Janney Montgomery Scott, LLC

Choosing someone to manage your money is both a business and personal decision...

We aim to establish one to one relationships, and offer you the personal approach you deserve, and the depth and expertise you expect. 

This web site is for YOU...to help educate you about the basic concepts of financial management; to help you learn more about who we are; and to give you fast, easy access to market performance data. We hope you take advantage of this resource and visit us often. Be sure to add our site to your list of "favorites" in your Internet browser. We frequently update our information, and we wouldn’t want you to miss any developments in the area of personal finance.

All the best.

Ken Feiertag

 

Barron’s Top 40 Wealth Management Firms
The Top 40 Wealth Management Firms list, published in the latest edition of Barron’s quarterly PENTA publication to high-net-worth investors, ranks Janney as one of America’s largest wealth managers by assets under management in accounts of $5 million or more, as of June 30.  This is the first time Janney has been named to this prestigious list and featured with our key competitors in the industry.
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High unemployment and slow wage growth seem to have kept consumer spending and core inflation from growing very rapidly in the first half of 2011. This article reminds investors to keep the potential risk of inflation in mind, because even modest price increases compounded over time can erode the purchasing power of the assets in their portfolios.

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