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Health costs drop, but don't get excited
The magic number for health care costs for a 65-year-old couple leaving the workplace this year is $220,000, down from $240,000 last year.
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AIternative alterations
Amid increasing pressure from regulators, broker-dealers are making changes to how they sell some alternative investments.
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The 99 percent: NYSE breaks trades in Andarko after shares plunge
Stock price of oil producer briefly plummeted from $87.56 to 1 cent; 'blips and issues'
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Alternatives crackdown continues as Finra fines VSR
More pain for broker-dealers as Finra fines another alternatives specialist. One exec cites the regulator's powerful message on need for supervision and approval processes among alternatives.
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B-Ds reining in sales of alternatives
Broker-dealers, feeling the heat from regulators, are changing how they sell alternatives. Bruce Kelly has all the details.
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See America first: Investors like U.S. best
In a dramatic shift, investors now say they're uber-bullish on U.S. stock markets. And surprise! They like Japan a whole lot, too. | Plus 12 pricey — yet underperforming — funds
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The Fiscal Cliff Deal: Big Win for Dividend Investors - InvestmentNews
White paper on the fiscal cliff deal, discussing how dividend-paying stocks could be a focus for investors for years to come. Also how keeping the tax rate on dividends steady for most investors turned the cliff into a launching pad for investments in dividend-paying companies.
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Social Media and Advisors: Leveraging Online Communications Channels While Protecting Your Firm - InvestmentNews
Whitepaper discussing the use of social media in the financial services industry, its benefits and risks, and steps to consider for incorporating social media into a broker-dealer and advisory business.
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Momentum investing is gaining momentum
Momentum investing is starting to pick up steam, which means it is time to rethink the role that growth stocks play in a portfolio.
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Moving from wirehouses pays off
Breaking away from the wirehouses has paid off handsomely for financial advisers over the past five years, according to a new study from Fidelity Investments.
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Celebrity crowdfunding? Donald Trump to launch 'FundAnything'
The billionaire businessman plans to give away three suitcases full of cash Wednesday to advertise the start of FundAnything.
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Dispelling dollar doubts
Will the U.S. dollar, almighty no longer, be supplanted as the world's reserve currency? Not anytime soon, Lord Abbett's Ezrati says
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Pimco's Gross: There will be haircuts
Negative real rates, inflation, currency devaluation, capital controls and outright default are the barber's scissors
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Momentum investing gains momentum
Momentum investing is gaining, well, momentum, and could replace a growth allocation in some portfolios. Jason Kephart explains.
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Don't get burned by oil and gas: SEC
If a sales pitch for a private investment in an oil or gas venture project sounds too good to be true, it probably is, the Securities and Exchange Commission warned today. In a seven-page Investor Alert , the agency cautioned that private placements in the energy sector can be rife with fraud, and
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