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.
Why this administration has something to brag about, and other must-reads from wealth manager and CNBC commentator Josh Brown
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.
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.
What to do when you get the wrong answer from the Social Security Administration
What to do when you get the wrong answer from SSA
Protective CEO and management team will remain in place; deal creates 13th-largest global insurer.
A group of veteran Morgan Stanley managers has broken away from the wirehouse to form a partnership with Raymond James to offer equity ownership and succession planning to advisers.
Preparedness may mean staying on the job, but burned-out investors need an incentive
Anyone who thinks they have busy days should listen to Chris Pollard's tale. This Regent Wealth Management Group financial adviser spent a year activated in the Army National Guard as a budget analyst by day — while serving his 100 advisory clients at night and over the weekends.
Cerulli study forecasts a drop of more than 25,000 advisers by 2017, most from wirehouses and broker-dealers. The problem? A lack of new recruits.
Recent moves point to building momentum after year and a half of sluggish action
Deferred-income annuities offer certainty but limitations too.
Insurer no longer taking 1035 exchanges or rollovers, but brokerage gets pass
Benefits depend on if you remarry and when. How not to leave money on the table.
Benefits depend on if you remarry and when.
Arizona group of about 40 financial advisory practices joins LPL. The network's founder is looking to add 50 new offices next year.
The Federal Reserve said policy makers see improvement in economic activity. How will this impact your bond investments?
Next week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will issue the September Consumer Price Index report, the final piece of data that the Social Security Administration needs to plug into its annual cost of living adjustment formula. Social Security benefits — and the taxable wage base for workers — will be slightly higher next year as a result of the COLA.
