E-commerce in the United States is growing faster than traditional retail sales, but less appreciated is that the trend is pushing up demand for physical space. Every time a shopper visits a retailer’s website and clicks the “buy” button, the mer...
Efficient market theory posits that alpha is just an anomaly and that efficient markets rule and there is no long-term prospect of managers achieving abnormal returns, obviating the possibility of active portfolio management. There are a...
Individuals with self-directed IRAs are adding to the abundant capital flowing into commercial real estate investments these days.
Self-directed IRAs account for just 3 to 5 percent of the broader $6.5 trillion IRA market. Yet even that small fr...
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Hightower CEO Elliot Weissbluth is profiled in this month’s Worth magazine, which also named him No. 91 on the publication’s list of the 100 most powerful people in finance, along with New York attorney general Preet Bharara (No. 1)...
Nicholas Schorsch's RCS Capital (RCAP) announced it will buy Cole Capital from sister company American Realty Capital Properties for $700 million, so Cole can use the company’s wholesale broker/dealer and expand RCAP’s distribution...
Mary Boyd, Division President, ACE Private Risk Services, discusses the role of a financial advisor when working with high-net-worth clients on home renovations.
Even after last week’s Federal Reserve meeting, it’s still anyone’s guess as to when the Fed will increase interest rates – some say the move will come this spring, others say by summer...
Kevin Hogan, President & CEO of the Investment Program Association, talks to WealthManagement.com Group Publisher Rich Santos about what's driving the direct investment industry.
Any wealth management professional knows that the investor comes first. When an advisor is working with successful professionals and high net-worth individuals (HNWIs), he or she recognizes that investment preferences are more than checkboxes on a...
As prices rise, investors seem torn between pouring more money into the most expensive assets and investing in properties that may have more potential for future appreciation
