Bill would help insurance agents more efficiently get licensed to practice in multiple states.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The Fed's rate hike cycle will be different this time. Plus: Don't overlook the energy sector, new risks facing dividend stocks, and Ecuador as a retirement haven of sorts
New Treasury Dept. guidance pushes insurers to innovate while indexed annuities expected to continue to shine. Darla Mercado reports.
Considering taking time off to help? Leaving the workforce early carries higher costs than you may realize.
The budget increase the SEC received from Congress is “insufficient” to significantly boost investment-adviser examinations, according to an SEC official charged with representing retail investors.
But avoid high-grade bonds on the short to intermediate part of the yield curve.
In today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, markets wonder if the Chinese yuan is the next shoe to drop. Plus: Notes on the default risk rising in China's dollar-denominated debt, President Obama's latest tax grab, and rolling 401(k) assets into a pension plan.
On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, brave bond fund managers are starting to gobble up the debt from beaten down energy companies. Plus: Home prices are being held down by oil, top 401(k) plan trends, and what the IPO market looks like for 2015.
The latest data on target date funds through the fourth quarter of 2014, including a look at how J.P. Morgan has thrived in the space.
Target chief's package a stark contrast to still-working retiree living on $1,000 a month
Retiree benefits increase and so do taxes for high-income workers.
Expect more due diligence on funds and fees, and expect to do it more frequently.
Will 2015 finally be the year when plan sponsors welcome these insurance products with open arms?
What do a spouse's efforts mean for the valuation of a business and its division in two?
Prices set to fall as interest rates rise and the economy picks up steam, say prognosticators, who haven't been this bearish since 2008.
Hint: The magic age of 66 applies to exes, too.
Clients must contact SSA directly to get benefit estimates on ex's earnings.
The last <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu of the year features: A cautionary tale on chasing performance; why active management is not dead yet; cheap oil claims its first energy-sector victim; and a reminder that annuities are not investments.
Sales of the products may be cannibalizing those of variable annuities.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Cheap oil draws interest in energy ETFs. Plus: Finding value under the hood of hedge funds, how to talk like a Wall Street guru, and get insurance or get ready for Obamacare taxes.
