Investing orthodoxy stipulates that advisors should choose fund managers who don’t stray from their investing style.

Bank of America joins a growing list of banks and brokerage firms that have promised to buy back auction-rate securities sold by their brokers.

In the first case of its kind, the SEC announced today that it has charged two individual financial advisors with fraud related to the sale of more than $1 billion in auction-rate securities.

Mobile phone handset makers are in the trough right now. But take my advice: I'd avoid bottom fishing the usual big names Nokia, Motorola and Sony Ericsson. If you want to profitably play the handset maker game, you'd be better off buying shares...

Wine might emerge as a bona fide alternative asset class. Established in 2004, the London International Vinters Exchange Ltd. (aka the Live-ex index) tracks the price movements of 100 fine wines and is calculated monthly. Over the first six months...

Formal, public recognition of donors large and small has long been a no-cost way for charities to say “thank you” to those who provide financial support to a particular cause.

Across the industry, one thing is for sure: The market for financial advisors is hot.

Plaintiffs' lawyers periodically charge that mutual funds impose excessive fees. But costs in the industry have been declining steadily.

There is an old saying that chartists have: The trend will continue until it ends. Yes, it seems silly, even stupid. But, if you are a technician trying to divine future prices from past price movements and trading volume that saying is probably...