Research Magazine November 2006
Cover Story
Mutual Funds You Can Trust
In case you haven't noticed, Morningstar has been characterizing the mutual funds you research on its pages (or through its electronic services) as to their...
Features
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What Alternatives Do Advisors Have?
This past August, Morningstar and Research magazine surveyed financial advisors on the state of alternative investments. The perspective of and choices made by financial advisors,...
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Raising the Bar
Are you managing growth or is it managing you? It's an issue that's top of mind for successful advisors, no matter the stage in your...
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Tales from the Trenches
Groucho Marx once joked puckishly: "I never forget a face -- but in your case, I'll make an exception!" To be sure, seldom has there been...
News
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Claymore Enters the ETF Arena
Another flurry of exchange-traded funds has hit Wall Street in the form of five funds from ETF industry newcomer Claymore Securities and another five under...
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Still a Bustling Market
Investors have gotten used to a steady supply of new ETFs, and the third quarter didn't fail to match their expectations. Fund categories that saw...
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O-Strip Gets the Hook
Product deletions have been rare in the world of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), thanks to the industry's incredible growth in both new products and investor assets...
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Keeping Uncle Sam at Bay
While mainstream and casual investors alike remain largely oblivious to the negative impact taxes can inflict on the performance of an investment portfolio, savvy advisors...
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Shifting Weights
The argument between fundamentals on the one hand and size on the other is only getting louder, and the latest round of ETFs from PowerShares...
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The Next Big Thing
January 1, 2007 marks the start of a new era for advisors. The "fiduciary advisor" is a creation of the Pension Protection Act of 2006...
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Dealing with Insecurity
If you've been at something for a long enough time, you don't encounter too many surprises. Yet, despite a decade of financial journalism, I was...
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ICI Re-Elects Flanagan
The Investment Company Institute's Board of Governors has re-elected Martin L. Flanagan, president and CEO of Amvescap, to his second consecutive one-year term as chairman...
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John Hancock Stages New Ad, Brand Push
John Hancock Financial Services is spending some $30 million this quarter to spread the word to both consumers and advisors that "the future is yours."...
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Few Shine as Market Stars
According to research firm Lipper and parent company Reuters, large-cap and value-oriented funds stand out as market-beating funds in the third quarter of 2006. Large-cap...
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Gorman Says 'Be Brutal' as Firm's Results Improve
At Morgan Stanley, the message is loud and clear: shoot for the best-quality, high-producing advisors. James Gorman, head of the firm's global wealth management group, says...
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A.G. Edwards Rolls Out Referral Bonuses
Financial consultants working for A.G. Edwards are now eligible for bonuses worth up to $50,000 for referring a successful recruit to the St. Louis, Mo.-based...
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Royal Alliance Shifts Gears
Much of the industry's future growth, as far as Royal Alliance's Larry Roth is concerned, lies in fee-based business. And Roth, who's been at the...
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Industry Spotlight: Insurance
Changing dynamics mean new opportunities in the insurance sector, equity analysts say. Stewart Johnson Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co. 212-381-9219 sjohnson@fbr.com Area of Coverage: Life Insurance Outlook: The industry outlook in...
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Starfish organizations
"If you cut off a spider's leg, it's crippled; if you cut off its head, it dies. But if you cut off a starfish's leg,...
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Women, Money and Power
Research: Do successful women still fear becoming bag ladies? Zesbaugh: I go right back to the survey on this one. Our data specifically indicated that 50...
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Christopher Gardner -- From the Gutter to The Street
A homeless single father with a toddler in tow, sleeping some nights on the streets of San Francisco or in a subway bathroom, a hotel...
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On the Fast Track
Necessity is also the mother of re-invention. Meet Sabina F. McCarthy, clearly demonstrating and indeed personifying that figure of speech: From stay-at-home single mom, she...
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Teaching Children Well
When Alan Sitkoff first volunteered in Florida classrooms 10 years ago, he was struck by an alarming fact: Kids had no role models for financial...
Voices/Columnists
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How To Qualify a Prospect
"Qualification" is the process of determining whether a person, family unit, or business unit is someone with whom you would like to do business. Quite obviously,...
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Thankful
As the turkey's least favorite time of the year arrives, I reluctantly must face the inevitable truth. Another precious year has passed -- and I...
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Catty Customers
It's common knowledge that the traditional marketing model is outdated and irrelevant. Although television, radio and newspaper advertising is far from being totally inconsequential, we...
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Know Your Options
While things have been pretty quiet since the tech boom of the 1990s, stock options are in the news again. Today, ongoing investigations related to...
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Yearning for Learning
"That's the last test I'll ever take!" How many of us have said just these words after finishing a required licensing exam? Unfortunately, if you...
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A Higher Level of Competence
Russ Morton is a big man, which is what you'd expect of a University of Oklahoma graduate who spent the first decade of his career...
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Dow 15,000
In the late 1990s, as the stock market boom turned into a bubble and drifted into the stratosphere, investment books began to appear with titles...
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