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DOL rule could help small company retirement plans

The impending fiduciary rule would shield owners from some lawsuits.

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DOL rule silver lining? It may trigger a shift of $1 trillion to ETFs

Five specific aspects of the DOL's new rule that could send assets flooding into ETFs.

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The time for emerging markets is now — if you can stand it

Stocks are cheap, but clients should know what they are getting into.

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Strong March performance pushes stock funds positive for first quarter

Even though stock funds scored big gains in March, they're still trailing bonds for 2016.

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Fidelity offers to help employees pay off student loans

Securities powerhouse will pay up to $10,000 in principal payments over five years, or $2,000 a year.

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Vanguard raises some expense ratios

One of the lowest-cost fund companies gets into a war of words with an analyst over how it calculates expense ratios.

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Low expenses the biggest trend in the fund industry, experts say

Smart beta may be the most popular new strategy for mutual fund companies, but the real trend is towards funds with lower expenses.

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BRIC funds rally, but it’s a long way back

Brazil, Russia, India and China were singled out as the investment theme of the new century, but they've fallen like bricks the past five years.

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Despite old age, bull market gets no respect

Even with its gains and long life, most investors have been lukewarm toward the stock market.

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Think your stock fund is risky? Try these ETFs

Exchange-traded funds have achieved a new feat, producing dozens of funds that are riskier than the most volatile individual stocks in the Standard and Poor's 500 stock index.