More hedge funds are agreeing to conditions on their performance fees, reflecting a tougher environment for attracting investors to riskier strategies.
US banks are starting to ramp up purchases of everything from mortgage-backed securities to collateralized loan obligations after nearly two years of cutting back, adding fuel to a multi-month rally across credit markets.
Here are the three quantitative metrics that I focus on when evaluating an investment offering.
Bond traders are turning their attention to the latest reading on inflationary pressures in the US economy as concern mounts the recent selloff has further to run.
Beginning this year, the SECURE Act 2.0 allows owners of 529 plans to convert unused 529 funds to the beneficiary’s Roth IRA.
A new life insurance strategy, one that is funded by index-universal life, offers investors so many advantages it deserves to be enthusiastically embraced by the RIA community.
A 529 plan offers higher contribution limits as well as more flexibility when it comes transferability and your range of investment choices.
There are only two certainties in this world, so the saying goes — death and taxes. The macroeconomist might add recessions to that list. All three of them may well be inevitable, but maybe we can make each of them just a bit less bad.
As New York Community Bancorp Inc. scrambles to shore up its capital to deal with potential loan losses, analysts are watching to see if depositors pull their money.
Global money managers, desperate to avoid exposure to sliding Chinese markets, have fresh investing tools at their disposal as pessimism toward the world’s second-largest economy snowballs.
A slate of US economic data is about to put the loftiest Treasury yields this year to the test.
Nvidia Corp. co-founder Jensen Huang’s wealth has surged as a blistering rally in AI-related stocks pushed the chipmaker’s market value above Amazon.com Inc.’s for the first time.
I want to hear from you whether it is wrong to believe that numbers matter most and not everyone should try to be a psychologist with their clients.
Just know that involving money in the hunt for love limits your options and might eliminate potential partners who in many other ways could provide you with a meaningful and fulfilling relationship.
Very few advisors can comfortably recite their distinguishing characteristics and, of course, their clients can't either.
The latest consumer price index reading indicated that core prices — excluding volatile food and energy — rose 0.4% in January from a month earlier, exceeding the median economist forecast.
Warnings that the tech-fueled stock rally had gone too far had been ringing out for weeks. And for weeks, equity bulls pushed the likes of Nvidia Corp. higher, confident that artificial intelligence growth and an on-hold Federal Reserve would help justify nosebleed valuations.
The S&P 500 Index blew past a series of troubling markers in its relentless rally to 5,000. Now, after Tuesday’s rout, investors are staring at a potentially long way down before they find support.
Traders ratcheted down their expectations for a Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cut before July, and Treasury yields soared, after a report showed that inflation remains sticky in the US.
Could Toyota, not Tesla, be at the forefront of a significant technological advance for automobiles?
Here’s how your clients’ birthdays trigger marketing moments that matter.
While it may seem natural to entrust family members or close friends with an end-of-life choice, there are valid concerns about the emotional bias loved ones bring to decision-making.
Lead-generation services present a paradox for the advisory profession: Many advisors have no luck with those services, but others use them to cost-effectively generate revenue. My research untangled that paradox.
May 17, 1995, a Wednesday, was a historic day for energy stocks. Not that they acted that way: Like the oil price — about $20 a barrel — they were flat. The action was elsewhere: Technology stocks overtook the energy sector’s weighting in the S&P 500 for the first time that day.
Some Americans like to mock France and Sweden for their high taxes. Yet California — whose economy is bigger than that of both countries — has comparable tax rates, when federal and state tolls are combined, and a new study suggests that they are causing some top earners to leave the state entirely.
Referrals may have gotten you here, but they won’t take you where you need to go.
Digital currencies are back, at least if you ask the crypto faithful. The US Securities and Exchange Commission has at last approved Bitcoin exchange-traded funds— begrudgingly, with a hard nudge from the courts. Renewed investor enthusiasm in risky assets such as technology stocks seems to have rubbed off on tokens, too.
There’s one topic dominating the agenda as FX traders descend on Miami this week: how the currency market can adjust to a fast-approaching change to US stock settlements that stands to shake-up their industry.
There is a five-step process to turn someone into a COI.
Investors are going “all in” on US technology stocks as they turn the most optimistic about global growth in two years, according to a survey by Bank of America Corp.
Bond traders have come more in line with the Federal Reserve’s trajectory for the upcoming easing cycle. Strategists at Citigroup Inc. say what’s missing now is traders hedging the risk of a very brief easing cycle followed by rate increases shortly thereafter.
Financial advisors can get swept up in the whirlwind of big marketing initiatives. But routine, everyday tactics are vital. Here are nine routines to embrace.
Let’s look at some of the important financial professional designations. I’m informally putting them into three categories based on the level of training and time commitment they require.
Without education on how to implement an allocation to private markets investments, many advisors are waiting on the sidelines despite the clear benefits of allocating.
Everyone knows you’re not supposed to bet on a bubble, but what about a potential bubble?
The other day I did something I haven’t done for years. I browsed Facebook. By which I mean: I really took a look around. Good grief, what a mess! It’s like walking round an abandoned amusement park of badly executed ideas.
There are three pitfalls that I most commonly see income investors fall victim to. I hope illustrating them will help you avoid their damaging effects on your investment portfolio.
The private equity industry has rediscovered its mojo. The latest updates from the publicly traded firms specializing in the asset class satisfied investors’ appetite for bullish vibes from the leadership teams. As shares in alternative investment managers build on an already strong recovery, the risks of disappointment can only mount.
This article identifies 10 real-world considerations in tax efficient distribution planning from the perspectives of an academic (Wade Pfau, PhD), a practitioner (Joe Elsasser, CFP), and a CPA (Steven Jarvis).
Bitcoin is flirting with a winning run last seen a year ago, aided by the record-breaking debut of US exchange-traded funds for the token.
US companies are discussing cost control on earnings calls at a record rate, amid a push to reallocate funds and invest in new technologies, according to an analysis by Morgan Stanley strategists.
Six years after a famous blowup in the volatility market shattered a lengthy calm in US stocks, the latest Bloomberg Markets Live Pulse survey reveals growing Wall Street concern over a new boom in trades that bet against equity turbulence.
Bond traders are finally heeding one of the market’s oldest lessons: Don’t fight the Fed.
Mortgage rates in the US inched higher amid signals that the Federal Reserve is likely to keep its policy steady for some time.
United Parcel Service Inc.’s largest layoffs in its 116-year history were made possible, in part, by new technologies including artificial intelligence, CEO Carol Tomé said last week. Citing one example, she said that machine learning allows salespeople to put together proposals without having to ask pricing experts for guidance.
Stronger than expected earnings are leading companies on both sides of the Atlantic to announce share buybacks at a blistering pace as 2024 gets going — a potentially crucial pillar of support for global stock markets already trading at all-time highs.
The Bitcoin exchange-traded funds started by BlackRock Inc. and Fidelity Investments are gaining a liquidity edge over a larger rival from Grayscale Investments LLC, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. strategists.
Special purpose acquisition companies have for too long existed in a regulatory gray area. With new rules approved last month, the Securities and Exchange Commission has provided needed clarity for these entities and their investors.
The SEC is using its authority over dealers to sneak in the back doors of these entities, which will inevitably create new or modified entities to reduce the cost of regulation.
TikTok stands accused of poisoning the minds of Gen Z, making them hate America and giving them a distorted view of history. Without getting into all that, I will say this: TikTok is not the worst place to learn about personal finance.
