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Financial Planning By Females For Females

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There’s no one-size-fits-all solution, say speakers at the ETF Strategy Summit.

Hearsay Launches Mobile Phone Solution For Advisors

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The new app is designed to reduce, automate and streamline advisors' client interactions.

CFP Board Expands Mentor Program

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First focused on growing the number of women CFPs, the program will now be open to all CFP candidates.

Bank of America Now Provides Analyst Research On ETFs

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State Street ETFs rate favorably—iShares not as favorably—based on various metrics.

The Time For RIAs To Sell Is Now, Fidelity Execs Say

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Business has never been better and that's why RIA firms should at least consider the option of selling their firms.

Almost Half Of U.S. Births Happen Outside Marriage, Signaling Cultural Shift

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In the U.S. and EU, such births are predominantly to unmarried couples living together rather than to single mothers.

America’s Student Loan Debt Crisis Is About To Get Much Worse

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Students attending for-profit universities and community colleges represented almost 70 percent of all defaults.

Canada Greets Legal Cannabis With Lineups And A `Wake And Bake'

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It has become the front-runner in the global cannabis industry, expected to reach more than $32 billion by 2022.

Disney Bets $20 Million To Ensure Florida Isn't The Next Vegas

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A Florida ballot initiative this November would give voters the power to block any expansion of casino gambling.

Top 50% Of Taxpayers Paid 97% Of Total Individual Income Taxes

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A look at 2016 taxes shows 1,400 people at the top paid the same amount as the bottom 50%.

Investors Fretting Fed Error Most Bearish On Economy Since Crash

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Fund managers surveyed by Bank of America Merrill Lynch this month are hoarding cash.

McConnell Blames Entitlements, Not GOP, For Rising Deficits

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Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security spending are the real culprits, he says.

The Fed Is Why A $1 Trillion Fund Firm Is Getting Less Bullish

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The chief investment strategist at Northern Trust sees a catalyst to go defensive: the Fed.

Commodity Producers Feel The Heat In Trade War

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Commodity companies are beginning to feel the impact of Donald Trump’s trade policies.

Sears's Real Estate Company Will Hurt Too

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A liquidation of the storied department store would cost its REIT spinoff half its rent income.

Texas RIA Surpasses $1 Billion In AUM By Nabbing Wells Fargo Team

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Venturi Wealth Management recruited the $300 million AUM team in Oklahoma City.

Ex-UBS Banker Preaches Supply-Side Gospel To Connecticut Voters

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Supply-side economics may have failed in Kansas, but it’s alive in Connecticut.

Morgan Stanley Tops Rivals With Jumps In Trading, Deal Fees

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Morgan Stanley’s capital-markets businesses are firing on all cylinders.

BlackRock Flows Disappoint As Institutional Investors Yank Money

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CEO Larry Fink attributed withdrawals to choppy markets, but iShares ETFs saw net inflows.

Party In U.S. Stocks Isn’t Over, But Be Cautious, Strategists Say

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Panelists at ETF Strategy Summit paint a picture of wary optimism regarding U.S. equities.