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INVESTING ETFS JUL 20, 2014
Newly-launched equity ETFs

By Andrew Leigh
INVESTING ETFS JUL 20, 2014
Equity ETFs ranked by quarterly returns

By Andrew Leigh
INVESTING RIAS JUL 18, 2014
Schwab adding Morningstar Office to its RIA platform

Deal part of custodian's integration initiative with tech product providers.

By Joyce Hanson
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 17, 2014
European economic growth disappoints, adding pressure to the ECB strategy

On the menu for today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, European economic growth falls short of economists' expectations, plus news on Citigroup, ETFs and much more.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 16, 2014
Vanguard faces tax evasion charges in ex-employee's whistleblower suit

Ex-employee alleges low-cost fund provider operated as an illegal tax shelter, avoiding about $1 billion in taxes over 10 years

By Trevor Hunnicutt
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 16, 2014
CEO cussing is now a gosh darn market indicator

On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu, learn about an odd new market indicator, the implications of ongoing investor optimism and much more.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING ETFS JUL 16, 2014
BlackRock CEO Fink's comments on exotic funds divide ETF community

Chief executive says leveraged ETFs could 'blow up' the industry, but some ETF fans disagree.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 16, 2014
Can mutual funds be too big to fail?

New report cites potential costs of systemic risk designation for asset managers

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 15, 2014
Bond ladders for fans of portfolio safety

Proponents of the strategy tout its effectiveness in any rate environment.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING FINTECH JUL 14, 2014
Be a robo-adviser, the human way

Personalized financial advice should take cues from the robo-adviser trend/

By Gregory Crawford
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 13, 2014
The power of purpose: Benefits of goals-based investing

Consider the followings ways in which having deeper conversations about client goals might make your job easier and improve your clients' behavior.

By Daniel Crosby
INVESTING ETFS JUL 11, 2014
Fixed-income ETFs continue to build off 2014's fast start

By Jeff Tjornehoj
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 11, 2014
Fund industry fights systemic-risk regulation

At its annual conference, the ICI contended that mutual fund investors would be hurt by risk designation

By Trevor Hunnicutt
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 11, 2014
BlackRock hires White House adviser Bianchi

Sarah Bianchi, the director of economic and domestic policy for Vice President Joe Biden, was hired as a managing director in its advisory unit.

By Matt Ackermann
INVESTING RIAS JUL 10, 2014
Alternatives offer money managers a profitable lifeline

Low-cost index funds capturing 25% of new assets but drive just 5% of revenue.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
INVESTING RIAS JUL 10, 2014
Powerful Wells Fargo division takes over firm's wealth management research functions

New unit will influence product selections for 15,000 advisers managing $1.6 trillion in assets.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 10, 2014
Carl Icahn advises caution in the equity markets

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Carl Icahn warns that stocks are on risky ground. Plus: Interest rates and volatility are raising red flags, one man's take on the Fed-fueled bubble, the SEC is watching for political-donation conflicts, gold gets no respect, and institutional money is chasing solar energy stocks.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 10, 2014
SEC chair says money market reforms coming soon

At ICI conference, Mary Jo White discusses money markets, FSOC.

By Hazel Bradford
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 10, 2014
SEC money fund reform won't placate everyone

The SEC appears to be pushing ahead with its money market mutual fund reform. The question remains which funds will escape the agency's float proposal; for brokerages and retirement plans, the devil is in the details.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 09, 2014
Volatility looks cheap and risky

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Barclays: Following in the footsteps of Sallie Krawcheck. Plus: The volatility play: Cheap but risky, bond managers brace for higher rates, dancing around the issue of student loan debt, and a potato salad venture whets the tax man's appetite.

By Jeff Benjamin