<i>Breakfast with Benjamin: </i>Citi under the FBI microscope. Plus: Using P/E ratios to dispel bubble theories, re-calculating the size of the nation's oil reserves, big banks and big overdraft fees, GM and political grandstanding, and it's always a good time to teach kids about money.
Group plans a business school-based doctoral program and a journal, and is considering a research facility.
The North American energy revolution continues to help our economy and provide compelling investment opportunities, one expert says
An idea being floated by the Securities and Exchange Commission that would make financial advisers gatekeepers for private placements is getting a cold reception.
An in-depth look at managed futures, which can be a confusing asset class for investors and advisers alike.
After 18 years, David Tittsworth is leaving the Investment Adviser Association, a group he led during a period of expanding regulation.
The bill preventing a government shutdown includes SEC funding hike and allowance to cut pensions. Left out is language that would have killed the DOL's fiduciary rule.
Wall Street resistance has helped slow down a pending Department of Labor rule to strengthen standards for advisers to retirement plans. With a re-proposal slated for January, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association is urging more of its firms to contact Congress to oppose the measure.
Advisers forced to go beyond numbers when faced with clients' concerns
Deferred-income annuities can alleviate retirees' fears of running out of money late in life, but they are not for everyone.
Much has changed in the past two decades when it comes to long-term-care options and how to fund them. Baby boomers and subsequent generations will need to plan for long-term care in a different way than their parents in light of factors such as longer life spans, the uncertain future of entitlement benefits and rapidly rising medical costs.
Citing stats that every year, SEC examines just 9% of the roughly 11,000 RIAs under its purview, Maxine Waters, the top Democrat on the House financial committee, has renewed her call for action on adviser oversight. Question is, is anyone listening?
The fundamentals reflect the 1970s rather than the 1990s.
House is expected to vote Wednesday on legislation that would extend retroactively for one year an assortment of individual and business tax breaks.
Republican lawmakers see tax-extender approval going through before the end of 2014, keeping tax breaks favored by clients in place.
Convinced of Social Security's shakiness, those born from 1979 to 1996 participate in retirement plans at high rates, according to one study.
Bringing bill to a floor vote expected for political gain: The issue may well play out in the Presidential election.
Chicago-based team has moved to LPL's hybrid RIA platform.
