reveals countless newspaper, magazine,...
February 01, 2009
Wisdom, Not Necessarily ConventionalOne of the things that I've come to realize about "conventional wisdom" is that while it's most certainly conventional, it often contains little wisdom. One...
February 01, 2009
Out of the Frying Pan, Into...?While most investors and their advisors are happy to say good riddance to 2008, the collective wisdom among economists and investing executives like Edward Campbell,...
January 30, 2009
SEC Charges Advisor with TARP FraudIn a case of fraud involving TARP, the Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Nashville-based investment advisor Gordon Grigg and his firm ProTrust Management, Inc., with securities fraud, and obtained a court order freezing their assets.
January 26, 2009
Assets in ETFs Reverse CourseFollowing three months of decline that began in the fall of 2008, assets invested in exchange traded funds grew by 11.9% in December 2008