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GOP Is Said To Drop Insurance Executive Tax Break In Health Bill

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An earlier version scrapped a limitation for insurers on how much executive pay is tax deductible.

Investors Don't Hate Fund Managers, Just U.S. Stock-Pickers

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Active funds that buy international stocks attracted inflows of $8.7 billion and active funds that buy bonds gathered $106.5 billion.

Car Thieves Love Hondas From The 90's

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"Garden-variety knucklehead" thieves prefer the older models rather than newer cars with theft-prevention technology.

HSAs Still Underutilized By Consumers, Insurance Officials Say

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Health savings accounts are still not well understood by the public, according to speakers at an HSA conference.

U.S. Rich Will Get Richer, Poor Poorer With Obamacare Repeal

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Adding 22 million to the ranks of the uninsured will further widen income inequality.

SEC Chief Says Interests Of Main Street Investors Reign Supreme

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“How does what we propose to do affect the long-term interests of Mr. and Ms. 401(k)?" SEC Chair Jay Clayton said.

Raymond James Associates Cutting Pay Grid

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The firm's employee unit said the cut will amount to a percentage point for about three-quarters of its advisors.

Why Tuition-Free College Makes Sense

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Among the benefits are higher tax revenues, a more highly skilled workforce and a healthier populace, this expert says.

Begin Your Own Odyssey Of Adaptation

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The journey involves a fair amount of unlearning how we were all taught to be as financial advisors.

Advisors' Service Values Out Of Whack, Fidelity Says

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Fidelity has created a hierarchy of values for financial practices, arguing that many advisors emphasize the wrong things.

Janet Yellen Says Low Inflation Still Major Source Of Uncertainty

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But the Fed chairman said the overall outlook warrants continued gradual rate hikes.

Senators Explore Bipartisan 'Plan B' To Troubled GOP Health Bill

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Sen. Mitch McConnell is pushing for an Obamacare repeal vote next week, but some GOP senators remain resistant.

Mercer Acquires New York RIA

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The purchase of the Rochester, N.Y., firm is Mercer's seventh acquisition in 16 months.

Sessions Said To Target Opioid Care In Crackdown On Fraud

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Hundreds of arrests are expected in a crackdown on fraudulent claims made to some of the nation’s biggest insurers.

The Zigmont Report (Daily Market Recap for 7/19/17)

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(7/19/17) New highs, no surprise. Equities crawled higher slowly over the course of the day and finished with a respectable gain. Capital flow was light...

BITCOIN BOUNCE IS OVER. SAME WORRIES. GOLD STEADIES. (7/19/17)

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(7/19/17) FintekNews publishes a daily updated of bitcoin vs gold and other major market indices along with commentary and actionable trading ideas

Are Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) in Bubble Territory?

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We at FintekNews try to be very fair and balanced in things we report on (unless we don't want to, of course) and we are VERY much a fan of the new financing and capital rais...

TAMP Offers Income Strategy For Good And Bad Times

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EQIS Capital's strategy relies on tactically managed, domestic, high-yield securities.

OCC Concerned about Fintech for Banking Industry

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Uh oh, the OCC (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency) is concerned that all this new fangled fintech stuff might be too risky for the poor naive banking industry

iCapital Network Receives Strategic Investment from UBS

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We recently had an opportunity to visit with the iCapital Network team, and after going through appropriate qualifying steps, viewed the full platform. It's quite impressiv...