Brokerages have an outmoded and inefficient way to train new advisors. The high expense and low success rate of broker trainee programs is increasingly problematic for branch managers, who must continually find new talent.
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The tougher realities facing financial advisors four years after the crash are taking a toll, new data from Cerulli Associates shows. The total number of advisors across all channels dropped 2.3 percent last year to 316,000, with the independe...
ETF liquidity, electronic trading and rogue algorithms all came under renewed scrutiny in the wake of the Knight Capital debacle. But the pundits got it wrong: The ETF market is liquid and sound.
Focusing on a niche market is often considered the road to success, but even the most promising niches don’t always pan out. You may need to make a switch.
We checked back in with a few of the advisors profiled in this column over the years to see how they fared. Turns out, they took most of the advice, and did pretty nicely with it.