Portfolio

Neil Bathon, founder of Fuse Research Network, has big plans for the research shop.

Eaton Vance Corp. has hired away an executive vice president from LPL Financial.

The NYSE Euronext and NASDAQ Stock Market remains closed for the second day in a row as Hurricane Sandy makes landfall along the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states leaving behind massive power outages and devastation in its wake.

With tablet and smartphone use on the rise, there is no shortage of finance applications for such devices.

In real estate, the three keys are location, location and location. But in the case of Charles Schwab's latest ETF Investor Snapshot, the keys are real estate and more real estate.

Amid the driving wind and rain, advisors battled back with generators, data backups ... and chainsaws.

The heirs of the two co-creators of the legendary comic book hero have been battling the powerful media conglomerates, Warner Bros. and DC Comics, for many years in a series of (seemingly) never-ending lawsuits. While most of your clients will never have to worry about something as valuable as Superman copyrights, it is very common for disputes to arise regarding an estate, trust or assets of someone who passed away. 

Hennessy Advisors has completed its buy of FBR Funds today as planned. The acquisition brings the Novato-Calif.-based company's total AUM to $3.1 billion.

Flows into target maturity funds have remained strong with nearly $12 billion flowing into the category during the third quarter, according to data from Morningstar.

Last week, the Board of Trustees of AIM Sector Funds voted to revamp the Invesco Utilities Fund’s mandate, subject to the approval of the fund’s shareholders at a special meeting to be held in February 2013.