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This Is The Deadliest Day Of The Year For Car Wrecks In America

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Sunny skies and vacation travelers add up to put this seemingly random day at the top of the list.

Home Prices Are Falling In One Of America's Richest Suburbs

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The federal cap on state and local property tax deductions is hitting rich New York City suburbs hard.

Credit-Card Backlash Mounts As Kroger Weighs Expanding Visa Ban

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Businesses are starting to rebel against the $90 billion they pay in swipe fees every year.

How Investors’ Emotions Can Sabotage Portfolios

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Investors often succumb to predictable, irrational emotions when it comes to their money, says Brandes Institute.

Retirement Savers Struggle To Catch Up

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Many are desperate for more retirement savings, but are not willing to assume more risk, says Allianz.

CFP Board To Hold Nationwide Forums On New Standards

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Public forums will be held this year and next in anticipation of the new CFP ethics standards.

Trump Policies Challenge Event-Driven Strategies, Manager Says

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The president's tweets are making it hard to implement merger arbitrate strategies, this manager says.

Global X ETFs Target Yields Of As Much As 5 Percent

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Two new funds span multiple asset classes to produce sizable income streams.

Six Alt Assets This $3.5B RIA Uses To Diversify Client Portfolios

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These investments comprise between 25 percent and 35 percent of clients' portfolios at PagnatoKarp.

Blockchain, Once Seen As A Corporate Cure-All, Suffers Slowdown

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The much-ballyhooed technology has proven difficult to adopt in real-life situations.

White House Not Actively Weighing Capital Gains Tax Change, Source Says

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The treatment of long-term capital gains was left untouched at 20 percent in the tax overhaul Trump signed in December.

Only Handful Of Top Active Equity Funds Maintain Edge Two Years Later

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Funds that began as poor performers had a much bigger chance of getting liquidated, says S&P.

Goldman: Probability Of Recession 'Close To Zero' This Year

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But trade wars, populism and electoral uncertainty threaten global equity markets, so here's how to allocate.

Puerto Rico Power Company Bonds Soar On Debt Restructuring Deal

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The company’s bonds soared in early trading Tuesday, when they were among the most active municipal securities.

Wall Street Resurrects Another Financing Tool Killed By Crisis

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The market for bundled loans used to fund riskier real-estate projects is on pace for a post-crisis record.

RIA M&A Activity Drops 35% In Second Quarter

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The 32 recorded deals was the lowest amount in the last several years.

'Financial QB' Calls For Penalty On Other Advisors

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A Toms River, N.J., advisor is filing lawsuits to protect his use of the moniker “Financial Quarterback.”

Correction Worse Than February Is Building, Morgan Stanley Says

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Tech, consumer discretionary and small caps could be especially hard hit, the firm says.

Top Millennial Advisor Team Leaves Merrill Lynch To Form Independent Firm

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He and his team with $930 million in client assets have left Merrill Lynch to form Wyeth Private Wealth.

Gen X Finally Shakes Off Great Recession—Unlike Baby Boomers

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Gen Xers have recouped their losses, and then some, from the global recession, a new report says.