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EQUITIES OCT 06, 2013
Is market history repeating itself with another "Eisenhower rally'?

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 04, 2013
Will older advisers pay more than younger colleagues for health care coverage?

Small-business health care plans traditionally have based rates on the average age of employees, so that older individuals in a plan benefited from lower rates if there were many younger employees.

By Liz Skinner
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 04, 2013
Weighing new choices for your business's health plan

The Affordable Care Act has small businesses grappling with tough choices on employee health plans

By Darla Mercado
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 04, 2013
Why now is not the time to sell your stocks

While things are likely to get hairy amid talk of budget deficits and the debt ceiling, experts say investors who stay in the game will win

By Jeff Benjamin
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 04, 2013
Poll: Will you buy Twitter?

Twitter's IPO filing put the social media micro-blogging phenom on course for a stock market debut that could raise as much as $1 billion

By dsouthwood
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 04, 2013
SIFMA's Gregg optimistic that default can be avoided

The former Senator and Governor is optimistic that Washington can cut a deal

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 04, 2013
Advisers dismiss worries about debt default

Say even Congress not that stupid.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 04, 2013
Shutdown leads retirement plan regulator to hit pause

Labor Department's hiatus to delay investigations, enforcement actions

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 04, 2013
Gundlach to oversee $450M in annuities push

By Matt Ackermann
WIREHOUSES OCT 04, 2013
Ludeman retiring from Wells Fargo Advisors

Danny Ludeman, longtime chief of Wells Fargo Advisors, is retiring, leaving all bankers in charge. That has advisers worried.

By DJAMIESON
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 04, 2013
Health insurance exchange cost info released

Government also releases examples of how coverage could work.

By Darla Mercado
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 04, 2013
Big week for market has investors on edge

Nail-biting seen ahead of FOMC meeting, quarterly GDP report, jobs data

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES OCT 04, 2013
Stock rally returns match late-'90s run, but valuations lag

Returns from the stock market's four-year rally match those of the late-1990s advance, but valuations are lagging. Bulls say that means there's more room to run; bears have a compelling counter argument.

By Gregory Crawford
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 03, 2013
5 ways to protect your money from market hysteria

How to safeguard your investments from market uncertainty, even when everyone else is acting like Chicken Little

By Marine Cole
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 03, 2013
Bonds to outpace stocks if shutdown persists

Strategists from Bank of America Corp. to Wells Fargo & Co. predict dollar-denominated corporate bonds will outperform stocks this month if political gridlock persists with the government partially shut down this week.

By Matt Ackermann
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 03, 2013
Shutdown fears create short-term buying opportunities, market watchers say

Political brinkmanship in Washington may have advisers on tenterhooks, but stock market watchers say to shut out the 'noise.' Fundamentals remain strong.

By Jeff Benjamin
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 03, 2013
Dr. Doom has a surprisingly rosy outlook

By Trevor Hunnicutt
WIREHOUSES OCT 03, 2013
Former Merrill broker pleads guilty in insider trading case

Officials say broker helped Qualcomm executive trade on inside information over acquisition.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 03, 2013
Merrill Lynch, UBS lure new advisers managing $850M

The moves from Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs add to a spate of adviser movement

By Trevor Hunnicutt
BROKER DEALERS OCT 03, 2013
LPL to shut start-up aimed at mass-market investors

Plug gets pulled on a venture that promised to train young advisers to work with mass-market clients.

By Bruce Kelly