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RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 04, 2013
IRA charitable deduction, 56 other tax goodies set to expire

Federal deductions for individuals for state and local taxes, as well as R&D credits for businesses also on list for Dec. 31 cutoff

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RIA NEWS NOV 04, 2013
IRA charitable deduction, 56 other tax goodies set to expire Dec. 31

Federal deductions for individuals for state and local taxes, as well as R&D credits for businesses also on list.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 04, 2013
Standing up for SSA employees

Social Security employees are highly trained professionals who put the public's interest first.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RIA NEWS NOV 04, 2013
Mutual funds rebound after late-summer slide

Inflows into long-term mutual funds last week reversed a trend of net outflows that had dominated since August. Bond and equity mutual funds combined received $13.54 billion for the week ended Oct. 23, according to estimates from the Investment Company Institute. The week before, the funds sustained $1.9 billion in outflows.

By MDURISIN
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 04, 2013
Shrinking pay at Goldman Sachs shows Wall Street poised for bonus gloom

Goldman Sachs, along with the investment-banking divisions of six of its biggest U.S. and European rivals, allocated a collective 39% of revenue for compensation in the first nine months, down from 42% a year earlier and the 50% some firms earmarked before the financial crisis. Goldman Sachs's 41% ratio so far this year is its lowest nine-month figure as a public company.

By Matt Ackermann
RIA NEWS NOV 04, 2013
Vanguard hits reset button on its managed-payout funds

By Jason Kephart
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS NOV 04, 2013
Raymond James reports record net income, profit for fiscal year

Independent broker-dealer division adds 55 reps and advisers.

By Bruce Kelly
RIA NEWS NOV 04, 2013
Gross' equity expansion proving difficult

Michael Diekmann, whose Allianz SE owns Bill Gross's Pacific Investment Management Co., said a plan by the bond-fund manager to expand into equities is proving harder than expected.

By Matt Ackermann
RIA NEWS NOV 04, 2013
October crash history missing as market swings trail average

Even with a deadline looming for the U.S. to avoid a debt default, it's been a comparatively calm October for financial markets.

By Matt Ackermann
RIA NEWS NOV 04, 2013
The beginning of an 'Eisenhower Rally'?

U.S. stocks are trading virtually in lockstep with 1954, the best year for American equity and the time when shares finally recovered all their losses from the Great Depression.

By Matt Ackermann
EQUITIES NOV 04, 2013
The Takeaway: As always, retail investors come late to the party

By Joshua Brown
RIA NEWS NOV 04, 2013
Feeding the beast: Companies resorting to gimmicks to boost share prices

With corporate profits shrinking, companies are looking at other means of boosting their stock prices. And that has ratings agencies worried.

By John Goff
RIA NEWS NOV 04, 2013
When is a $1M meal a bargain? When it's with Warren Buffett

When is a $1M meal a bargain? When it's with Warren Buffett. This year's winning bid for the annual charity get-together is way down from last year's. See how the market for lunch with the Oracle has changed over the years.

By John Goff
RIA NEWS NOV 03, 2013
Millennials resist long-term investing

Shell-shocked by market crises, Gen Y holds onto cash, doesn't use advisers, survey says

By Mason Braswell
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 03, 2013
Morningstar upgrades Schwab target date funds

Morningstar Inc. has upgraded its ratings on The Charles Schwab Corp.'s target date funds to “neutral,” from “negative,” because of improved performance, new leadership and stability.

By Darla Mercado
EQUITIES NOV 03, 2013
Tapering off the table - for now

By MFXFeeder
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 01, 2013
The rise of Social Security zombies

Mary Beth Franklin dishes on how the Social Security Administration sends millions in benefits to deceased people...and how, in some cases, people who are very much alive are declared dead.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RIA NEWS NOV 01, 2013
Obama's bull market pulls ahead of Reagan's

Why this administration has something to brag about, and other must-reads from wealth manager and CNBC commentator Josh Brown

By Joshua Brown
RIA NEWS NOV 01, 2013
Want to keep the inheritance in-house? Try a different approach

Gen Xers and Millennials approach financial advice differently than their parents. Advisers need to learn what makes them tick to hold onto the family's assets.

By Liz Skinner
RIA NEWS NOV 01, 2013
RIAs need to focus on compensation to foster growth, advisers told

With a shortage of advisers facing the industry, the cost to keep them will continue to go up, Fidelity's Waldemar Kohl said. The median compensation cost per lead adviser has grown to $174,000 this year from $165,000 in 2009, according to numbers presented at the conference. And personnel costs make up about 70% of adviser expenses.

By Megan Durisin