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EQUITIES OCT 23, 2014
ETF investors bail on the financial sector

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i>Finance-focused ETFs suffer huge outflows. What gives? Plus: Prudential Financial's spooky reinsurance bet, investing in obesity, private lawyers give corporate inversions a leg up, and location matters less when the house you're selling is haunted.

By Jeff Benjamin
BROKER DEALERS OCT 23, 2014
Wunderlich and fired LPL broker part ways

Former star LPL broker and Houston branch manager James &quot;Jeb&quot; Bashaw is no longer joining Wunderlich Securities, and is also fighting back against <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20141013/FREE/141019977&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>LPL's allegations</a>.

By Mason Braswell
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 23, 2014
Early filers cannot choose their Social Security benefits

Retirees can only restrict claims to spousal benefits if they wait until their full retirement age to file for benefits.

By Mary Beth Franklin
FINTECH OCT 23, 2014
Where advisers can find help with social media

You don't have to go too far to get the assistance you need to leverage today's tech tools

By Sheryl Rowling
ALTERNATIVES OCT 23, 2014
Morningstar partners with ProShares to manage an alternative ETF

ALTS will track an index maintained by Morningstar that includes allocations to seven different alternative investment strategies

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 23, 2014
Deadline looms for small-business 401(k) plans

Basic retirement plans don't cost a lot to set up, can be useful recruitment and retention benefit.

By Darla Mercado
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 22, 2014
It's time for a revolution in how advisers work with couples

Advisers could increase client loyalty, retain more assets and continue to work with the next generation by rethinking approach to couples.

By Kathleen Burns Kingsbury
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 22, 2014
It's time for a revolution in how advisers work with couples

Advisers could increase client loyalty, retain more assets and continue to work with the next generation by rethinking approach to couples.

By Kathleen Burns Kingsbury
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 22, 2014
How Social Security annual increases are calculated

COLA formula was established by law in 1972.

By Mary Beth Franklin
How Social Security annual increases are calculated
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 22, 2014
How Social Security annual increases are calculated

COLA formula was established by law in 1972.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 22, 2014
Savings targets for retirement health care costs fall in 2014

But retirees will still need to prepare for rising health care costs in the long run, expert warns.

By Darla Mercado
BROKER DEALERS OCT 22, 2014
Analysts question whether LPL is out of the regulatory woods

Analysts are unnerved by LPL Financial's inability to close the cash register on regulatory charges after CEO Mark Casady <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20141021/FREE/141029976&quot;" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" rel="noopener noreferrer">said compliance failures could cost $23 million</a> in the third quarter.

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 22, 2014
Social Security COLA for 2015 lacks fizz

Benefits will rise 1.7% next year, coming to about $20 extra per month. Some argue the increase won't even cover health care inflation

By Liz Skinner
EQUITIES OCT 22, 2014
Holiday spending can't come soon enough for the economy, markets

On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: Investors banking on holiday spending. Plus: Less-secure Social Security, when gold and platinum run in stride, Facebook is now bigger than IBM, and the tired saga on endless office meetings.

By Jeff Benjamin
WOMEN ADVISOR COMMUNITY OCT 22, 2014
4 mistakes advisers make with Millennial women

Make sure you don't alienate the next generation of female clients that are poised to amass more wealth than their parents.

By Mary Beth Storjohann
EQUITIES OCT 22, 2014
The Fed struts its market-timing skills to inject a sense of calm

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The Fed tries to inject a sense of calm in the market, Mohamed El-Erian passes on Pimco, all economists get it wrong, a global currency war is unfolding before our eyes, and more.

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 22, 2014
The new and improved Social Security statements

Unlike the previous version, the mailed one now highlights full retirement age.

By Mary Beth Franklin
ALTERNATIVES OCT 21, 2014
New York Life buys IndexIQ to expand liquid alts offering, add hedge fund ETFs

Deal adds $1.5 billion in AUM to N.Y. Life, including $950 million in multi-strategy exchange-traded fund.

By Bloomberg
EQUITIES OCT 21, 2014
New managed volatility funds aim to protect client portfolios from market swings

Value in managed volatility comes from potentially getting equity-like exposure with similar returns, lower volatility and better downside performance

By Thomas Hoops
EQUITIES OCT 21, 2014
Regulators quiz money managers about liquidity as market volatility spikes

BlackRock's Laurence Fink just one CEO asked about what's going on in financial markets lately.

By Bloomberg