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What Memories Will We Leave Behind in the Year 2016?

Every year brings a combination of creation and destruction. As the world looks forward to 2017, it's a good idea to take a look...

This Excellent Author is Back with an Amazing New Book

Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball, revisits market inefficiencies and why they exist in his new book The Undoing Project. Here William Easterly reviews the...

Trouble at LPL?

After a decade of heading up one of the biggest brokerage firms, LPL Financial Holdings Corp., Mark Casady is retiring. This may be the...

Trump’s Treasury Pick a Missed Opportunity

Who will be the real winners from Treasury nominee Steve Mnuchin? My gut tells me it won’t be Main Street. Trump needed to thread...

Thank You Mr. Johnson

Yesterday, Edward “Ned” Johnson announced he is stepping down as Chairman of Fidelity Investments. What I remember most from my time working at Fidelity...

Did Wells Fargo Silence Whistle-blowers for Profit?

Lisa Beilfuss, writing for The Wall Street Journal's Wealth Advisor blog,  reports that it's possible Wells Fargo fired employees who spoke up about the...

Is it Possible Dodd-Frank Could be Repealed?

With the election of Donald Trump as the next president, and the maintenance of control over the House and Senate, Republicans have the opportunity...

You’ll be Astonished by the Epic Number of Billionaires in China!

The BBC reports that China has surpassed the number of billionaires in America. The Middle Kingdom recorded a list of 594 of the ultra-wealthy...

Alert: Buy Ratings to the Highest Bidder

This is a disturbing trend. Bloomberg BusinessWeek reports that some companies are now paying brokerage clients to cover them. This is similar to the...

The Future of the Car is Here: It is Electric

MIT Technology Review offers the exciting view from Paris. As the doors open at the Paris Motor Show, one thing is being made abundantly clear about...