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INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 08, 2016
Protect client assets from aggressive unclaimed property rules

Ignoring proxy letters could lead to lost assets.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Take 5: Kunal Kapoor, Morningstar's next CEO, says advisers must demonstrate their value through technology
INVESTING FINTECH SEP 07, 2016
Take 5: Kunal Kapoor, Morningstar's next CEO, says advisers must demonstrate their value through technology

Five candid reponses on how he will lead the firm, the virtues of robo-advice, and rooting for both the Cubs and White Sox.

By John Waggoner
ETFs are shuttering at a record pace
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS SEP 07, 2016
ETFs are shuttering at a record pace

Some advisers say a cleansing is long overdue.

By Jeff Benjamin
Morningstar slams some liquid alternative funds for masking actual expense ratios
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS SEP 06, 2016
Morningstar slams some liquid alternative funds for masking actual expense ratios

The funds take advantage of the SEC's reporting rules on derivatives to make their high fees look smaller than they actually are.

By John Waggoner
Are junk bonds becoming the new equities?
INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 06, 2016
Are junk bonds becoming the new equities?

Tempting yields might be just replacing one kind of risk with another.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 01, 2016
Investors gobbled up risk assets in August

Plus: The Fed's new spin, Wall Street women dish out career advice, and how to spend away a summer

By Jeff Benjamin
Value strategies defy logic in push past growth stocks
INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 01, 2016
Value strategies defy logic in push past growth stocks

Pinning the value rally on the Fed, hoping for the best.

By Jeff Benjamin
Moody's upbeat on mutual-fund companies for the third quarter
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 31, 2016
Moody's upbeat on mutual-fund companies for the third quarter

Outflows at Franklin and Waddell & Reed mask overall healthy inflows.

By John Waggoner
Don't count small-cap funds out because of looming interest rate hikes
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 30, 2016
Don't count small-cap funds out because of looming interest rate hikes

ETFs and active small-cap funds still lead the market despite Federal Reserve chatter.

By John Waggoner
INVESTING ETFS AUG 29, 2016
Bond bubble? CFAs say yes

But GDP forecasts say, "Not so fast."

By Bloomberg
What grade does your state's 529 plan get?
INVESTING RIAS AUG 29, 2016
What grade does your state's 529 plan get?

Age-based plans for this year's freshmen don't always get high marks. New York, Pennsylvania and Iowa funds get an A, but other states have more homework to do.

By John Waggoner
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 26, 2016
Blaming the 401(k) for lack of retirement savings

Plus: U.S. oil production could derail oil rally, a cash management strategy ahead of October's rule change, and bond ladders still make sense

By Jeff Benjamin
The risky but necessary bet on dividends for income
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 26, 2016
The risky but necessary bet on dividends for income

Advisers should not forget overall portfolio construction objectives when chasing dividend yields.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 26, 2016
Morningstar demystifies 401(k) loans

Plus: DOJ move sends prison stocks to the hole, SEC wants cleaner earnings reports, and proof that faster food can be healthier food

By Jeff Benjamin
California, fund industry spar over automatic retirement savings plan Secure Choice
INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 25, 2016
California, fund industry spar over automatic retirement savings plan Secure Choice

The Investment Company Institute blasts the state over its plans to exclude mutual funds from the proposed Secure Choice program.

By John Waggoner
INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 25, 2016
Some retirement plan record keepers resort to aggressive sales tactics with proprietary products

Some retirement plan record keepers resort to aggressive sales tactics with their proprietary products, offering discounted record-keeping services if proprietary funds are used. </br><i><b>(More on plan advice: <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20160327/BLOG09/303279999/how-to-choose-a-plan-sponsor-partner-to-adapt-to-dol-fiduciary-rule&quot;" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" rel="noopener">How to choose a plan-sponsor partner to adapt to DOL fiduciary</a>)</b></i>

By Greg Iacurci
When outperformance puts active managers out of business
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 24, 2016
When outperformance puts active managers out of business

Taking on too much risk to stay on top.

By Jeff Benjamin
Money-market funds scramble ahead of SEC's floating NAV rule
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 24, 2016
Money-market funds scramble ahead of SEC's floating NAV rule

Fund companies, investors move to avoid new fees and restrictions

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 24, 2016
Keep index funds in perspective in the active-passive debate

The debate favors active because calculations are often skewed.

By Jeff Benjamin
What's active management's best hope? Look to the king of passive investing, Vanguard
INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 24, 2016
What's active management's best hope? Look to the king of passive investing, Vanguard

By Bloomberg