Right before the 1930 market top, investors’ felt confident about stocks future as they do today. ...

BlackRock, formerly known as Barclays Global Investors, has added six new muni-bond ETFs to its exchange-traded fund (ETF) lineup....

ETF Securities has just introduced the ETFS Physical Platinum Shares (PPLT) and the ETFS Physical Palladium Shares (PALL). ...

WisdomTree Investments has just debuted the WisdomTree International Hedged Equity ETF (HEDJ). ...

Yes, things are bad and perhaps even worse than we know. Yet, we can do something about it. ...

Robert Scott, Managing Partner, Main Street Wealth Management, Bedminster, N.J.; affiliated with LPL Financial....

Developed by SunGard, the online Roth IRA conversion calculator can be used by broker/dealer clients of National Financial. ...

Investors were still very much drawn to bond funds late in 2009. But stock funds improved their performance and some global funds drew new interest. ...

The stock markets’ rebound in 2009 has benefitted 2010 target-date funds (TDFs), with many staged solid recoveries, according to a recent Morningstar report....

A conversation with Tim Maurer, CFP, Director of Financial Planning, The Financial Consulate Inc., Hunt Valley, Md. ...

Given some recent (and surprising) results hedge funds are expanding their investor-base by making their strategies available through mutual funds for retail investors. ...

As the epic battle for advisors continues, wirehouse firms have been offering generous retention bonuses to keep their existing FAs happy. ...

Here are three resolutions FAs should tackle in 2010 to improve the market share of their newly independent and other advisory practices. ...

Despite a bad nationwide situation for December 2009, the securities industry ended the year on an upbeat jobs note. ...

A conversation with Mindy Diamond, president of Diamond Consultants in Chester, N.J., about trends in wirehouse recruiting packages and going independent. ...

Current savings rates are unlikely to fund the retirement lifestyles many expect, according to fifth-annual Retirement Fitness Survey from Wells Fargo & Company....