Normally a big decline would set up Wall Street for a technical rebound. But that may not be the case next week, even after the market posted its worst weekly loss for the year and the S&P fell for six ...

The historic initial public offering of Facebook Inc did not go as planned on Friday, as the social networking company's sky-high valuation combined with trading glitches left the stock languishing near ...

Ailing law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf is considering a bankruptcy filing as new debtholders take a more aggressive track, shifting away from earlier attempts at an out-of-court liquidation, a person familiar ...

President Barack Obama on Saturday called on the U.S. Congress to back his efforts for tough new financial industry oversight, saying a $2 billion trading loss at JPMorgan underscored the need for such ...

Manulife Financial Corp and Metlife are among the companies that have submitted first round bids for ING's entire Asia life insurance business, sources said on Saturday, in what could be the largest Asia ...

Citigroup Inc and its Chief Executive Vikram Pandit on Friday won a dismissal of New York real estate developer Sheldon Solow's lawsuit accusing them of securities fraud for hiding the bank's risks during ...

Volkswagen's Audi division is looking into a management reshuffle as it eyes an expansion in China, Latin America and the United States, the unit's head told a German magazine. "Against the backdrop ...

JPMorgan Chase & Co's decision to radically change the way risk was measured in its Chief Investment Office is likely to dog the bank in the developing crisis over the big trading losses it has suffered. ...

Lead Facebook Inc underwriter Morgan Stanley took a bet earlier this week when it increased the size of the social networking firm's $16 billion initial public offering and it boosted the price. Thanks ...

Chesapeake Energy Corp , under growing pressure from shareholders to improve corporate governance, reduced the compensation for its outside directors by 20 percent and eliminated their use of its aircraft ...

So far this year, more “mom-and-pop” broker/dealers are dropping out of the business compared to this time last year, according to new data from the Compliance Department Inc.

How to get the most value for your practice when its time to sell? Put a plan in place to ensure clients will barely notice you are gone.

A new program shorts futures contracts to hedge ETF holdings inside annuity contracts. It’s not cheap, but some say it’s worth it.

In the aftermath of the 2008-2009 market meltdown, investors piled into gold mining issues, Treasury bonds and high-dividend stocks. The dividend play has now become very crowded and the wheels on the mining stock bus are wobbling dangerously but a novel twist in corporate payouts could, in one fell swoop, generate new interest. Gold Resource Corp. (NYSE Amex: GORO), a low-cost bullion producer, recently

Over the last couple years, we’ve written time and again about the mainstreaming of alternative investments with the rise of alternative mutual funds and ETFs.

The branch office manager used to be the highly revered elder statesmen of the industry. No more. Many advisors say the position is increasingly part of a corporate bureaucracy with a mandate to push the agenda of the firm over the interests of the clients.

This report identifies the “best” ETFs and mutual funds based on the quality of their holdings and their costs. As detailed in “A cheap fund is not always a good fund”, there are few funds that have both good holdings and low costs. While there are lots of cheap funds, there are very few with high-quality holdings.

We've all seen the studies – one seems to land on my desk once or twice a week. “Americans are living longer.” “Fewer have defined benefit pensions.” “The value of Social Security is shrinking.” “Boomers don't have enough money to retire comfortably.” “A retirement crisis is looming.”

Active ETFs have been making a big splash lately, especially with the recent launch of PIMCO’s Total Return ETF (ticker: TRXT).

Investors are not happier campers when it comes to their full service brokerage, according to the latest satisfaction study by J.D. Power and Associates.

Say Facebook shares are vastly overpriced; 'a marketing textbook'

FaceBook offering values company north of $100 billion; stock starts trading today at $38

Value-at-risk measurement proved to be way off for both companies

Justice department says Spangler used the cash to secretly invest in tech companies he owned

After The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. announced that it was getting out of the variable annuity business, surrender rates for existing contracts jumped sharply and#8212; a sign that registered representatives might be churning their customers' accounts.

JPMorgan Chase and Co.'s disclosure last week that it had sustained $2 billion in trading losses is one more worry for investors who have watched the stock market retreat after one of the best first quarters on record.

Political oddsmakers are working overtime to assess the chances of stronger bank regulation in the wake of JPMorgan Chase and Co.'s announcement last week of a $2 billion loss on a bad derivatives bet.

The Securities and Exchange Commissionand#39;s probe into Inland American Real Estate Trust Inc., the largest nontraded real estate investment trust in the industry, is another cause for concern for the $84 billion private REIT business, which has recently seen some REITs struggle with valuations.

It was fitting that the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors' annual conference in Chicago opened Tuesday to the sound of bagpipes, because the 500 or so financial advisers attending are eager to take on some big battles.

Advocates and opponents of legislation that would shift oversight of investment advisers from the Securities and Exchange Commission to a separate industry-run regulator are redoubling their lobbying efforts as the bill heads to a potential House committee vote next month.

Although the 3.4% federal student loan rate will double if Congress doesn't act soon, financial advisers still argue that government loans are a better choice than most other debt options for financing a college education.

A technology-centric advice business that could leave traditional planners and#8220;in the dustand#8221; and#8212;

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro is not backing down from her stance that the money market fund industry needs additional reform.

An independent broker-dealer struggling with the fallout from soured real estate investments lost a star broker last week to the industryand#39;s behemoth, LPL Financial LLC.