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Rising rates sound alarm for debt-laden U.S. consumers

Fewer Americans are using adjustable-rate mortgages than before the credit crisis.

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Have variable annuities sales hit rock bottom?

After six years of declines, sales could improve slightly if rising interest rates help insurers more easily support their guarantees.

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Stocks about to get a $400 billion dividend boost

Dividend payments tend to occur between March and May, Morgan Stanley analysts note.

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4 things to remember when delivering bad news

What to do when you need to inform clients about unwelcome developments.

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Why their 2018 tax bill could catch clients off guard

10.2% of New Jersey residents will pay more taxes after tax reform, as will 9.4% of Maryland residents.

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Morgan Stanley ignored abuse accusations against one of its top brokers: report

Firm looked the other way over Douglas Greenberg's legal run-ins, according to New York Times

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Advisers should make the most of volatility for clients

Use stock market swings as opportunities to improve service to clients.

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Retirement plan advisers ignore content marketing at their peril

Content marketing is not an alternative to other forms of client prospecting.

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An American CFP’s experience in the land down under

Australia's money culture diverges from the U.S.'s given its higher standard of living and stronger retirement saving system.

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SEC blasts Wedbush for ongoing failure to supervise

Agency says firm failed to take action against pump-and-dump fraud.

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Merrill Lynch loses $1 billion Georgia team to RIA channel

Four-adviser group in Savannah creates Sounds View Wealth Advisors.

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Team of African-American advisers making great strides, one inspiration at a time

Tash Elwyn explains the goals of Raymond James' Black Financial Advisors Network, and the firm's other diversity efforts.

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Best Places to Work for Financial Advisers

InvestmentNews presents the 50 Best Places to Work for Financial Advisers in 2018. Check back May 21 for the numerical rankings

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Social Security benefits losing buying power

Low inflation combined with rising Medicare costs threaten the adequacy of seniors' income.

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Bank of America to pay $42 million to NY over electronic trading probe

As part of settlement, bank admits it inflated claims about number of retail orders routed to its dark pool, called "Instinct X."

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Wealthfront valuation reportedly slashed by about a third in most-recent funding round

Those familiar point to rising competition and dented optimism as possible contributors.

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Thinking outside the style box

Defensive equity income strategies can help investors weather the challenges of sometimes severe market swings.

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What if you found out you were really a ghost?

If potential clients can't find you on social media, you might as well not exist.

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DOL fiduciary rule: 5th Circuit decision could be big win for indexed annuities

The fiduciary rule may be taken off the books as a result of the ruling, and an SEC fiduciary standard wouldn't cover products not registered as securities

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Cetera nabs Marquette Bank’s $382 million program from Invest

Chicago bank has 12 brokers at 21 metropolitan locations.