Dahlman Rose's Rauscher predicts benchmark index will finish year close to 1,500 mark; weak dollar, corporate profits cited
Newer models could offer attractive alternatives to wirehouses, but they're not making a huge dent in headcounts.
Selling into a depressed market is not the brightest move ever, but that's what many clients are doing by cashing out their muni bond funds. The better play? Stay patient -- and buy individual bonds
Truth-in-labeling law comes to medical insurance biz; 'plain English'
Combination life and long-term care polices are gaining serious traction in the marketplace. One for-instance: Sales for Lincoln National's MoneyGuard are up 62 percent over the past year.
El-Erian responding to what he terms U.S. government's 'financial repression'
Going where the growth is high and the debt is low; buying a ton of won
Commodities remain one of the hottest asset-classes going. For the fifth straight month, investments in real stuff -- natural resources, minerals and food -- handily beat stocks, bonds and greenbacks.
