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Ritholtz Wealth Management launches robo platform
FINTECH FEB 19, 2015
Ritholtz Wealth Management launches robo platform

Digital startup Upside powers Barry Ritholtz and Josh Brown's new platform for emerging investors

By Joyce Hanson
ETF outdoes hedge funds in the M&A game
EQUITIES FEB 18, 2015
ETF outdoes hedge funds in the M&A game

In trying to capitalize on the news of mergers and acquisitions, hedge funds are being outdone by an exchange-traded fund clone.

By Bloomberg
HealthCare.gov tax document snafu bungles filing season for advisers, CPAs
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 18, 2015
HealthCare.gov tax document snafu bungles filing season for advisers, CPAs

As many as 800,000 taxpayers received tax documents with erroneous information.

By Darla Mercado
EQUITIES FEB 18, 2015
The bottom for oil prices isn't even in sight yet

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Supply and demand math could mean $10 oil. Plus: Eric Holder takes a parting shot at Wall Street, SEC filings show how hedge funds did and didn't navigate the markets, and it's hard to bet against sin stocks.

By Jeff Benjamin
Bargain hunter Klarman finds opportunity in energy stocks as oil prices drop
EQUITIES FEB 18, 2015
Bargain hunter Klarman finds opportunity in energy stocks as oil prices drop

Money manager Seth Klarman identified opportunities last year in energy after oil prices plunged. But with bargains drying up, the $28.5 billion Baupost Group's cash balances grew and the bargain hunter challenged the Fed's easy money policy.

By Bloomberg
Sallie Krawcheck: Don't underestimate robo-advisers
FINTECH FEB 18, 2015
Sallie Krawcheck: Don't underestimate robo-advisers

Sallie Krawcheck says online advice industry is filling a gap in the marketplace.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
Testing Social Security 'what if' scenarios
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 18, 2015
Testing Social Security 'what if' scenarios

Advisers ask what happens to benefits when clients retire before 62.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Bill Gross: Federal Reserve will raise interest rates late in 2015
RIA NEWS FEB 18, 2015
Bill Gross: Federal Reserve will raise interest rates late in 2015

Any rate increase will be slow to avoid startling market, and caution will prevail for a long time, the fund manager predicts.

By Bloomberg
Global bankers are painting the Fed into a corner
EQUITIES FEB 18, 2015
Global bankers are painting the Fed into a corner

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> features the Federal Reserve being caught between a rock and a hard place on rate hikes. Plus: Greeks vote to kick the can down the road, Obama's tax grab looks like a blueprint for the future, and a billionaire tells Americans to spend less money

By Jeff Benjamin
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 18, 2015
United Capital acquires $500M firm

Texas-based Ellis &amp; Ellis formerly was affiliated with Ameriprise Financial.

By Bloomberg
Discover your own freedom threshold in retirement
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 17, 2015
Discover your own freedom threshold in retirement

Downsizing is a myth, one study finds: A third of retirees bought bigger houses.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Boomers' unique spin on retirement housing
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 17, 2015
Boomers' unique spin on retirement housing

Discovering a freedom threshold and dispelling the downsizing myth

By Mary Beth Franklin
Six apps to help you save on taxes
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 17, 2015
Six apps to help you save on taxes

Put down your box of receipts and check out these tools.

By Darla Mercado
Some RIAs cautious of using alts, despite industry buzz
ALTERNATIVES FEB 17, 2015
Some RIAs cautious of using alts, despite industry buzz

A typically conservative group, some advisers are holding back even as demand picks up.

By Mason Braswell
Defined contribution plans doubled asset growth of pensions in 2014
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 17, 2015
Defined contribution plans doubled asset growth of pensions in 2014

Annual survey by Pensions &amp; Investments finds DC plans gained 12.8% last year, driven mostly by market gains.

By Rob Kozlowski
Insurance not the cybersecurity answer
FINTECH FEB 17, 2015
Insurance not the cybersecurity answer

Education, technology and policies are key to online fraud prevention, experts say

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 17, 2015
When to disenroll from Medicare

If clients fit the requirements, now is the time for them to take action and reduce unnecessary medical spending and hassles

By Katy Votava
FINTECH FEB 17, 2015
Have protocols in place to secure access to client data

When it comes to the client data for which you're responsible, protecting clients' privacy and finances must come first.

By MFXFeeder
Stocks' reaction to rising rates offers clue to future
RIA NEWS FEB 16, 2015
Stocks' reaction to rising rates offers clue to future

For investors worried about how stocks will react to rising interest rates, last week's trading may provide some guidance. Following the biggest one-week jump in 10-year Treasury yields in more than a year, investors are selling the highest-yielding companies in the S&amp;P 500.

By Bloomberg
Energy-sector stocks are feeling no love from Wall Street
EQUITIES FEB 16, 2015
Energy-sector stocks are feeling no love from Wall Street

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The energy sector has the highest level of short interest since 2008. Plus: Apple's market value tops $700 billion and already talk turns to the $1 trillion mark, Carl Icahn says Apple is already there, and is it time to rethink filing taxes online?

By Jeff Benjamin