InvestmentView, one of the first software tools to use hypothetical comparisons to help advisers recommend mutual funds, is being re-launched today by Thomson Financial.
Sales of single-family homes fell 4.7% in December to a seasonally adjusted rate of 604,000.
After a sterling 2007, leading independent-contractor broker-dealers are facing a horde of significant problems this year, with the subprime-mortgage crisis, skyrocketing gas and oil prices and the threat of a recession the most daunting.
Inspired by market volatility, insurance carriers are making over their equity-index annuities in an attempt to beat a bad reputation and target baby boomer investors.
Gender is a strong factor in determining the likelihood of whether a worker 50 or older receives an annuity or a company-sponsored pension payment, according to a recently released study.
Robert B. Pollock's return follows a six-month hiatus when Mr. Pollock went on administrative leave by order of the board of directors.
A gloomy market outlook is making gold shine bright, but financial advisers are divided as to whether it deserves a place in most clients' portfolios.
The Investment Company Institute has created a committee for exchange traded funds in what some say is an effort to head off the possibility that ETF providers will create their own trade association.
When entrepreneur David Barrett couldn't find an investment firm he trusted to manage several million dollars, he created his own.
The fund, which is offered by the Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group, seeks to generate income by investing in foreign fixed income markets.
