The SEC seems to be rooting out fraud and Ponzi schemes like never before. I lost count at 14 the number of press releases issued by the SEC since 1 April that contained the word "fraud" or "Ponzi" in the headline. I don't remember anything quite...
This weekend Barron's published its list of top financial advisors who happen to be female. We also publish "top 100 financial advisors" lists, but we don't sort by sex. We simply rank retail financial advisors on AUMs. We do sort by channel: Top...
You've got to love Dick Bove, the outspoken financial services analyst with Rochdale Research. We featured him back in December 2007, after Bove had defended former Merrill Lynch CEO Stan O'Neal in spite of Merrill's disastrous earnings in Q3 of...
Over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal reported that some firms have been dropping brokerage fees to keep departing advisors' clients. This is nothing new: Back in the day, firms would offer free trades (and other incentives) to clients in an...
Ron Paul, an obstetrics/gynecology specialist, is a Congressman for Texas' 14th district. Dr. Paul is also a great American: He believes that the government exists to protect liberty and not to redistribute wealth or to grant special privileges...
