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RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 18, 2013
Parents lose out on 401(k) windfall

By MFXFeeder
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 17, 2013
LPL names president of retirement division

Executive vice president Bill Chetney will take the new title in January.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
RIA NEWS DEC 17, 2013
Five-year fund performance shines bright as financial crisis fades

Thanks to the magic of time, five-year average returns for equity mutual funds are looking better by the month

By Jeff Benjamin
RIA NEWS DEC 17, 2013
Commodity investments set for record outflows

Commodity investments are heading for record outflows driven by withdrawals from gold exchange-traded funds as some investors lose faith in the traditional store of value, according to Barclays PLC.

By Matt Ackermann
RIA NEWS DEC 17, 2013
Stock market rally could climb higher

The bad news: Underinvested and underperforming investors might not get the pullback they're hoping for

By Ed Cowart
RIA NEWS DEC 17, 2013
S&P has bad news for this year's top-performing funds

S&P Indexes is playing the Grinch with its report that the odds of the top-performing funds repeating that success are low and only get worse over time.

By Jason Kephart
WIREHOUSES DEC 17, 2013
UBS sees turnaround in wealth management boosting profit

UBS AG, the world's largest wealth manager, said clients are shifting money to be managed directly by the bank or pay for advice in a reversal of previous outflows after it revamped services to boost profitability.

By Matt Ackermann
RIA NEWS DEC 17, 2013
Gold funds face unprecedented slump

Investors are dumping gold-backed exchange-traded products at the fastest pace since the securities were created a decade ago

By Matt Ackermann
EQUITIES DEC 17, 2013
Markets fixate on Fed's final meeting of 2013

Investors watch the Fed as its last meeting of the year begins. Also in today's Breakfast with Benjamin: Stocks to buy when the Fed tapers, gold investors seek the bottom, IPOs gone wild, and a Deutsche Bank shopping guide.

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 17, 2013
Factoring travel dollars into your retirement

Though a majority of retirees' wish lists include trekking the world, few plan ahead for such costs

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 17, 2013
Factoring travel dollars into financial plans

Though a majority of retirees' wish lists include trekking the world, few plan ahead for such costs.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 17, 2013
Supreme Court accepts 401(k) employer stock-drop case

Labor Dept. seeks ruling on Fifth Third Bancorp case that could ease challenges to employers.

By Hazel Bradford
EQUITIES DEC 17, 2013
Fed tapering could catch junk bond investors off guard

Plus: Looking for weakness in the Volcker rule, the case for stocks in 2014, the upside of market bubbles, and what the heck Elizabeth Warren is up to now?

By Jeff Benjamin
RIA NEWS DEC 17, 2013
Nobel laureate: Everyone should have a financial adviser

Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Shiller said a lack of good financial advice was one of the problems that led to the financial crisis.

By Liz Skinner
EQUITIES DEC 17, 2013
'Be careful' is T. Rowe Price's advice to investors, advisers

The U.S. stock rally that has extended over the past year is due for a correction of more than 5%, warned investment strategists at T. Rowe Price Group Inc. That doesn't mean it's a time for advisers to stick their heads in the sand, but to proceed with caution.

By MDURISIN
WIREHOUSES DEC 17, 2013
Fast and Furious and…wealth management?

The driver of the car that killed actor Paul Walker was a Merrill Lynch wealth manager and had been named a top adviser in 2010, 2011 and 2012.

By Joshua Brown
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 17, 2013
DOL seeks high court action on company stock in 401(k)s

Supreme Court review could lead to more stock-drop cases.

By Hazel Bradford
RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 17, 2013
MassMutual 401(k) suit takes litigation into new territory

A recent lawsuit against MassMutual over excessive 401(k) fees raises the possibility that group annuities and stable-value products could become a focus of future complaints.

By Darla Mercado
ALTERNATIVES DEC 17, 2013
Judge dismisses SEC complaint involving UBS Puerto Rico bonds

In a win for UBS Financial Services Inc., an SEC administrative judge dismissed allegations that two leading executives in Puerto Rico committed fraud in 2008 and 2009.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
WIREHOUSES DEC 16, 2013
BNY Mellon to sell Wall Street headquarters

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. plans to sell Manhattan's 1 Wall St., the Art Deco skyscraper that serves as its corporate headquarters, and has hired brokers to find a smaller amount of space to lease elsewhere.

By Matt Ackermann