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YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 29, 2009
24% of advisers are working as part of a team this year

If statistics are any indication, advisers see strength in numbers, according to a recent survey.

RETIREMENT TAX JUL 29, 2009
How to navigate the 'cash for clunkers' program - Tax News & Information - Investment News

General Motors Corp. has returned and the “cash for clunkers” bill has been enacted by Congress, providing vouchers valued from $3,500 to $4,500 when you trade in a vehicle. Let us explore some of the tax and finance decisions that enter the process.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 28, 2009
Consumer sentiment seen unchanged in July

A preliminary report on consumer sentiment in July is expected to show that Americans remain gloomy as job worries offset any enthusiasm about the resumed stock market rally that has helped bolster retirement accounts.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 28, 2009
AIG sells life insurance premium finance business

Insurer American International Group Inc. said on today that it closed the sale of its life insurance premium finance business for $679.5 million in cash.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 28, 2009
Stocks slide as July consumer confidence falls

Jitters about the U.S. economy are putting the stock market rally on hold again.

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 28, 2009
55- to 64-year-olds most likely to have health insurance in '07, EBRI study says

Adults 55 to 64 were most likely to have health care coverage in 2007, according to a study from the Employee Benefits Research Institute.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 27, 2009
Brooks named chairman of NAIC's life and annuities committee

Kermitt J. Brooks, acting insurance superintendent for New York, today was named the chairman of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' life and annuities committee.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 27, 2009
Aetna 2Q profit slides on commercial medical costs

Health insurer Aetna Inc. said Monday its profit skidded 28 percent in the second quarter due to higher medical expenses in its commercial business, which it expects to continue for the rest of the year.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 27, 2009
Oil rises above $68 as rally extends to third week

INVESTING ETFS JUL 24, 2009
After Finra warning, firms back away from leveraged ETFs

At least three brokerage firms have decided not to sell leveraged exchange traded funds a month after the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. warned brokers that they “typically are unsuitable for retail investors” who hold them longer than a day.