There is a good chance you missed the article on page C7 of the Wall Street Journal on January 24, but the events discussed caused quite a stir in the financial planning world.  As the article stated, the Securities and Exchange Commission has delayed implementing a key part of the Dodd-Frank Act, which required fiduciary [...]

An interesting quote by Jean-Paul Kauffmann reminds us that we live in an uncertain world so no amount of technical research can provide an analyst all the right answers: “The economy depends about as much on economists as the weather does on weather forecasters.”  

If Rip Van Investor had fallen asleep at the start of the 20th century, and woke up with a yawn 100 years later at midnight, December, 1999, he would have been startled to see that his investment in the S&P 500 had gained more than 10% a year, on average, during his 100-year nap.   He [...]

An article by MorningstarAdvisor begs the question: “How Safe Is Our Clients’ Money?”  We thought you might like some of the insights we found in the article. It highlights the downfall of MF Global, who filed for bankruptcy on October 31, 2011 as a recent example of why broker-dealer firms fail. However, the article argues that despite the [...]