All The Reformed Broker

Because of the many different types of account management, evaluating a financial adviser's effectiveness can be difficult. New technologies can help.

US stocks are being pushed lower by factors like uncertainly in Europe, and pulled higher by better jobs data and good news on the housing market. It can be hard to see from a day to day perspective.

Yet another group may benefit greatly from the Facebook IPO: brokerage firms.

The potential for a summer stock market crash (like the one that happened in 1987) is low, because the market environment now is very different from the market then.

Between a college fund and retirement savings, which takes top priority? If it's in the form of a Roth IRA, retirement saving is the way to go.

If the race is close this fall, a small set of data could be all the difference.

Hedge funds have traditionally been a very rich man's game, but one broker is trying to bring the hedge fund experience to the medium rich.

 Most Greeks are probably not very happy to have witnessed the  far-right Golden Dawn party take as much of the Greek electorate as they did this weekend. But despite the party's relatively low polling numbers, the rise of the anti-immigration, nationalistic party is troubling news.

After weeks of softening jobs data, a solid decline in unemployment claims is crucial in stopping the burgeoning slow jobs growth trend.

The growth in corporate earnings has been impressive this year, but such growth is par for the course.

Apple's huge earnings were  shock to many of us in the West, but when the company's rabid following in Asian countries is taken into account, it's not so surprising.

Facebook stock will be impossible to get unless you have a portfolio worth millions. There likekly won't be enough shares of Facebook stock for individual investors to partake.

Citing rising labor costs, many US manufacturers say they're planning to leave China and come back to the United States.

Morgan Stanley should be commended for their earnings in the first quarter, even at a loss, but investors should still beware of Morgan Stanley.

Shares of the publicly traded Domain Media Group are skyrocketing on the discovery that the company was behind the  the late rapper Tupac Shakur's hologram performing at Coachella Music Festival over the weekend.

In the warmest March on record, retail sales beat expectations. But shouldn't the boost have been bigger?

The separation of Conoco from Phillips 66 should have benefits for investors in both companies.

Bond manager Dan Fuss sees dark times ahead for the bond market and advises investors to switch over to stocks.

Making yourself useful is the surest path to success in business; it is more important than salesmanship, presentation, image, or any degree you may have attained in school.