Recently added articles from On Wall Street:

You Talkin' to Me?

Jul 01, 2008; Silver, Larry ... A number of studies indicate that clients want to hear from their financial advisors at least twice a month. Why so many contacts? Clients want to believe their advisors are always thinking about them and their portfolios as if they were the only customers in that practice. I ...

Termination troubles: A negative comment on your U5 is hard to overcome, but FINRA will change the language in some cases.

Jul 01, 2008 ... Q I was working for the brokerage subsidiary of a bank and was recently terminated. I had no problems on the brokerage side but I did, however, have an issue on the bank side. My U5 indicates that I was terminated by the bank for " ...conduct unrelated to securities business. Changing ...

Redefining Retirement: Baby boomers are rejecting a pipe-and-slippers retirement and looking for new challenges in later life.

Jul 01, 2008; Leder, Gerri ... Most retirees are initially euphoric about trading in their alarm clocks and daily commutes to work for the freedom to visit their favorite places during daylight hours. However, since much of their identities and everyday activities were previously prescribed by their work, euphoria often ...

Facing New Frontiers: These markets have been providing brave investors with impressive returns, but don't forget about the risks.

Jul 01, 2008; Knepp, Tim ... The myth of the frontier exercises a powerful pull on the American imagination. When things get too settled and predictable, so the thinking goes, hardier souls can strike out for new territory to seek sterner tests and potentially greater rewards. The problem with the frontier, ...

Wake-up call: Get to work: If you think summertime gives you a reason to slow down, guess again. Instead, get out and meet your clients.

Jul 01, 2008 ... Too often in my coaching practice, my clients who are advisors become complacent with their business growth and their monthly numbers. These are typically higher-producing advisors who regularly rank among their companies' monthly leaders. They swagger into my office boasting about summer ...

A Team Is A Lot Like A Marriage: The advice may sound similar for both unions. But, before you say "I do," make sure it's the best move for you.

Jul 01, 2008; Degenhardt-Burke, Carri ... Just like taking that big trip down the aisle, deciding whether to join an advisor team at work can be a life-altering decision. The right team can lead to good fortune-and a bad one can be nothing but problems. Before you say "I do" at work, make sure it's the right move for you. ...

Just Flick Away That Minus Sign: There is new interest in a product that allows clients to collect even in the red, as long as daily returns stay within a predefined range.

Jul 01, 2008; Troyanovsky, Serge ... Market Declines over the last few months have reinforced an important concept for investors: having principal protection in volatile markets often pays off. Indeed, we have seen an increased desire for investments that protect principal regardless of what happens in the markets. One such ...

Emotional Rescue: Often the advisor's toughest task is to act as behavioral coach and save clients from their natural emotions of fear and greed.

Jul 01, 2008 ... Most advisors start a new client relationship with a frank discussion of investment goals and risk tolerances in order to create a long-term asset-allocation plan. But despite all of the big-picture planning, advisors are continually faced with clients who panic when markets get rough and ...

Avoid Commoditization: Become a Risk Manager: While most investors want help analyzing and managing risk, most advisors still compete on price and returns.

Jul 01, 2008; Sharry, Jack ... You may have noticed that many of your clients have worried looks on their faces. They may be missing that bounce in their step. Of course that shouldn't be surprising, given the subprime-mortgage problems and the fact that the price of oil is climbing higher with each passing day. If the ...

Moving Past Pessimism With A Bullish Outlook.

Jul 01, 2008 ... From optimism to pessimism-all in the space of one year. High-net-worth clients, the investors you serve, are increasingly worried about their portfolios and they aren't turning to financial advisors for the answers to their concerns. That's just one of the conclusions of ...

Outside The Grid.

Jul 01, 2008 ... Sam Stovall Chief Investment Strategist Standard & Poor's Years in Investment Research business: 22 I spent my childhood in Mountain Lakes, N.J.,with five siblings: one sister, two biological brothers and two foster brothers. The latter, Henry and Eduardo, ...

Alternative Fuels Are Finally Getting Juiced Up: Yoram Bronicki, president of Ormat Technologies, on the strengths and weaknesses of geothermal power.

Jul 01, 2008; Barack, Lauren ... Growing up in Israel, Yoram Bronicki, 41, remembers dress- ing appropriately for each season- T-shirts in summer, and sweaters in winter. To this day, the American custom of air-conditioning offices to just this side of frigid seems wasteful to the president of Reno, Nev.-based Ormat ...

The Answer Is Blowing In the Wind: Analysts are optimistic about alternative energy, but the solution will have to be a regional mix to take advantage of weather patterns.

Jul 01, 2008; Barack, Lauren ... As gas prices rise to stratospheric levels, efforts to support alternative energy continue to heat up. While many options have been around for decades-including nuclear, wind and solar-financial support from governments and renewed interest from the public have given analysts reason to be ...

5 Questions.(Interview)

Jul 01, 2008 ... Douglas Beck DWS ScudderDouglas Beck, CFA, is the head of Product Management for DWS Scudder, Deutsche Asset Management's U.S. retail division. Beck joined the company in 2006 after some 16 years that included posts at UBS Global Asset Management, Merrill Lynch and Raymond James. Beck, 41, ...

Corporate Suites Turn Sour: There were upheavals in the executive ranks at Wachovia and Lehman Brothers after disappointing results at both companies. Will this be another cruel summer on Wall Street?

Jul 01, 2008; Mitchell, Donna ... The second quarter was a tumultuous one for Lehman Brothers and Wachovia Corp., two of the country's leading financial institutions. Continuing a recent pattern of financial services firms bidding farewell to their chief executive officers, Wachovia's board asked longtime CEO, ...

Calendar.(Conference news)(Calendar)

Jul 01, 2008 ... JULY 15 Introduction to Equity Derivatives SIFMA, The Asset Managers Forum New York City This course will cover equity swaps, equity futures, fundamentals of options and option pricing, risk measurement for equity derivatives, equity linked notes and convertibles. (212) ...

Marketplace.

Jul 01, 2008 ... INVESTMENTS Mutual Fund Comprised of ETFs Bell Investment Advisors launched Bell Worldwide Trends Fund (TRNDX), a no-load mutual fund designed to invest in the strongest global investment trends. The fund invests primarily in exchange-traded funds and has a minimum investment of ...

Water, water, Everywhere- but investors aren't in synch: A number of water-related ETFs have launched over the past few years, but are they all wet?

Jul 01, 2008; Kearney, Helen ... Water concerns are RAMPANT, whether it's fearover the safety of the drinking supply or the melting of the polar ice caps. Yet despite the long-term investment opportunities, investors have not shown the same thirst for water as they have for other scarce commodities, such as oil ...

Who's News.

Jul 01, 2008 ... WIREHOUSES Kevin Collins, David Hood and Brendan McCarty have jumped from Bear Stearns to Smith Barney's office in Boston Harbor, Mass. The team generated $2.8 million on client assets of $175 million. The $10 million-plus team of Leslie Peter DeGroot IV, Peter Foran, Fei Wang, ...

Out With The Old: Finra's New Rules: Redefining public arbitrators and deciding when to scrutinize producing branch managers.

Jul 01, 2008; Kearney, Helen ... The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is moving ahead with its biggest task to date-the consolidation of the rulebooks of the National Association of Securities Dealers and New York Stock Exchange regulatory unit. As a result, FINRA's new rule concerning who is eligible to ...