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Registered Rep.
December 27, 2005
Stan Luxenberg |
Merrill Funds To Change Name In the latest move, the Wall Street giant announced that it intends to change the name of Merrill Lynch Investment Management's funds to -- well, that has yet to be determined and won't be until sometime in early 2006.   |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2003
Stan Luxenburg |
Going to Extremes Used as the "explore" part of a "core and explore" strategy, focus can indeed help produce alpha (outperformance). |
Investment Advisor
January 2006
Kathleen M. McBride |
Silk Purses Medal winning fund managers in 2005 drilled for returns and explored overseas. The best performing fund in any of S&P's categories for 2005 is the BlackRock Global Resources Portfolio/Institutional. |
Entrepreneur
March 2004
Scott Bernard Nelson |
Do It Your Way Tailor your portfolio with separately managed accounts. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2005
Stan Luxenberg |
This Year's Model Now that technology is out of favor, new specialists have appeared, promising to produce returns in erratic markets. With the U.S. trade deficit swelling, several funds offer protection against the falling dollar. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2004
Stan Luxenberg |
Rubber-Band Man For funds that focus on one style box, the choices could be slim. But flexible managers have freedom to maneuver in flat markets. Among the most wide-ranging performers are Julius Baer International Equity and its sibling Julius Baer Global. |
Registered Rep.
February 1, 2005
Stan Luxenberg |
Look Over There, but Beware Though foreign shares can help to diversify portfolios, some advisers are wary of the sudden move abroad. International stocks can be volatile. |
Registered Rep.
September 15, 2008
Kristen French |
Merrill Lynch Sells Itself To Bank of America: Update 3 The biggest question, now that BofA has agreed to buy Merrill Lynch, is what Bank of America will do to hold onto Merrill Lynch's dearest asset -- its approximately 17,000 financial advisors. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2005
Stan Luxenberg |
Looks Like a Hedge Fund, Smells Like For clients who cannot --- or will not --- try hedge funds, there is a compelling alternative: mutual funds that follow hedge-like strategies. Here are some options. |
Registered Rep.
January 24, 2007
John Churchill |
Another Good Year for the Brokerage Industry Fourth-quarter earnings reports are just now rolling in, and they're even better than expected. And it's not just Wall Street's investment-banking divisions that are reeling it in. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2005
Stan Luxenberg |
The Worthy Tired of lackluster performance, investors have been ignoring large-cap domestic funds. Instead, foreign funds are all the rage. But, there are still good reasons for many investors to consider active large-cap managers. |
BusinessWeek
July 4, 2005
Aaron Pressman |
Option Income Funds: Watch Out Option income funds, which hold stocks and sell call options against them, offer payouts that are generous in these low-yield times, but the risks are great. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2005
Will Leitch |
So They've Got That Going for Them...Which Is Nice For all the problems it's been having in the last several months, Morgan Stanley can hang its hat on this good news: It is now the largest securities firm in the country. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2006
Stan Luxenberg |
The Problem of Success If you overweighted clients' small-cap stock funds exposure a few years back, you're looking like a genius. But what now? Anyone seeking a small-cap choice faces a hard problem: Nearly all the top candidates have been closed. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2005
Stan Luxenberg |
Alpha Dogs To protect clients, financial advisors should consider mutual funds with steady results and strong risk-adjusted returns. Sounds obvious, right? But doing so may mean taking a pass on a fund with gaudy returns. Big returns often equate big risks. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2010
John Aidan Byrne |
Who Will be Number One Among the Wirehouses? A good old-fashioned Wall Street fight for retail assets -- and a fierce tussle over which firm can call itself the Number One retail wealth management firm on Wall Street -- is brewing. |
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2008
Stan Luxenberg |
Beating The Bear Will active funds eventually wither away? Not likely. Actively run funds are alive and well, and many are beating the current bear market. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2005
Donald Jay Korn |
Foreign Intrigue Financial planners need a passport to follow the money that's flooding into overseas mutual funds, but the wave may be about to break. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2002
Stan Luxenberg |
Calming the Terrified Client For most clients, however, there are options more lucrative than principal-protection funds that provide a respectable return without assuming the risk of straight equity funds. Consider, for example, closed-end municipal bond funds. |
Financial Advisor
June 2004
Kevin M. Wilson |
Why Value Beats Growth Portfolios using asset allocation combined with value investing produce better financial results. How should you advise clients to invest? |
Registered Rep.
July 1, 2005
Stan Luxenberg |
A Tough, but Smart Sell Plenty of clients detest bond mutual funds, but a bond fund can be less volatile than a small portfolio of individual bonds. The typical fund is broadly diversified and includes hundreds of names. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2007
Halah Touryalai |
Riding High It was a fine year for brokerage firms -- especially their stocks. No one came up bigger than Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley in terms of percentage gains. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Merrill's Running of the Bull What kind of risks is this firm taking to grow its earnings? Are investors willing to let management's plans unfold? |
Financial Advisor
October 2009
Eric Rasmussen |
The Ripe Fruit Mellows Corporate bonds offered great opportunity earlier in the year, but now that yields have fallen, investors are rethinking strategy. |
Investment Advisor
November 2006 |
Still Getting It Done Wirehouses seem to be thriving in their retail businesses by using innovative strategies and very sophisticated products to solve problems for the wealthy.... Unsatisfied Women... |
Registered Rep.
February 1, 2006
Stan Luxenberg |
Do-It-Yourself Funds of Funds The real deal breakers for financial advisors with wealthy clients who have sophisticated needs are that hedge funds tend to be illiquid and lack transparency. Here's how to use mutual funds that use hedge fund strategies to solve this problem. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2008
Jason Brady |
A Race for Income Most investors who are searching for income from their investments look at one factor: yield. Is this the right approach? |
BusinessWeek
August 15, 2005 |
Don't Forget Home Equity To business professor Dean Gatzlaff, your home should be part of any asset allocation plan. |
Registered Rep.
February 15, 2006
Kevin Burke |
What the BlackRock/Merrill Deal Means to Advisors The deal marks the biggest asset-management merger in history and has far-reaching implications for rank-and-file reps as well as the financial-services industry at large. |
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2005
Stan Luxenberg |
Explore Beyond the Core Exchange-traded funds are excellent choices for advisors seeking a core holding for clients. But the most intriguing ETFs are the less well-known funds that can increase returns, often while dampening risk. |
Investment Advisor
March 2006
Kathleen M. McBride |
Allocation Without Borders Vice chairman and CIO of Alliance Bernstein Investment Research & Management Ranji Nagaswami argues that being free to select equities worldwide yields better performance with lower risk. |
The Motley Fool
October 16, 2006
Dumortier & Khattab |
Investment Banks Under the Microscope Investors, which Wall Street firms make the grade? Goldman Sachs... Lehman Brothers... Bear Stearns... Morgan Stanley... Merrill Lynch... etc. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2006
Kevin Burke |
Got Conflicts? A new business model seems to be gaining popularity: retail brokerages spinning off their asset-management businesses but retaining a minority stake. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2003
Grove & Prince |
The Affluent Are Searching for Relief in Alternatives The rich shouldn't care if it's a bull or bear market. That's because the rich have so many investment options -- they can go completely short, or pick a cocktail of alternative investments, that, theoretically, could hedge away risk. Surveys show the affluent are doing exactly that. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2005
Kristen French |
Next Year's Model If the one-stop shop is out, what new formula will take its place? In many ways, the Citi/Legg Mason swap looks like an ideal prototype. The thing is, a swap like that is not likely to be repeated. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2003
Glenn S. Curtis |
War, What Is It Good For? War, or rather the prelude to war, has been, historically, bad for the stock market. One group of stocks harder hit than most during these saber-rattling times is the brokerage sector. |
Registered Rep.
December 28, 2010
Stan Luxenberg |
The Rodney Dangerfield Asset Class Mid-cap stocks and funds get no respect. Many investors overweight small and large stocks -- while giving short shrift to mid caps. |
Registered Rep.
August 17, 2005
Kristen French |
Gorman to the Rescue? Now that James Gorman has been selected as the future head of Morgan Stanley's retail brokerage, what will he do to turn it around, and can he pull it off? |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
Lifecycle Investing's Next Step Target-date funds make an old idea new again. The next generation of lifecycle funds are seeking to add value by making continuous shifts among stocks, bonds, and cash, instead of just reducing equity exposure over time. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2006
Stan Luxenberg |
Growth or Value? While your clients may still have bad memories about aggressive funds, you must remind them that they should consider aggressive choices and that the right funds can provide important diversification and actually help them find the sweet spot on the efficient frontier. |
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Maybe a Bull Case for Merrill Lynch This large broker-dealer is doing well, but further operating improvements could make it a bargain for investors. |
Registered Rep.
September 1, 2004
Stan Luxenberg |
A Question of Size If there is safety in numbers and comfort in size, fund investors are now putting their need for reassurance on parade. |
Registered Rep.
September 1, 2003
David A. Gaffen |
Giants Among us Debbie Jorgensen's book is pushing a half billion dollars, but the true measure of her success is this: She now gets to tell her company's bosses what to do. Jorgensen, with nearly two decades of experience at Merrill Lynch, has recently been appointed head of the firm's advisory committee to management. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2004
Stan Luxenberg |
Escape Is Rarely the Safest Bet Don't tell Brandywine Fund that fleeing stocks for cash is a safe, conservative maneuver. Several mutual funds now have a substantial portion of their assets in cash. Is this a good idea? |
Financial Advisor
October 2004
Tracey Longo |
Investing For Retirement Investing for retirement is feeling pretty dicey. That has investors looking for all the advice they can find. Here's what financial advisors are saying. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2005
Stan Luxenberg |
Taking the Sting Out of Taxes For high-net-worth investors, tax-sheltered accounts offer special opportunities. Because they need not worry about exhausting savings, wealthy clients can use shelters creatively to derive maximum tax and investing benefits. |
BusinessWeek
June 20, 2005
Mara Der Hovanesian |
Bond Woes Add To Banks' Problems With even the fixed-income business faltering, bank earnings are looking dismal. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2005
Randy Lert |
Stick to Your Guns! Investment managers have stayed bullish on investment underdogs despite a market that has been going the other way. Their favorite category by far is large-cap growth stocks, yet according to several surveys, those stocks only rose 1.7%. |
BusinessWeek
January 23, 2006
Lauren Young |
Funds: The Easy Way To Find The Best This Mutual Fund Scoreboard turns up funds you might never have heard of otherwise. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2005
Israelsen & Clement |
Of Stocks and Funds Financial advisers need to explain to their clients that diversification can be a double-edged sword; protection against loss can sometimes insulate against return. Here's a performance comparison of individual stocks vs. equity funds in 2004. |
