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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 27, 2013
The time to re-balance portfolios is now

Financial advisers are poised to buy bonds for clients before the end of the year even though the outlook for stocks is far brighter

By Jason Kephart
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 27, 2013
Investors buy, but managers sock away cash

As retail investors continue to jump on the stock market bandwagon, a growing list of professional portfolio managers are unabashedly seeking shelter in large piles of cash

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 27, 2013
Winklevoss twins bid to rule the bitcoin realm

Plan to launch exchange-traded trust that invests in the digital currency; next Facebook?

By Jason Kephart
NEWS EQUITIES NOV 26, 2013
Central bankers are trapped in QE nirvana

Central bankers are trapped in QE nirvana, the pre-holiday data dump, giving thanks to clients, green dividend stocks, and how to properly carve a turkey.

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 26, 2013
Self-employed sabotage their retirement

Business owners often eschew saving and count on their business for their retirement, which can backfire

By Liz Skinner
NEWS EQUITIES NOV 26, 2013
Markets brace for housing, consumer confidence data

Today's Breakfast with Benjamin: Markets brace for big economic data, insider selling at 30-year high, SEC tries to get tough, measuring Fed-speak, and how to behave at the company holiday party. Curated by <i>InvestmentNews</i>' senior columnist Jeff Benjamin

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 26, 2013
Longest-serving Goldman employee dies at 98

From office worker in 1933, Alfred Feld spent 80 years at the Wall Street firm, became wealth manager.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 26, 2013
Best laid Social Security-claiming plans gone awry

If a client talks about claiming Social Security benefits before full retirement age that don't ring true, ask questions. It could make a huge difference in their long-term financial security.

By Mary Beth Franklin
NEWS EQUITIES NOV 26, 2013
Goldman sees increased risk factors facing commodities

Plus: Emerging markets get dicey, butting heads with Buffett, hedging with ETFs, more Bitcoin buzz

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS WIREHOUSES NOV 26, 2013
Blankfein says Goldman Sachs can boost ROE without major changes

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the U.S. bank most reliant on trading, won't make any &#8220;wholesale strategic change&#8221; to help improve returns, chief executive Lloyd C. Blankfein said.

By Matt Ackermann
Jeffrey Saut of Raymond James: Stock market trend remains up
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 26, 2013
Jeffrey Saut of Raymond James: Stock market trend remains up

With D.C. debate in rearview mirror, investors can focus on earnings, economy and the Fed, strategist says.

By Jeffrey D. Saut
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 26, 2013
Advisers falling short when it comes to talking philanthropy with clients: Survey

Though most advisers do address giving, many clients walk away unsatisfied

By Darla Mercado
NEWS RIAS NOV 26, 2013
National Holdings to buy tax preparer, pushing client assets to $9B

Gilman Ciocia has 160 independent financial reps, advisers.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 26, 2013
Finra checking out B-Ds that sold variable annuities with hedge funds

Finra is said to be investigating a handful of broker-dealers that sold VAs with subacccounts invested in hedge funds. Clients who bought the products lost $18 million, says an attorney.

By Bruce Kelly
NEWS RIAS NOV 26, 2013
Houston riding high

By AOSTERLAND
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 25, 2013
Investors pay little attention to new 401(k) fee disclosures

Workers seem to be doing precisely what they would be expected to do with 20-page disclosure documents: Tossing them in the circular file

By Darla Mercado
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 25, 2013
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 RIAS NOV 25, 2013
A new way for advisers to attract clients?

The AdviceIQ site features profiles and rankings of about 2,600 financial advisers from 27 broker-dealer firms, detailing their assets under management, client characteristics, mission and contact information.

By MDURISIN
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 25, 2013
Extreme bull: S&P 500 to top 2,000 by spring

The general sentiment: Things are looking good &amp;mdash; really good &amp;mdash; for investors in the New Year.

By MDURISIN
NEWS EQUITIES NOV 25, 2013
Keep QE going and go active, adviser says

Heritage Capital's Paul Schatz is on board with the Fed's quantitative easing program and says now is a great time for investors to go active.

By Jeff Benjamin