Meet the team in the Bay Area next month!

One of the hallmarks of investor sentiment is the tendency to believe things can only get better after they’ve been really good for awhile. This works in reverse as well, which is why Black Swan strategies and an obsession with hedging or market-timing always reach a peak right around the time a market has just put…

I’ve been waiting to dive into this interview between Barry Ritholtz and Rick Ferri, one of the most influential financial advisors in the business right now. Barry and Rick recorded this for Bloomberg Radio the other day. Jump right in, full audio below:

via ISS: ISS Corporate Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of compensation and governance tools and advisory services to help companies improve shareholder value and reduce risk, today announced findings from an analysis of U.S. CEO pay figures for companies reporting their financials through April 13, 2015. Nationally, an analysis of ExecComp Analytics data finds total…

The fiduciary debate is about whether or not a broker or financial advisor should have to sell you the best possible financial product or just a product that’s good enough but that may carry alternate incentives for the salesperson. Today’s story at DealBook illustrates why this is so important. They took a look at the…