Mounting worries about state and local governments' growing budget deficits have transformed the municipal bond market from a sleepy safe haven for conservative investors into a rowdy roadhouse for intrepid investors
The mere mention of advisory practice work flow — or even thinking about how the work gets done (or doesn't) in an advisory business — is enough to cause many advisers' eyes to glaze over
Advisers soon will see whether last week's reaction to events in the Middle East and North Africa will reverse the slow return of investor confidence that markets have been enjoying
If nothing else, market conditions over the past few years have proved that most investors tend to overestimate their true risk tolerance wildly
Republican leaders in Washington should stand down in their efforts to block the revival of the popular Build America Bond program
As the 10-year Treasury yield percolates up toward 4% in the latest sign of looming inflation and rising interest rates, investors should start to consider hedging some of their fixed-income exposure.
The final report from the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission is a disappointment
The devil, as the old saying goes, is in the details
