Tag: Investments

Merrill Bullish on Region

Merrill Lynch?s Rogers branch, with more than $1 billion in local assets under management, is bigger than all but three of the 121 banks that are chartered in Arkansas.

Morgan Stanley Grows To Be Fayetteville?s Big Brokerage

With 20 registered brokers, Morgan Stanley became Fayetteville?s largest brokerage firm this year after a two-county consolidation by Merrill Lynch pulled that wire house out of the city.

NWFN Eyes Fayetteville

Northwestern Mutual Financial Network plans to quadruple its number of representatives in Fayetteville to 20 in two years.

Ex-minister Preaches Faith in Mutual Funds

A former Baptist minister for 30 years, Morris Vickers operates Financial Security Advisors Inc. out of his 3,700-SF lakeside home in Rogers.

Return Variability Affects Investment Scenarios (Glenn Atkins Commentary)

Monte Carlo analysis is designed to take investment variables into account.

Hunt, Jones, Rutledge Can Savor Success

Recent developments for some of Arkansas? most successful companies and business people are intriguing.

Garrison Rakes in $11.7 Million, But Might Be Underpaid by Comparison

While most people?s salaries are confidential, the compensation for top executives of publicly traded companies must be reported in the annual proxy statement for all shareholders to see.

Stephens Media Buys Hawgs Illustrated

Stephens Media Group of Little Rock has purchased Hawgs Illustrated, a Fayetteville-based magazine that promotes University of Arkansas athletic teams.

Morgan Stanley Opens North Fayetteville Office

Morgan Stanley?s new branch at 438 E. Millsap Road is now the largest brokerage in Fayetteville.

BOA Christens New Digs for Wealth Management

Bank of America Asset Management Group combined the open house for its new wealth management office in Rogers with an art show.

Financial Talk Show Added by Cumulus

Cumulus Broadcasting’s KFAY-AM, 1030 has added nationally syndicated investment advice show host Jim Cramer to its afternoon lineup.

Down in the Valley

Valley View Country Club in Farmington is readying to sell again, but it?s not yet clear to whom.

40 Under 40: The Class of 2003

The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal presents its 2003 40 Under 40 class of local business and political leaders.

Two ATRS Nursing Homes Under New Management

The Arkansas Teacher Retirement System has chosen ConvaCare Management Inc. of Searcy to oversee Northridge Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in North Little Rock.

Direct Investing is the Deal (Ron Goforth Commentary)

There’s more to investing than the stock market, a commentary by R.R. Goforth, Ph.D., president of Beta-Rubicon Inc. in Fayetteville.

Suit Sees Suicide Clause

There?s a lawsuit in Little Rock?s U.S. District Court seeking $500,000 in insurance benefits on the life of M. David Howell Jr.

Howell Had Big Insurance Policy

Former Little Rock, Fayetteville and Springdale banker David Howell had $17 million in life insurance.

Lovelace Investor Says She Was Cheated

One investor who gave money to Ariel Lovelace said she was cheated out of money. Lovelace is the Fort Smith entrepreneur who said he planned to begin a series of investments in Costa Rica that could total $430 million.

Greenwood Gets Into Planning

M.A. Greenwood & Associates Inc., a Securities and Exchange Commission-registerd investment advisor in Fayetteville, has launched a new executive financial planning division.

I-540 Traffic Bolsters Sales On Arkansas 112

When a $4.2 million, 90-day road repaving project on Interstate 540 began on May 29, James, Lana and Jason Stout started seeing an immediate return on their investment.

Fort Smith Metro News Briefs: ‘Oceanscape’ playground work begins, Mercy stroke program renewed

Walmart likely to tap insiders for expected leadership changes

Dan Wright re-elected Arkansas Farm Bureau president

Arkansas Tourism Ticker: Tourism tax numbers down through August, job numbers up