Savage capitalism? | Copyright Franco Origlia, Getty Images Pope Francis is expected to visit New York next week, the very heart of the financial world and home to Wall Street financial services firms. But even though the Pope has repeatedly c...

Niche advisors have an advantage, but it’s getting crowded. The marketplace is jammed with advisors who specialize in wealth management, retirement planning, small business owners, multi-generational wealth, doctors, educators, etc&hellip...

Why do most advisors' clients look exactly like they do?

Barry Ritholtz and Josh Brown The longer clients stay with Ritholtz Wealth Management, the less they will pay. The 2-year-old firm, run by Barry Ritholtz and Josh Brown, announced this week that they were implementing a policy of lowering fees...

Some tips from the pros

Less is more. | taxzi/iStock/Thinkstock Maybe actively managed funds underperform their passive counterparts not because of stock selection, but because most active fund managers just charge too much. John Rekenthaler at Morningstar did a bit ...

It's all downhill from here. | Copyright Justin Sullivan, Getty Images The U.S. residential real estate market is the place for investors to be right now, according to the recently released Savills World Residential Investability Ranking. The ...

The man behind the mask. Michael Batnick, the director of research for Ritholtz Wealth Management, takes a recent news article -- about an asset manager announcing he will equal-weight the S&P 500 as if it were a new strategy -- as an opportun...

Dawn Bennett The Securities and Exchange Commission is charging Dawn Bennett, the founder and CEO of Bennett Group Financial Services, with fraud for “grossly inflating the amount of managed assets and exaggerating the investment returns actua...