Advisers should not forget overall portfolio construction objectives when chasing dividend yields.
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Agency reaches settlements with issuers, doesn't access fines.
Fund companies, investors move to avoid new fees and restrictions
Shrinking the pool of muni sellers does not help investors
Mutual funds argue an SEC proposal would save millions of trees, while paper companies say going digital would harm elderly investors.
The rise of passive asset management threatens to fundamentally undermine the entire system of capitalism, say analysts at research and brokerage firm Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.
The DoubleLine Shiller Enhanced CAPE fund had a net inflow of $117.07 million in July, its largest ever.
Plus: Jim Cramer's mad method, prime money funds shrink, and how to have fewer regrets when you retire
High demand, stock market valuations, stingy bond yields and unorthodox monetary policy may be stoking the rally, which seems to have legs.
Thanks to the Fed, outlook stays positive for stocks
Financial advisers should diversify into credit-risk strategies.
Both candidates are promising lots of government spending.
Mutual fund firms move defensively toward active ETFs.
Plus: Kitces breaks down inherited retirement assets, new money market rules, and saving for a dream vacation
Plus: The end of hedge fund fees, a mutual fund for the marijuana industry, and the economics of not getting married.
Plus: Trump vs. Clinton tax plans, American household debt, and how to survive retirement
Plus: Barclays predicts bad things ahead, active v passive REIT ETFs, and there is no escaping that student loan debt
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