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Karen DeMasters
Investors' money was used for alimony and travel instead of selling pet memorial products, the SEC says.
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Bloomberg News
Love exchange-traded funds or hate them, one thing is clear: The biggest investors are increasingly using them as a way to dabble in inefficient and opaque bond markets.
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Christopher Robbins
As Social Security celebrates its 80th anniversary, many Americans are pessimistic about the program’s future. But many financial advisors say those fears are unfounded.
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Bloomberg News
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has named Robert Steven Kaplan, a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executive who left to teach at Harvard in 2006, as its new president.
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Christopher Robbins
With the decline in pensions, most people are responsible for steering their own retirement plans, but a recent study suggests they would rather have someone else take the wheel.
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Karen DeMasters
Costs for the basic health insurance policies desired in retirement can vary by 30 percent among states, HealthView Services says.
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Christopher Robbins
Two Citigroup affiliates will pay almost $180 million to settle charges that they misled clients into investing in two hedge funds that collapsed during the financial crisis.
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Karen DeMasters
Nearly two-thirds of Americans do not know about the tax-advantaged 529 college savings plan, a new survey says.
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Ted Knutson
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is launching state-specific guides for elder financial caregivers.
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Reuters
Here are four traps that can keep clients from getting the most out of their accounts.
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Ted Knutson
Nearly 75 percent of CFA Institute-certified portfolio managers and analysts in the U.S. and Canada practice socially responsible investing, the group reported in a survey released Monday.
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Bloomberg News
A new report indicates that having a college degree is a key factor in successfully finding a job during the nation's sluggish economic recovery.
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Karen DeMasters
Finra is offering fellowships that provide military spouses with financial training.
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Bloomberg News
Borrowers are having more trouble paying their students loans, even as the job market recovers and consumers improve their mortgage payment histories.
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Reuters
Roughly half of the U.S...
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Karen DeMasters
An aging population brings advisors new challenges for helping clients with dementia, advisors say.
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Bloomberg News
The rule lets businesses use statistical sampling to estimate the median, rather than calculating it by tallying their entire payroll...
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Ted Knutson
DOL staffers offered no hints of coming changes in the fiduciary rule during the four-day hearing on the proposal.
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Bloomberg News
Most junk-bond investors can’t sell their energy-related holdings fast enough. Then there’s Matt Eagan.
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Dan Jamieson
Edward Jones has agreed to pay more than $20 million to settle SEC charges that it overpriced new issues of municipal bonds.
