Equities

Brian McDonald, head of Morgan Stanley at Work, spoke with Financial Planning about how the firm aims to extend its roots in Silicon Valley and build on equity compensation offerings.

The mega bank predicts the traditional investing strategy will outperform both cash and inflation in the next 10 years.

Mutual funds will have to take extra care when using terms like ESG, value and growth.

A conversation with Cetera's Gene Goldman

The Swiss banking giant will cover some 3,000 stocks and 18,000 bonds.

It's too soon to know whether 2022 was truly an aberration for bonds or a sign of things to come.

Many advisors use real estate investment trusts to hedge against inflation while also providing steady dividend income. But private funds still provoke skepticism.

Advisors identified the SEC's new marketing rule as the "hottest" regulatory topic for the third year in a row.

Innovator Equity Defined Protection ETF offers guarantee against losses but also places limit on gains.

State regulators accused the wealth management giant of charging customers commissions of $75 or more for small equities transactions.

Federal officials have long warned of the dangers of accounts with few guardrails on what they can invest in.

A survey from the FINRA Foundation and CFA Institute finds that cryptocurrency and individual stocks remain popular with the younger crowd.

Despite market jitters over a U.S. debt default, investors are roaring into U.S. equities.

The banking giant plans to put all asset managers through training in Python programming language, whether they 'like it or not.'

A bill before Congress would let planners with certain securities licenses place clients' money in private markets regardless of their income or net worth.

Representatives of the industry argue the changes would fall particularly hard on planners who are authorized to make trades on behalf of clients.

Lawyers for the popular brokerage service argue that federal regulators have resisted the use of a single conduct standard to preserve investor choice.

Investors who fled equities during last year's rout have not benefited from subsequent recovery.

FINRA and NORC survey results suggest the flood of new investors hasn't slowed since the pandemic, and many of them are coming for digital assets.

More than $12.6 billion flows into equity exchange-traded funds in April, the most since January.