Financial Advisors | Financial Services News for 01/01/2010



The Decade's 10 Biggest Bankruptcies
On the last day of December 1999, the S&P 500 index closed at 1,469.25. Today, the same index is at 1,126.42. Obviously, the stock market is a little worse for the wear over the past 10 years...

This Week's 5 Dumbest Stock Moves
Stupidity is contagious. It gets us all from time to time. Even respectable companies can catch it...

Business Wire - North Pointe Investment Partners Adds To Its Expertise
December 1, 2009 -- HASH(0x1ee7300) Advisors Henry Greenberg and Kathy Cataldo join premier Worcester wealth management firm ...

Business Wire - CFN Services Joins Switch and Data’s GeoReachSM Partnership to Provide Low-latency Exchange Interconnection Solutions in Metro New York and Toronto
December 1, 2009 -- HASH(0x2a966aba60) TAMPA, Fla. -- Switch and Data (NASDAQ: SDXC), a leading provider of network-neutral data center and Internet...

First Trust Advisors L.P. Announces Zero Capital Gains Distributions.
First Trust Advisors L.P. announced today that none of the 40 exchange-traded funds advised by FTA is distributing capital gains in 2009...

Fighting the growing rise in suicide rates
A recent radio report indicated that the suicide rate in the United States is on the rise...

Strategic Global Income Fund, Inc. a " Distribution Characteristics for December 2009
Strategic Global Income Fund, Inc. , a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company seeking a high level of current income as a primary objective and capital appreciation as a secondary objective through investments in US and foreign debt securities, today announced its distribution characteristics for the month of December 2009...

7 Great American Stocks on Sale
Where the stock market will be tomorrow, next week, or even next year is anyone's guess...

5 Stocks You Should Avoid Right Now
Back in March, we profiled five unbelievably solid stocks -- companies that have been paying uninterrupted dividends to shareholders for more than 45 years...

U.S. Newswire - SEI Advisor Network Survey Finds Fiduciary Standard Widely Supported
December 1, 2009 -- To: BUSINESS EDITORS Contact: Company Contact, Dana Grosser of SEI, +1-610-676-2459, dgrosser@seic.com; or Media Contact, Daniel Black of...

Warner wants more $$ for T&T football
As he expressed his wishes for the entire sporting fraternity for 2010, Warner said it was obvious that even in spite of T&Ta s failure to get to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the events and exploits of the a oeSoca Warriorsa will continue to be close to the hearts of T&T nationals and other international fans, but the cost of funding the ...

These Refiners Will Survive
Location, location, location: In the coming years, it could be the single most important factor in determining the fate of refineries...

Your View: Some straightforward biblical financial advice
I found the Associated Press story on purveyors of Bible-based financial advice very interesting, particularly the difficulty some people have with ambiguous passages...

Aurcana Corporation Information to Be Available Through Standard & Poor's Market Access Program
Aurcana Corporation is pleased to announce today that its company information will be made available via Standard & Poor's Market Access Program, an information distribution service that enables subscribing publicly traded companies to have their company information disseminated to users of Standard & Poor's Advisor Insight...

Brief: Income restrictions lifted to convert IRAs to Roth IRAs
Beginning in January, the income restrictions will be lifted for individual investors looking to convert their traditional individual retirement accounts to Roth IRAs, according to Joe Cronley, Park City financial advisor with Edward Jones...

Market Wire - Titan Energy Worldwide Retains Strategic Growth as Its Global Investor Relations Advisor
December 1, 2009 -- Titan Energy Worldwide, Inc. (OTCBB: TEWI), aleader in distributed power generation products and intelligent energymanagement services, announced...

Realistic goals will help you achieve New Year's resolutions
Like many people you may have made some New Year's Resolutions. Maybe you've decided to hit the gym more often or set a financial goal...

Market Wire - Roger B. Palley Joins First Foundation as Managing Director of Equity Investments
December 1, 2009 -- Roger B. Palley brings experience and acumenhoned by 45 years in the investment business to First Foundation , a20-year-old financial...

ASC Settles with British Columbia Businessman
Under the settlement agreement, Wigmore paid the ASC $60,000 to settle the allegations and $15,000 in costs...

PR Newswire - John Hancock Life Insurance Announces Distribution Relationship With Edward Jones
December 1, 2009 -- Edward Jones Clients To Have Access To Broad Range Of Competitive John Hancock Life Insurance Products And Services BOSTON, Dec. 1...

Market Wire - Cisco CIO Joins Apptio's Board of Directors as Strategic Advisor
December 1, 2009 -- Apptio, the leading provider of on-demand ITFinancial Management (ITFM) software, today announced the addition of CiscoSystems Senior Vice...

5 Companies Set to Dominate Competitors
Far too many of the gigantic companies that failed in our recent economic meltdown shared the same problem...

Obama's stock falls as Medicare-for-all is abandoned
An increasing number of Americans are voicing their disillusionment over the current healthcare legislation ...

Fighting the growing rise in suicide rates
A recent radio report indicated that the suicide rate in the United States is on the rise...

PR Newswire - OppenheimerFunds Retirement Services Announces Enhancements Targeted to Participants, Plan Sponsors and Financial Advisors
December 1, 2009 -- NEW YORK, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- OppenheimerFunds Retirement Services today announced new resources intended to help plan participants, plan...

Tax Senior Manager - National Tax - BOS00068
Within Ernst & Youngs renowned National Tax practice, the Tax Credit Investment Advisory Services group helps clients to identify and analyze the issues surrounding the acquisition and management of various tax credit investments including the Affordable Housing Tax Credit, Historic Property Tax Credit, New Markets Tax Credit and other emerging tax ...

PR Newswire - Barron's Again Names The Colony Group's CEO as One of America's Top Independent Financial Advisors
December 1, 2009 -- BOSTON, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- In its annual list of "The Top 100 Independent Investment Advisors," Barron's magazine ranked The Colony Group's...

Market Wire - Al Frank Asset Management Acquires Tactical ETF Portfolios
December 1, 2009 -- Al Frank Asset Management (AFAM), one ofthe oldest, private boutique money managers in the country, is pleased toannounce today that it has...

Investigation targets Triton Financial, founder
The sign on the front door of Triton Financial offices on Bee Caves Road read, "These premises are under the control and protection of the United States District Court and the Wester District of Texas." The Securities and Exchange Commission, in conjunction with the Texas State Securities Board, has filed a lawsuit against Triton Financial...

Infogroup amends CEO contract amid sale speculation
Database giant Infogroup amended company CEO Bill Fairfield's employment agreement on December 24, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing dated December 30...



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