Federal deductions for individuals for state and local taxes, as well as R&D credits for businesses also on list for Dec. 31 cutoff
Social Security employees are highly trained professionals who put the public's interest first.
Goldman Sachs, along with the investment-banking divisions of six of its biggest U.S. and European rivals, allocated a collective 39% of revenue for compensation in the first nine months, down from 42% a year earlier and the 50% some firms earmarked before the financial crisis. Goldman Sachs's 41% ratio so far this year is its lowest nine-month figure as a public company.
Inflows into long-term mutual funds last week reversed a trend of net outflows that had dominated since August. Bond and equity mutual funds combined received $13.54 billion for the week ended Oct. 23, according to estimates from the Investment Company Institute. The week before, the funds sustained $1.9 billion in outflows.
Independent broker-dealer division adds 55 reps and advisers.
Michael Diekmann, whose Allianz SE owns Bill Gross's Pacific Investment Management Co., said a plan by the bond-fund manager to expand into equities is proving harder than expected.
Even with a deadline looming for the U.S. to avoid a debt default, it's been a comparatively calm October for financial markets.
U.S. stocks are trading virtually in lockstep with 1954, the best year for American equity and the time when shares finally recovered all their losses from the Great Depression.
With corporate profits shrinking, companies are looking at other means of boosting their stock prices. And that has ratings agencies worried.
When is a $1M meal a bargain? When it's with Warren Buffett. This year's winning bid for the annual charity get-together is way down from last year's. See how the market for lunch with the Oracle has changed over the years.
Shell-shocked by market crises, Gen Y holds onto cash, doesn't use advisers, survey says
Morningstar Inc. has upgraded its ratings on The Charles Schwab Corp.'s target date funds to “neutral,” from “negative,” because of improved performance, new leadership and stability.
Last week, the House of Representatives approved a bill that would stall a final rule on establishing a fiduciary standard for retirement plan advisers. With any luck, that's as far as this legislation gets.
Mary Beth Franklin dishes on how the Social Security Administration sends millions in benefits to deceased people...and how, in some cases, people who are very much alive are declared dead.
Why this administration has something to brag about, and other must-reads from wealth manager and CNBC commentator Josh Brown
Gen Xers and Millennials approach financial advice differently than their parents. Advisers need to learn what makes them tick to hold onto the family's assets.
