Research Magazine May 2010
Cover Story
Sick of Recruiters
In the Wall Street jungle, advisor headhunters could be an endangered species. Sounds far-fetched? Just listen to one top veteran recruiter: "The recruiting model is essentially dead...
Features
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50 Top Women in Wealth Management for 2010
Selected by an advisory board of distinguished women involved in the wealth management business, the list of the 50 Top Women in Wealth Management...
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The Great Unfixing
It was known as "May Day" or "Mayday," the latter spelling suggesting the distress with which it was regarded in some financial circles. On May...
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What's Your Advice Worth
With the advisory role expanding and profit margins shrinking, industry chatter has turned to a touchy topic: the advisor's price tag. As Dennis Gallant, president of...
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Annuity Analytics: Penn Mutual's PPP Living Benefit
PRODUCT REVIEW The great debate of our time -- or at least within the halls of economics departments around the country -- is whether the U.S....
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Truth About Power
Andrew H. Friedman Financial Policy Expert: TheWashingtonUpdate.com; Washington, D.C. What he expects; "You're going to [hear] a drumbeat of bringing power to bear against the financial services...
Editor's Note
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How to Quietly Achieve Excellence
Recently, a recruiter who spends lots of time in the offices of financial advisors told me he has consistently found Research magazine on his prospects'...
News
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What's Next for Health Care?
The health care sector has never seen anything like this and neither has the American public. After months of political wrangling, the Affordable Health Care for...
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Chase, Citigroup Eye ETF Business
Not satisfied with just watching the ETF marketplace rapidly grow, more financial firms are making ETFs a priority. According to recent filings with the Securities...
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Direxion Debuts Six New ETFs; Leveraged Funds Focus on BRICs, Tech
Direxion Shares introduced six leveraged long/short ETFs linked to emerging markets and semiconductor stocks. The Direxion Daily BRIC Bull 2x Shares (BRIL) aims to deliver...
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ProShares, State Street & Claymore Roll Out New Funds
ProFunds Group has just unveiled three ETFs with single inverse exposure to equity indexes on China, U.S. real estate and the U.S. basic materials...
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PowerShares Introduces Closed-End Funds ETF
Invesco PowerShares has just introduced the PowerShares CEF Income Composite Portfolio (PCEF). The new ETF will invest in a portfolio of around 70 closed-end funds...
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Does Revenue Weighting Work?
After touching market lows on March 9th, 2009, major stock indexes were on an absolute tear until early May. And certain ETFs that weight...
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Three Ways to Win with a Strong U.S. Dollar
How can you take advantage of a strengthening U.S. dollar? The first way is to own dollar-denominated securities. The total U.S. stock market (VTI) which...
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Positive Returns: Four Quarters in a Row
"Equity funds strung together their fourth consecutive quarter of plus-side returns during first quarter 2010, posting a 4.64 percent return despite losing ground in January,"...
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Risky Funds Dominate
Fund strategies of all types in the taxable-fixed income arena posted positive gains for the first quarter in 2010 and were led by the riskiest...
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Fidelity Shares 401(k) Success Story
Fidelity Investments says it has had good success with its Advisor 401(k) business in 2009; these plans are offered through third-party financial advisors to small...
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Invesco Aim Gives Update on Van Kampen Purchase
As Invesco Aim moves toward the planned second-quarter close of its purchase of Morgan Stanley's asset-management business, including Van Kampen, the company has developed...
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Raymond James Makes Leadership Transition: Reilly Becomes CEO; James Remains Chairman
Raymond James Financial hosted its National Conference for Professional Development April 26-29 in Nashville, Tenn., just before Paul Reilly moved into the CEO slot. Reilly became...
Voices/Columnists
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The Checklist Solution
I've just finished reading a wonderful book. It's really helped me pull together my thinking on "best practices." Before I tell you about it, let's...
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It's OK to Stay
Have you ever thought about leaving your broker-dealer? Who hasn't at some point or another, right? Eventually, every broker-dealer screws up. When they do, financial...
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The Biggest Winners
The TV show The Biggest Loser provides us with a window into the success of those who set out to substantially change their lives. The...
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Russia's Power Failure
When commodity prices were at a peak in 2007-08, and oil prices in particular hit $147 per barrel, Russian leaders declared their intention to make...
Investment Spotlight
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Aerospace & Defense: Clear Skies Ahead
Howard A. Rubel Jefferies & Company Inc. hrubel@Jefferies.com 212-284-2126 We believe aerospace stocks are likely to benefit from the ongoing recovery in global traffic and yields. While the Obama...
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