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Janet Yellen faces off with the 'Greenspan trap'
NEWS FIXED INCOME SEP 16, 2015
Janet Yellen faces off with the 'Greenspan trap'

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> To hike interest rates or not to hike, and how to avoid the 'Greenspan trap.'

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 16, 2015
Senior savers play waiting game to reap benefits from Fed rate increases

CDs, saving-account interest rates will rise only slowly; liftoff could muffle political criticism that Fed hurts savers.

By Bloomberg
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 16, 2015
Who's winning the economic recovery? The richest Americans

Their incomes have fully recovered &amp;ndash; and then some.

By Bloomberg
Deutsche Bank say the Fed should not raise rates
NEWS EQUITIES SEP 16, 2015
Deutsche Bank say the Fed should not raise rates

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Deutsche Bank lays out seven reasons why the Fed won't raise rates next week.

By Jeff Benjamin
Federal Reserve interest rate hike unlikely to roil financial markets
NEWS FIXED INCOME SEP 16, 2015
Federal Reserve interest rate hike unlikely to roil financial markets

Janet Yellen has the fixed-income market just where she wants it: ripe for the first increase in U.S. interest rates since 2006.

By Bloomberg
How to build a 401(k) business from scratch
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 16, 2015
How to build a 401(k) business from scratch

Advisers and industry gurus provide their thoughts on how to get started.

By Greg Iacurci
Worst-case scenario for Medicare premium hike in 2016
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 16, 2015
Worst-case scenario for Medicare premium hike in 2016

Medicare premiums have been rising twice as fast as Social Security COLAs.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Franklin Templeton posts worst fund outflows in decades
NEWS EQUITIES SEP 15, 2015
Franklin Templeton posts worst fund outflows in decades

Bold bets, market fears have investors heading for the exits despite longer-term outperformance.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Even affluent parents can tap into financial aid to lower the cost of their children's college
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 15, 2015
Even affluent parents can tap into financial aid to lower the cost of their children's college

Here are ways to reduce the financial burden of higher education.

By Liz Skinner
NEWS FINTECH SEP 15, 2015
Newest robo-adviser targets female investors

The just-launched automated investment platform was created for women skeptical of the financial services industry.

By Alessandra Malito
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 15, 2015
Be sure to address these legal issues before sending your kids off to college

Power of attorney is among the documents that can help reduce stress when a student is away.

By Liz Skinner
Fired by Merrill, now barred by Finra: Thomas Buck stops here
NEWS WIREHOUSES SEP 15, 2015
Fired by Merrill, now barred by Finra: Thomas Buck stops here

Thomas Buck was fired from Bank of America Merrill Lynch in March. Now Finra has barred the former top broker, who had joined RBC Wealth Management.

By Mason Braswell
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 14, 2015
Financial advisers to investors: Think of retirement as '35 years of unemployment'

As life expectancies get longer, seniors and soon-to-be seniors are slow to accept the need to plan for so many years going forward.

By Liz Skinner
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 14, 2015
Advisers tell clients: Think of retirement as '35 years of unemployment'

Although estimates of life expectancy just got longer, clients aren't prepared to make hard planning decisions.

By Liz Skinner
NEWS EQUITIES SEP 14, 2015
A bucket strategy for retirement

<b>Breakfast with Benjamin:</b> Here's a new way to think about building a portfolio for your retired clients using the old bucket strategy. Three buckets for three timeframes

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 14, 2015
Too young for a will? Think again

Here's how to get a solid will and other essential documents without bankrupting your heirs.

By Bloomberg
IBDs, wirehouses drive second-largest sales quarter for fixed indexed annuities
NEWS LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES SEP 14, 2015
IBDs, wirehouses drive second-largest sales quarter for fixed indexed annuities

Variable annuities may have won the day in quarterly sales, but broker-dealers are stepping up their distribution of fixed indexed products, which hedge against rising interest rates.

By Greg Iacurci
What draws women advisers to certain IBDs
NEWS BROKER DEALERS SEP 14, 2015
What draws women advisers to certain IBDs

Some IBDs are finding extraordinary success in leveling the ranks of male and female advisers, even though on average less than one out of every five advisers today is a woman. Here's how they do it.

By Liz Skinner
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 13, 2015
Use reverse mortgages, but only in unique circumstances

Home-equity product works if you plan to stay in your home indefinitely and could use some supplemental income.

By Greg Iacurci
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 13, 2015
Dispatch from the retirement front – one year later

<i>InvestmentNews</i> contributing editor reflects on how life has changed since her husband retired a year ago.

By Mary Beth Franklin