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Retirement Planning Requires More Than Front Porch Conversations

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Advisors need to focus more on the human aspects of the business.

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.

Trump's Terrific Trade War

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Companies that depend on imports and/or exports will get hurt the most.

Tough New CFP Board Standards Raise The Bar

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The CFP Board’s new proposal raises the bar for the practice of financial planning.

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.

BITCOIN SHRUGS OFF SEC COMMENTS-RALLIES; GOLD JUST SHRUGS (7/27/17)

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(7/27/17) FintekNews publishes a daily market update of bitcoin vs gold and other major market indices with analysis and actionable trading ideas

The Zigmont Report (Daily Market Recap for 7/27/17)

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(7/26/17) Swoon. Facebook crushed earnings and all the other reports were good enough to keep the bullish earnings party going. The S&P set new...

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.

A Recipe For Continued Equity Outperformance

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Positive growth, low inflation, climbing earnings and an accommodative Fed have pushed equity prices to record highs.

Why Do Cities Become Unaffordable?

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In many of the world’s urban centers, homes are becoming prohibitively expensive for people with moderate incomes.

UBS Invests In iCapital, Initiates New Partnership

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UBS will leverage iCapital to automate its alternative investment offerings within its wealth management business.

Fiduciary Benchmarks Introduces IRA Rollover Tool

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Fiduciary Benchmarks has launched a tool to simplify the process of making DOL rule-complaint rollover recommendations.

DFPG Adds $220 Million Advisor To Platform

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DFPG announced that it has added advisors from RCM Investments to the fold.

BITCOIN DROPS on S.E.C. COMMENTS; GOLD POPS HIGHER (7/26/17)

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(7/26/17) FintekNews publishes a daily market update of bitcoin vs gold and other major market indices along with analysis and actionable trading ideas

The Zigmont Report (Daily Market Recap for 7/26/17)

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(7/26/27) Predictable. The FOMC decision was to do nothing and this was essentially unanimously expected. The statement was modestly edited from the last...