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GLD (Finally) Gets Options
By Staff WriterAfter a long four-year wait, trading of call and put options on the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) has finally come to pass. The regulatory hurdles...
August 01, 2008
Oil's Not WellThe residential area around Columbia University is very quiet on summer afternoons. Some local restaurants don't bother to serve lunch, and empty tables at Metisse,...
August 01, 2008
Hot ProspectsAuthor's Note: August 12 is a big day for me. Scribner will publish my new book, Hot Prospects: The Proven Prospecting System to Ramp Up...
August 01, 2008
Japan: Closed for RemodelingJapan is amazing. Its economy stagnated for nearly two decades even as the rest of the world experienced dynamic economic growth, a technology revolution and...
August 01, 2008
The Donut-EatersBack in the early 1800s, when I started my financial career as an advisor, we prospected for clients the old-fashioned way -- by knocking on...
August 01, 2008
So Many Choices!It's easy to become giddy with the growing number of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and all the investment opportunities that they offer. Nevertheless, a new obstacle has...
August 01, 2008
Wholesalers: The Whole TruthWhat do financial advisors really want? (Ask yourself what you really want.) And how can they get it? To help answer these questions, CEG Worldwide...
August 01, 2008
Q&A with Keith StyrculaLast year structured products sales in the U.S. increased to $117 Billion. And while most sales of structured products have occurred in the institutional and...