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Product Push
By Staff WriterA select group of market segments and companies are poised to improve results in the coming months, analysts say. --- Analyst: Ronald A. Tadross, CFAFirm: Banc of...
December 01, 2007
Resolved to SucceedFinancial advisors constantly tell me how frustrated they are about implementing real change in their businesses. "You've given me some great ideas," they say, "but...
December 01, 2007
James R. CottoManaging Director-Investments Cotto & Padovani Financial Strategies Group Wachovia Securities Career Began: 1987 Home Base: New York City and Mt. Kisco, N.Y. Civic Affiliations: Operation Smile, future-care planning for families...
December 01, 2007
Subprime Mortgage Crisis 2, Financial-Service CEOs 0Merrill Lynch says it hired former NYSE Euronext CEO John Thain on November 14 to replace the brokerage firm's ex-CEO and chairman, Stan O'Neal, who...
December 01, 2007
Research RoundtableThe panelists are optimistic about what they forecast to be the sixth year of the bull market. No, they're not wearing rose-colored glasses: In interviews...
December 01, 2007
Opportunity of a LifetimeHere's a wake-up jolt: The last generation of retirees couldn't manage to maintain their lifestyles beyond average life expectancy. With the right new approaches, though,...
December 01, 2007
A Boon to Investors and AdvisorsThere is a bit of down-home feel about my lunch with Noel C. Archard, Head of Product Development at iShares. The restaurant serves traditional Neapolitan...
December 01, 2007
Give, WiselyNo one need be extremely wealthy anymore to participate in charitable giving through donor advised funds (DAFs), but they can be, and some participants have...