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The Distraction Of Investment Noise

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Deciding what issues and events to focus on is a challenge for traders and investors.

Fidelity Adds iShares ETFs To Commssion-Free Offerings

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Fidelity will add 70 iShares ETFs to its lineup of commission-free ETFs available to broker-dealers.

Smart Beta Bug Bites Franklin Templeton

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Franklin Templeton Investments has announced four new smart beta-type ETFs.

Let's Do Lunch: Business Meals Becoming Big Expenses

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Corporate dining is a big business, but few companies have identified meal expenses as an area for savings.

Markets May Have Overreacted To A Weak Jobs Report

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An economic slowdown is but one of three possible conclusions to be drawn from last week's jobs report.

What Price To Pay For Yield?

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Dividend stocks, particularly those in more defensive industries, have been expensive for some time.

Neither A Trend Nor An Inflection Point

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Don't let the weak May employment number fool you.

Ideas?!

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Clients may want to increase their allocation to attractive dividend-paying stocks.

A Slowdown In Job Growth

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Firms are having trouble hiring workers for the wages that they are willing to pay.

Confronting The Global Threat To Democracy

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Governments have permitted a small group of very wealthy individuals to flout the rule of law.

Activists Boost Innovation As Well As Share Prices

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A new working paper finds benefits to innovation at firms which get picked on by hedge fund activists.

State Municipal Bonds: Should Slowing Tax Revenue Growth Worry Investors?

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While most states have high and stable credit ratings, slowing tax revenue growth is a potential warning sign.

Advisor Group Adopts Envestnet Retirement Plan Platform

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Advisor Group will use Envestnet's practice management platform for its retirement plan business.

Draghi's Message To European Politicians

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ECB President Mario Draghi stressed four points whose significance extends well beyond markets and the economy.

Fed Communication

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We’ve come a long way from the days when monetary policymaking was an obscure process.

Four Surprising Ways Financial Advisors Help Society

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Financial advisors have the ability to impact their clients’ lives in profound ways.

Should Investors Take a Bearish Stance On U.S. Equities?

Morgan Stanley Chief U.S. Equity Strategist Adam Parker discusses his outlook for the equity markets.

Raymond James Signs Up Two RIA Firms

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A $2.6 billion RIA in Atlanta and another advisory firm in Kentucky moved their custodial business to Raymond James.

Want Affluent Clients? It Helps To Be An Old, White Man

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Affluent investors appear to have a hardwired preference for old, white and male advisors.

What To Worry About: A Bear Market

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A bear market, especially one that lasts a long time, can turn a successful portfolio into a failure.