Nancy Zanolini, 57, a semi-retired art gallery manager in suburban Sacramento, Calif., had been eagerly awaiting July 2002 for months. That's when arbitrators were to have been appointed to resolve her claim of $200,000-plus in losses due to...
Understandably, the losses of brokerage clients have gotten all the headlines. But the truth is that the bear market has also devastated many careers in the investment advisory business. As investors headed for the sidelines, many brokers saw...
Clients may want to string up Bernie Ebbers and Ken Lay when they see what the corporate scandals are doing to their portfolios. But this is an opportunity for you: Investors aren't holding their financial advisors personally responsible for their...
In the Great Buying Panic of the 1990s, investors abandoned common sense and placed their bets and they got killed. They took as real the illusions spun by an SEC-led regulatory regime: Equal opportunity for all, unadulterated financial reporting...
In these trying times, many reps feel a financial pinch. For some, the simplest route is to max out their credit cards; others take a second job. However, many will turn to family and friends for a loan. Unfortunately, many a is also a and...
As we are reminded all too often, investor confidence in the U.S.'s financial markets may be at a low unseen since the Great Crash. You've got your outright frauds (the Enrons and WorldComs), your bankruptcies (Global Crossing) and even some good...