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FINTECH NOV 12, 2014
How advisers can get the most out of video

By Kristen Luke
FINTECH NOV 12, 2014
Ready for prime time: Advisers get into launching their own video series

As video grows in popularity, advisers are using it as a new way to reach clients and prospects.

By Joyce Hanson
FINTECH NOV 11, 2014
LPL advisers' commissions land in their bank accounts one day late

As processing error delays commissions by a day, president Robert Moore moves to reassure advisers.

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 11, 2014
Republicans expected to tackle retirement issues in 2015

Bipartisan spirit could lead to movement on key initiatives, including small employer 401(k)s; state actions also possible.

By Hazel Bradford
RIA NEWS NOV 11, 2014
Wells Fargo Advisors earnings jump on lending

Mortgages and securities-based lending offset a decline in transaction revenue.

By Mason Braswell
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 11, 2014
Promise of ACA's small business initiative falls flat

By Carolyn McClanahan
RIA NEWS NOV 10, 2014
Advisers, clients prepping new playbook to handle American Taxpayer Relief Act

New taxes, higher tax brackets call for some fancy footwork by advisers and accountants seeking to mitigate effects of tax law changes.

By Darla Mercado
EQUITIES NOV 10, 2014
Shorting chickens becomes hot trade after prices surge

With no futures market to speculate on chicken-price movements, short sellers have turned to the equity market, borrowing record amounts of shares of two poultry producers that they in turn sell in anticipation of declines.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS NOV 10, 2014
Even as firm stumbled, Pimco paid billionaire Gross $290 million bonus in 2013

Rare glimpse of pay packages of finance executives

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 10, 2014
Pimco paid billionaire Gross $290 million bonus in 2013

In 2013, when Pimco's Total Return Fund trailed a majority of peers, the money manager paid former CIO Bill Gross a gigantic sum.

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 10, 2014
97% of women make this Social Security mistake

As life spans lengthen, it's more important than ever to get your claiming decisions right

By Mary Beth Franklin
EQUITIES NOV 10, 2014
Sweet deal at Goldman Sachs lets partners invest alongside the bank

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> It's all about access at Goldman. Plus: U.S. soldiers sue banks for helping Iran finance attacks in Iraq, adjusting portfolios for a fourth-quarter ride, oil prices are expected to hang low till the next OPEC meeting, and a hats off to companies taking their hats off to veterans today.

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 10, 2014
How grandparents can help keep college debt down

Three planning tools to minimize student loans

By Kimberly Clouse
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 10, 2014
The new Congress is likely to duck Social Security reform

A recent poll finds Americans are willing to pay more to preserve the program.

By Mary Beth Franklin
EQUITIES NOV 10, 2014
Gold's 'dead-cat bounce' is a temporary distraction from an inevitable fall

Also on Monday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: Janus rides the wave of a Bill Gross effect, bond managers talk their book, IN's deep-dive into bond fund assets shifts, some oil stocks are worth buying on the dips, and happy birthday to the United States Marine Corps.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES NOV 10, 2014
U.S. stock futures little changed before jobs data

S&amp;P heads for a weekly gain as October's jobs report expected to add to signs of strength in the U.S. economy

By Bloomberg
EQUITIES NOV 10, 2014
Republican victory boosts stocks as the dollar strengthens, gold slumps

S&amp;P 500 expected to reach new record high as investors cheer business-friendly GOP.

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 10, 2014
Morgan Stanley hits profitability goal with fewer advisers

Morgan Stanley's wealth management unit reaches CEO's 2015 profitability goal early with 22% profit margins in the third quarter

By Mason Braswell
ALTERNATIVES NOV 10, 2014
Fidelity targets bruised Pimco, launches actively managed bond ETFs

Fidelity's active management heft and huge product-distribution capacity now extend to a corner dominated by Pimco as it launches actively managed bond ETFs.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
EQUITIES NOV 10, 2014
Pimco boss shrugs off Gross' exit

Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> sees Pimco CEO Douglas Hodge downplay Bill Gross' exit, big-money players identifying a stock market entry point, JPMorgan's huge data breach, and more.

By Jeff Benjamin