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First Goldman Sachs ETFs are cheaper than some from Vanguard
EQUITIES SEP 17, 2015
First Goldman Sachs ETFs are cheaper than some from Vanguard

New ActiveBeta funds, which try to beat the market, give Goldman a foothold in ETFs.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
The Fed sets the stage for a December tantrum
EQUITIES SEP 17, 2015
The Fed sets the stage for a December tantrum

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Janet Yellen's September delay could lead to a December repeat of the taper tantrum.

By Jeff Benjamin
What would rising interest rates mean for you?
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 17, 2015
What would rising interest rates mean for you?

Here's what to do &amp;mdash; and not do &amp;mdash; when the Fed raises rates.

By Bloomberg
INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 17, 2015
Can consumers break the credit habit?

Data from seven of the 10 most recent quarters give cause for concern that the Great Recession's lesson against accumulating massive debts did not take.

By Laura Sanicola
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 17, 2015
One year later, a dispatch from the retirement front

<i>Crain's Wealth</i> contributing editor reflects on how life has changed since her husband retired a year ago.

By Mary Beth Franklin
INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 17, 2015
Many investors already getting ready for Fed rate hike

Half of investors are planning to take out more loans in anticipation that interest rates will rise, according to a new survey.

By Laura Sanicola
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 17, 2015
Advisers need to brush up on plan participants' risks when taking lump sum distributions

Whether or not to take a lump sum is one of the most important decisions a plan participant will ever make.

By Blaine F. Aikin
How a weekend client raid blew up and a brokerage battle went public
BROKER DEALERS SEP 17, 2015
How a weekend client raid blew up and a brokerage battle went public

Arbitration case alleges that Oppenheimer &amp; Co. stepped beyond the bounds of propriety in mounting a client raid on Peter Schiff's Euro Pacific over a three-day weekend this summer.

By Bloomberg
Advisers say the Fed is too focused on the markets instead of the economy
INDUSTRY NEWS SEP 17, 2015
Advisers say the Fed is too focused on the markets instead of the economy

Consensus says the Fed should raise rates now, but won't

By Jeff Benjamin
Finra cracks down on 'cockroach' brokers
BROKER DEALERS SEP 17, 2015
Finra cracks down on 'cockroach' brokers

Finra bars 10 at New York broker-dealer Global Arena Capital Corp. after investigating brokers who migrated from an expelled firm.

By Mason Braswell
Cantor Wealth loses third exec this year
RIAS SEP 17, 2015
Cantor Wealth loses third exec this year

Just as the two-year-old wealth management venture of Cantor Fitzgerald &amp; Co. has been looking to regroup after a slow recruiting year and the departure of two top executives, a third senior executive has left.

By Mason Braswell
Jeffrey Gundlach's DoubleLine opens its first alternatives fund
ALTERNATIVES SEP 17, 2015
Jeffrey Gundlach's DoubleLine opens its first alternatives fund

In a year when its peers lost 15% investing in commodities, DoubleLine wades in with a long-short strategy.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
FINTECH SEP 16, 2015
Winklevoss twins call on advisers to get on bitcoin bandwagon but they're not budging

Lack of understanding, performance history and steep headline risk are all reasons keeping investors on the sidelines.

By Alessandra Malito
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 16, 2015
Advisers must go beyond the three Fs to compete for retirement-plan business

In addition to fees, funds and fiduciary, specialist defined-contribution advisers are raising the stakes with conversations around plan health and design.

By Greg Iacurci
Unique 401(k) modeling app ups BlackRock's value-add for advisers
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 16, 2015
Unique 401(k) modeling app ups BlackRock's value-add for advisers

BlackRock's software, unique among DC vendors, riffs off the broader themes of retirement income and capturing advisers' attention with business-improvement solutions.

By Greg Iacurci
Janet Yellen faces off with the 'Greenspan trap'
FIXED INCOME SEP 16, 2015
Janet Yellen faces off with the 'Greenspan trap'

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> To hike interest rates or not to hike, and how to avoid the 'Greenspan trap.'

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 16, 2015
Senior savers play waiting game to reap benefits from Fed rate increases

CDs, saving-account interest rates will rise only slowly; liftoff could muffle political criticism that Fed hurts savers.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 16, 2015
Who's winning the economic recovery? The richest Americans

Their incomes have fully recovered &amp;ndash; and then some.

By Bloomberg
Former Morgan Stanley broker in Post-it notes insider trading case pleads guilty
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 16, 2015
Former Morgan Stanley broker in Post-it notes insider trading case pleads guilty

Traded on insider corporate tips he got from a middleman who showed him secret notes before chewing and swallowing them at New York's Grand Central Terminal.

By Bloomberg
Deutsche Bank say the Fed should not raise rates
EQUITIES SEP 16, 2015
Deutsche Bank say the Fed should not raise rates

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Deutsche Bank lays out seven reasons why the Fed won't raise rates next week.

By Jeff Benjamin