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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 07, 2015
Now is the time for a risk-tolerance reality check

Your exposure to stocks may have crept up over the years — separating your money into different buckets can help mitigate stress from volatility.

By Bloomberg
Don't project your risk tolerance on your clients
NEWS RIAS JUL 07, 2015
Don't project your risk tolerance on your clients

You may think they're as bullish as you are, but below the bravado, they may be nervous.

By Bloomberg
Which group is more risk averse, financial advisers or their clients?
NEWS RIAS JUL 07, 2015
Which group is more risk averse, financial advisers or their clients?

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Which group is more nervous about the state of the markets? Advisers often misread their own tolerance for risk.

By Jeff Benjamin
China stock plunge reignites debate over when and whether U.S. investors should get in
NEWS EQUITIES JUL 07, 2015
China stock plunge reignites debate over when and whether U.S. investors should get in

Not having access to the market has been protecting mutual-fund investors from fast declines.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Cetera taps Broadridge for adviser-focused mobile app
NEWS FINTECH JUL 07, 2015
Cetera taps Broadridge for adviser-focused mobile app

Crux of the platform is to enable advisers to bolster client relationships while on the go.

By Alessandra Malito
Barclays brokers sniff at Stifel, jump to Merrill
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 07, 2015
Barclays brokers sniff at Stifel, jump to Merrill

Fifteen Barclays advisers have joined Merrill Lynch in the wake of news that Stifel Financial had agreed to buy their unit.

By Mason Braswell
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 07, 2015
Widowed or divorced? Key steps for ensuring your financial well-being

Women often need to get up to speed on finances in a fire-drill fashion and make some very critical decisions following widowhood or divorce.

By Ryan Wibberley
Vanguard's new ambassador to advisers: We've earned your trust
NEWS ETFS JUL 07, 2015
Vanguard's new ambassador to advisers: We've earned your trust

Thomas M. Rampulla's return to the U.S. comes after the firm recast itself as a patron of an industry that once saw it as a threat.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Stereotypes in risk mean misaligned portfolios
NEWS FINTECH JUL 07, 2015
Stereotypes in risk mean misaligned portfolios

It may be easy, and perhaps unintentional, but advisers' assumptions about a client's risk tolerance can lead to undesirable, maybe even lasting, results.

By Alessandra Malito
Social Security consolation prizes for divorced spouses
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 07, 2015
Social Security consolation prizes for divorced spouses

Ex-spouse can claim independently and is not subject to family maximum limit.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Apps for financial advisers to help with time management
NEWS FINTECH JUL 07, 2015
Apps for financial advisers to help with time management

Managing emails, scheduling appointments, taking calls and even booking dinner reservations with clients not as time consuming as they once were. <i>(Plus: See a <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/gallery/20150209/FREE/209009999/PH&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>snapshot of the top seven apps</a>.)</i>

By Alessandra Malito
Short sales are stacking up and the bears are starting to show some teeth
NEWS EQUITIES JUL 06, 2015
Short sales are stacking up and the bears are starting to show some teeth

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The market bears are getting bolder as they start to come out from a long hibernation, which doesn't really bode well for the bulls.

By Jeff Benjamin
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 06, 2015
There's saving — and then there's financial hoarding

Are you a prudent saver, or has over-saving become a pathology?

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 06, 2015
Andy Murray has lost millions doing things his own way

The tennis star is turning to investing in startups and other business ventures over potential endorsement deals.

By Bloomberg
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 06, 2015
Classic car investing not for the faint of heart

Author of report on classic cars as alternative investment calls sector 'exceptionally' complex.

By Deborah Nason
How advisers can get Gen Yers to take some risk
NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 06, 2015
How advisers can get Gen Yers to take some risk

Young investors' conservative investing mindset will work against them in saving for retirement.

By Jamie Hopkins
As Puerto Rico crisis intensifies, mutual fund investors face loss of capital
NEWS MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 06, 2015
As Puerto Rico crisis intensifies, mutual fund investors face loss of capital

If the island can't pay back all of its debts, some fund holders could suffer haircuts.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 06, 2015
What lies ahead for investors in the second half of the year

Six investment experts discuss what investors should expect from the markets.

By Jeff Benjamin
Flows to liquid alts funds slow after torrid run
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 06, 2015
Flows to liquid alts funds slow after torrid run

Strategies have attracted just $1.2 billion through May, compared with $39 billion in all of 2014 and a record $96 billion in 2013.

By Bloomberg
NEWS EQUITIES JUL 06, 2015
The Fed has painted itself into a corner, and is only trying to manage expectations

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> An economist says Janet Yellen and the Fed are too chicken to raise rates, but at the same time the FOMC is trying to reassure markets that rate hikes will be slow and deliberate.

By Jeff Benjamin