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NEWS BROKER DEALERS FEB 18, 2014
Is LPL Financial a $60 stock?

Shares of LPL Financial rallied more than 60% last year and is bucking the broad market trend so far in 2014. At least one analyst has a $60 target. Is that realistic?

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 17, 2014
Warning signs you're at risk of an audit

Earnings above a certain threshold, charitable donations or business deductions may all be red flags

By Darla Mercado
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 16, 2014
Consider new uses of reverse mortgages for clients

Bolstered by the research of some leading financial advisers and new rules from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, reverse-mortgage lenders hope to recast the product's role.

By Mary Beth Franklin
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 16, 2014
Face the new retirement reality

In today's world, the golden years are less a matter of set dates and dollars, and more a blend of work and play.

By Wayne Badorf and Brian Jacobsen
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 14, 2014
This retirement expert got death threats for her policy reform ideas

The New School's Teresa Ghilarducci weighs in on mandated savings, risk aversion and avoiding fees.

By Bloomberg
NEWS RIAS FEB 14, 2014
Client's got stars in his eyes? Insist on a prenup

By Matt Ackermann
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 14, 2014
Ways you're leaving money on the table

Conquering your inertia is the first step to big savings, plus other must-reads from wealth manager and CNBC commentator Josh Brown

By Joshua Brown
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 14, 2014
Fed chief Yellen sees few risks to divert from QE tapering

Says surprised by reports of weaker job growth, wants to see more data.

By Gregory Crawford
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 14, 2014
Schwab debuts all-ETF 401(k) platform

Through the new innovation, participants can expect to see fund expenses at about 10 basis points or less

By Darla Mercado
NEWS RIAS FEB 14, 2014
Schwab to give unhappy clients a fee refund

Certain clients will be entitled to get back a quarter's program fees.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 14, 2014
$1B cost to harmonize adviser-broker rules would land on clients, Schwab's Bernie Clark says

Harmonizing regulations that pertain to investment advisers and brokers would add $1 billion in expenses to registered investment advisers without any real benefit to clients, Schwab's Bernie Clark said at the Schwab Impact Conference in Washington D.C.

By Liz Skinner
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 13, 2014
He needed a script: Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman left a legal mess behind

In leaving estate outright to his partner, star stuck her with a multimillion-dollar tax bill

By Darla Mercado
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 13, 2014
Gen X needs advisers to help them ride the coming wave

Hit hard by recession, the population continues to lack confidence in investments.

By CODONNELL
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 13, 2014
Think cash flow, health care for your retirement

New book offers strategies to boost income and trim risk in the golden years

By CODONNELL
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 13, 2014
Michael Jackson vs. IRS: Thriller battle over estate value

For the rich and famous, careful planning needed to keep the value of image out of Tax Man's clutches

By Darla Mercado
NEWS EQUITIES FEB 13, 2014
Bill Gross compares Chinese economy to 'mystery meat'

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i>The Bond King: China's a big risk. Plus: JPMorgan goes on a settlement binge, finance industry tells investors to stay calm, Obama administration catches a CBO boomerang, and some healthy balance sheets for the New Year.

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS RIAS FEB 13, 2014
Raymond James net revenue for fiscal first quarter hits record, up 7% from a year earlier

Client assets under administration rose 15% to $447 billion; 'positive net flows and strong equity markets.'

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS RIAS FEB 13, 2014
Review marriage implications with same-sex couples – or be on the hook

Employee benefits and tax, retirement and estate planning must be discussed under Finra rule, compliance expert says.

By Darla Mercado
NEWS RIAS FEB 13, 2014
How advisers can overcome the success paradox

Many advisers have plateaued and now derive their growth from stock market performance and occasional referrals. Some are happily where they want to be, but more frequently, it has &#8220;just happened.&#8221; Why is it that these firms that once grew so fast have slowed down?

By Joe Duran
NEWS RIAS FEB 13, 2014
Advisers brave polar vortex's brutal cold

But only the temperatures are negative, as advisers shrug off nasty weather and get to work.

By Trevor Hunnicutt