retail investors

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  Energy MLPs & Taxes: Under Scrutiny, but Still Churning Out Returns

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  March 26, 2013

  Legislators continue to zero in on partnerships, though most energy firms seem likely to avoid major impact, experts say.

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  Advisors Beware: Silicon Valley’s Jemstep Targets Underserved Mass Affluent

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  March 12, 2013

  For a fraction of brokers' fees, Jemstep offers buy/sell trade ideas for an individual’s 401(k), IRA and brokerage accounts.

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  SEC Issues Public Comment Request on Fiduciary Rule

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  March 1, 2013

  Nearly a year after saying it would, the SEC on Friday published its request for public comment on its rule to put brokers under a fiduciary mandate.

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  Junk Bond Risk Gives Actively Managed ETFs a Boost

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  February 20, 2013

  As ETF investors wake up to the fact that higher interest rates wouldn’t be good for their bond investments, they're seeking help from active managers in the high-yield junk space.

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  Top Portfolio Products: OneAmerica Debuts Index(k)

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  February 15, 2013

  New products introduced over the last week include the CurrencyShares Singapore Dollar Trust from Guggenheim Investments and the Salient Global Equity Fund from Salient Partners.

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  SEC’s Walter: Fiduciary Rule Under ‘Serious Consideration’

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 14, 2013

  "I think this [rulemaking] should be a priority because it is a benefit to investors," Sen. John Tester of Montana told the chairwoman during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Thursday. "You should push it."

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  FINRA Warning on BDCs Doesn’t Stop Market Vectors’ ETF Debut

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  February 13, 2013

  Despite FINRA's January warnings on high-risk business development companies, Market Vectors has launched the first-ever ETF to offer pure-play BDC exposure.

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  ETFs and 401(k)s: The Romance Begins

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  February 12, 2013

  ETFs have grown enormously over the past 20 years, 401(k) plans have grown over an even longer period, and yet the twain have hardly met. That's about to change.

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  Schwab Seeks to Lead in ETF Education

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  February 8, 2013

  Charles Schwab announced its game-changing commission-free ETF platform to much fanfare on Thursday, but less heralded has been a new ETF education resource launched last year that could help advisors use these ETFs.

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  Schwab Rolls Out ‘Game-Changer’: A Commission-Free ETF Platform

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  February 7, 2013

  The new OneSource platform sets no limit on how many trades advisors can make with 105 ETFs on offer.