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By Bill GoodSurveys have been a vital part of the focus of this column and in my own business as well. By conducting them periodically and studying...
June 01, 2006
The Latest Funds Focus on Growth, Value and DividendsThe ETF landscape just keeps getting bigger. In March, Rydex Investments launched six funds and First Trust Advisors added one. The Rydex ETFs will track S&P/Citigroup...
June 01, 2006
First-Quarter WinnersThe first quarter of 2006 is in the history books and except for bond indexes, the performance of exchange-traded funds in most categories was good. Strong...
June 01, 2006
'RBC Dain Rauscher Grows on Rivals Home TurfRBC Dain Rauscher knows how to pick its battles. It's going head-to-head with the likes of Wachovia Securities in, you guessed it, the Southeast. "Their appetite...
June 01, 2006
The Matsko MatrixWhere to start with an advisor like Briggs Matsko, except by the numbers? The firm he manages, California Fringe Benefit, handles 33 employer institutions, mostly hospital...
June 01, 2006
Early-Bird iShares Catch the ShareholdersThe ETF business wasn't always this fun. And the people at Barclays Global Investors (BGI), sponsor of the iShares, can attest to it. In 1996,...
June 01, 2006
How to Succeed at the FedIn December 1996, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average just above 7,000 and the technology-dominated Nasdaq Composite index under 1,500, Alan Greenspan made his famous...
May 01, 2006
Reading Your MindThis month's cover story looks at two couples and asks the age-old question that has vexed businesspeople since the sale of the first cave- improvement products:...