Although rising interest rates have had a limited impact on the commercial real estate market overall, one casualty of the increases has been publicly traded REITs. A recent report from SNL Financial, a Charlottesville, Va.-based...
With the 2014 winter Olympics in full swing, it has me thinking: What personal finance lessons can we learn from the games?
John Nersesian is the managing director of wealth management services at Nuveen Investments.
This week FINRA’s Board of Directors authorized FINRA to seek comment on a proposed rule that would require firms to “include a readily apparent reference and link to BrokerCheck” on their websites. BrokerCheck is a...
The opening ceremonies for the XXII Olympic Winter Games kicked off Feb. 7. By all reports, the Sochi Games will be the be most expensive in the history of the international sporting event, at an estimated $51 billion, while work on many of the...
Talk about a liquid market.
Not as well-known a collectible as wine, auction prices for high-quality, rare whiskies are up sharply from as recently as 10 years ago. Consider: Christie’s 2007 sale of a single bottle of 1926 Macallan single-malt...
On average, actively managed funds do poorly. But there are some outliers, and their records are so compelling that it’s hard to attribute the success to luck.
Super Bowl XLVIII drew a record-setting 111.5 million viewers, and dozens of advertisers lined up to highlight their brands. According to the Washington Post, a 30-second ad on the FOX network set companies back almost $4 milllion. The price tag...
You’ve no doubt heard the adage “All good things must come to an end.” But Geoffrey Chaucer’s original words were actually more encompassing. He thought all things must come to an end. The good and the bad.
This should comfort fans of gold mini...
