Investment Strategies
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Lower Prices at Vanguard for Larger Clients
By Staff WriterFor investors who have $100,000 to $1 million-plus at Vanguard, the news is good: reduced costs for brokerage and planning, broader services, and for the highest bracket, access to some mutual funds that had been closed. For advisors, perhaps this is yet another layer of competition for customers and assets.
September 01, 2007
Judgment DayIn the Journal of Investment Consulting (Winter 2005-06) and in a series of articles in Investment Advisor (September 2005, February 2006, and March 2006), we...
August 31, 2007
Another Fixed Income VehicleIn the current climate of high volatility in the equity markets and possible credit loosening by the Federal Reserve, consider ETFs that focus on municipal bonds.
August 29, 2007
Standing Up for ShareholdersA new Web site intended to help organize thousands of individual shareholders in opposition to controversial SEC proposals has been launched as part of a joint effort by The Social Investment Forum (SIF) and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR). The groups charge that the SEC proposals to change...
August 27, 2007
Advisor Gloom Matches Clients' PessimismThe market volatility of August 2007 prompted by the subprime mortgage crisis predictably led to major decreases in optimism among investors and their advisors, two...
August 23, 2007
Hedge Funds Cashing in On Subprime MessSome hedge funds are actually profiting off of the subprime mortgage debacle and the market volatility that it has helped cause.
August 22, 2007
What's Going On With Money Market Funds?Money market funds--something almost everyone takes for granted--are not supposed to be newsworthy. But during the first two weeks of August. Standard & Poor's put...
August 17, 2007
RIAs Are Fastest Growing Distribution ChannelNew research by Cerulli Associates says that the fastest growing advisor channels are the ones with the most independence, registered investment advisors (RIAs). The biggest...