It is an estate-planning tool through which a parent's or grandparent's assets can pass on to future generations without being subject to gift, estate or generation-skipping transfer taxes.
A fund with a limited number of stocks might outperform in volatile markets
Given long waits on the phone or for in-person appointments, online applications could be the best way to go.
To remain competitive, advisers should be comfortable and well-versed with these six big topics
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Price tags for services vary, and advisers should weigh those against the larger marketing budget.
Intraday trading is makes exchange-traded funds special but can also make them dangerous, market players say.
Advisers, this is why it's better to err on the side of caution — even if your firm's login and password-recovery processes are annoying.
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Lower income, less savings, higher health costs and longer life expectancy contribute to the disparity, but anecdotal and statistical evidence point to a shrinking margin.
An attempt to get Democratic buy-in on legislation that would force the DOL to hold off on finalizing its rule until the SEC acts died on the vine at a House hearing.
Two House subcommittees will hold a joint hearing Thursday focusing in part on a bill written by Rep. Ann Wagner to thwart efforts to raise investment advice standards for retirement accounts.
Lower income, less savings, higher health costs and longer life expectancy contribute to the disparity, but anecdotal and statistical evidence point to a shrinking margin.
Successful advisers need to do a cost-benefit analysis of an automated investment platform and, if they do launch one, invest sufficient resources to drive adoption of it .
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: All the messy stock market turmoil of the past few weeks has created a sweet opportunity in the closed-end funds space.
Robos will be impacted by market dips, and a select few will rise from the ashes
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> DoubleLine's Jeffrey Gundlach thinks that as painful as it's been over the past week, the markets still need a thorough housecleaning.
The former White House intern will be the keynote speaker at the Peak Advisor Alliance Excell conference this fall.
BlackRock says rule favors index funds, Vanguard finds 'serious problems' and Fidelity wants proposal simplified.
