A trio of retirement attorneys has picked apart Yale Law professor Ian Ayers' letters to 401(k) plan sponsors and has debunked his claims of too high fees and limited menu options. <i>Plus: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20130718/FREE/130719905">What the letters say</a> </i>
Length of shutdown will dictate its impact on investment portfolios, experts warn
New state and federal insurance websites have glitches and long-loading times
Shutdown fears create short-term buying opportunities, market experts say
Economists say a government shutdown could knock fourth quarter economic growth by 1.4 percentage points. A shutdown of more than a couple months could precipitate another recession.
New study finds employee and retiree health care coverage impacts length of working life
Firm doesn't want 'too much' in variable annuity sales.
The rise of divorced 50-something adults, and other must reads from wealth manager and CNBC commentator Josh Brown
A former adviser to billionaire George Soros and now a member of Japan's upper house of parliament, said a fiscal crisis in Asia's second- biggest economy is inevitable and neither a higher sales tax nor the 2020 Olympics will be able to stop it.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley had their earnings estimates lowered by Brad Hintz, a Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. analyst, amid a decline in trading he called “a full-scale rout.”
Economists forecast that growth will pick up but consumers don't agree. Washington's dysfunction is one major factor.
“I think Bernanke and company are committed to a taper,” Pimco co-founder says.
Wells Fargo Advisors LLC chief executive Danny Ludeman told Dow Jones today that he expects to hire more than 1,400 brokers this year.
More firms using Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook but workers missing out.
