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How To Get A Free ETF: Forget The Fee Wars, Find Short Sellers

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New research says lending out ETFs could offer institutions and individuals a lot more money.

Money Managers Are The Most Underweight U.S. Stocks Since 2008

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Allocations to U.S. stocks have reached 20 percent underweight, says one survey.

Republican Senator Hopes To Kill Class-Action Rule Within Weeks

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The rule bars financial companies from blocking consumers wishing to file class-action lawsuits.

Finra To Tighten Screws On Rogue Brokers

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A firm with problem brokers could run into membership application headaches.

As Obamacare Repeal Falters, Insurers Start To Press On Subsidies

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Insurers brace for an end to subsidies for patients' out-of-pocket expenses.

Americans’ Retirement Benefits Have Been Slashed By A Quarter

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Higher 401(k) matches aren't making up for the loss of other retirement benefits.

Ethereum Co-Founder Says Crypto Coin Market Is A Time-Bomb

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Blockchain watchers are voicing concern about the rapid surge in cryptocurrency prices.

U.S. Declines To No. 17 In Global Retirement Security Ranking

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Income inequality and life expectancy hurt the U.S. standing in a retirement security index.

Finra Nails Goldman Sachs For $2.5 million

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Finra alleged that the firm did not report or inaccurately reported options positions in 21.1 million instances.

Direct Fund Business Squeezed In Wake Of DOL Rule

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The old-style direct fund business is fading as broker-dealers look to consolidate business in-house after the DOL rule.

These Three Trends Are Eating Up The American Retirement Dream

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The government’s latest report on Social Security is bad enough. Trends in income inequality and health care make it worse.

Silver Extreme Pits Big Investors Versus Small As ETFs Surge

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Investors have been placing bets based on interest rate movements.

More Transparency Needed In Muni-Bond Pricing, Study Says

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Insitutions have a price advantage when it comes to muni-bond pricing, which raises issues of fairness, this professor says.

Six CFPs File For Bankruptcy

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The CFP Board released the names of six advisors who have declared bankruptcy since the fall.

Most Millennials Financially Illiterate, Survey Says

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Fewer than one-in-four millennials demonstrate basic financial literacy, the survey says.

GOP Tries To Regroup On Obamacare Repeal As Trump Lashes Out

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the chamber will vote on a straight repeal-- a proposal with even steeper hurdles than his replacement bill.

What Wall Street Is Saying About Health-Care Bill's Collapse

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Economists led by Alec Phillips suggest passage of health legislation within the next several months remains possible.

Accelerating Earnings Will Send S&P To 2,700, Morgan Stanley Says

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The second-quarter earnings season is set to beat the consensus, the firm's equity strategist says.

Student Debt A Major Reason Millennials Aren't Buying Homes

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A new report quantifies the negative impact of the significant rise in college-related borrowing.

New U.S. Subprime Boom, Same Old Sins: Auto Defaults Are Soaring

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It’s classic subprime: hasty loans, rapid defaults, and, at times, outright fraud.