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Chuck Jaffe: Put ETFs and mutual funds on the test track

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:12 +0000

There?s a subtle distinction to make between ETFs and mutual funds, so first ask about the underlying assets and management before evaluating which one is right for you, according to MarketWatch?s Chuck Jaffe.

Chuck Jaffe: Put ETFs and mutual funds on the test track

Mutual Funds Weekly: Fund investors are ready for 2012

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:00:13 +0000

As one year folds and another is about to unfold, forget about what the market did or didn?t do. enjoy this holiday season ? however you celebrate it ? with the people who are most important to you, and in a place that?s caring and comfortable.

Mutual Funds Weekly: Fund investors are ready for 2012

Forbes.com Retirement

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:00:17 +0000

Welcome Forbes.com Retirement, the newest website in the Moneysmartz retirement planning directory. Forbes.com Retirement provides the latest retirement and retirement planning news, information, and advice from Forbes.com. Special features include a recent report on Roth 401(k) plans and a 2006 report on Mutual Funds.

Forbes.com Retirement

Mutual Funds Weekly: Giving thanks for investing?s slow lane

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 07:00:14 +0000

We are the drivers of our finances, the owner of a vehicle that we want to carry us to our goal. But investing is a twisting road ? know the speed limit.

Mutual Funds Weekly: Giving thanks for investing?s slow lane

One adviser isn't enough, say investors

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 12:00:11 +0000

Thomson Reuters is the world’s largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, mobile, and interactive television platforms. Thomson Reuters journalists are subject to an Editorial Handbook which requires fair presentation and disclosure of relevant interests.

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401k retirement plans are special forms of accounts, financed through pre-tax payroll deductions. the funds inside your account are committed to different ways. your funds is usually invested through several stocks, mutual funds, and also other ways, which is not taxed on any capital gains or interest before money is served or withdrawn. Congress approved [...]

401k Pension Plans Discussed

NY pension fund, Hines in 2nd real estate venture

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:00:17 +0000

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Many mutual funds did well enough in 2010 to chew up the bulk of their previously realized tax losses, which means that taxes are likely to become a story to fund investors, no matter which way the market heads this year

Chuck Jaffe: Mutual fund investors? tax holiday is ending

Q&A: how can i become an independent financial advisor …

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:00:39 +0000

Question by Tony N: how can i become an independent financial advisor?
i would like to become an independent financial advisor so i would like to know what licenses i can obtain on my own that can replace the series 6 and 7. i know i can take the 63 and 65 without being sponsored but what else is needed to start ( any other licenses?). i pretty much know how it works to use other companies like set up appointments to sell life insurance companies products and find myself a broker dealer is that correct.

Best answer:

Answer by rcdrury
First of all, the only licenses that can “replace” the 6 or 7 are the registered principle licenses required of supervisers of registered reps (Series 24 for general securities, and 26 for mutual funds and variable products only). In order to operate, you have to be appointed with a broker/dealer anyway, so you can be sponsored by them for your licenses.

What concerns me is that you are asking this question. If you don’t already know the answer, it is unlikely that you possess the knowledge and experience to be an independent advisor.

ADDED: Apparently, CFPwunaB missed my point. I wasn’t denigrating you for asking a question; I was pointing out that an advisor isn’t ready to go independent until he has amassed tremendous knowledge and experience. If you don’t even know basic license requirements, what could possibly qualify you to take responsibility for clients’ financial well-being? This is knowledge and experience that one cannot obtain on one’s own (at least not without hurting plenty of clients along the way).

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!

Q&A: how can i become an independent financial advisor …

Bond investors get ready for rising rates

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 04:00:03 +0000

Spring arrived for stock investors, but a winter chill refuses to let go of shareholders in bond mutual funds and exchange-traded funds.

Bond investors get ready for rising rates