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RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 04, 2013
Health insurance exchange cost info released

Government also releases examples of how coverage could work.

By Darla Mercado
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 04, 2013
Big week for market has investors on edge

Nail-biting seen ahead of FOMC meeting, quarterly GDP report, jobs data

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES OCT 04, 2013
Stock rally returns match late-'90s run, but valuations lag

Returns from the stock market's four-year rally match those of the late-1990s advance, but valuations are lagging. Bulls say that means there's more room to run; bears have a compelling counter argument.

By Gregory Crawford
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 03, 2013
5 ways to protect your money from market hysteria

How to safeguard your investments from market uncertainty, even when everyone else is acting like Chicken Little

By Marine Cole
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 03, 2013
Bonds to outpace stocks if shutdown persists

Strategists from Bank of America Corp. to Wells Fargo & Co. predict dollar-denominated corporate bonds will outperform stocks this month if political gridlock persists with the government partially shut down this week.

By Matt Ackermann
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 03, 2013
Shutdown fears create short-term buying opportunities, market watchers say

Political brinkmanship in Washington may have advisers on tenterhooks, but stock market watchers say to shut out the 'noise.' Fundamentals remain strong.

By Jeff Benjamin
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 03, 2013
Dr. Doom has a surprisingly rosy outlook

By Trevor Hunnicutt
WIREHOUSES OCT 03, 2013
Former Merrill broker pleads guilty in insider trading case

Officials say broker helped Qualcomm executive trade on inside information over acquisition.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 03, 2013
Merrill Lynch, UBS lure new advisers managing $850M

The moves from Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs add to a spate of adviser movement

By Trevor Hunnicutt
BROKER DEALERS OCT 03, 2013
LPL to shut start-up aimed at mass-market investors

Plug gets pulled on a venture that promised to train young advisers to work with mass-market clients.

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 03, 2013
Finra's lobbying expenses drop over last year but still dwarf adviser groups

Finra's spending on Capitol Hill lobbying hits $450,000 so far in 2013, down from 2012. Despite the decline, the regulator's lobbying still towers over that of investment adviser groups.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 03, 2013
Say what? Advisers ask lawmakers for more regulation, fees

Investment Adviser Association, TD, Schwab hit Capitol Hill armed with odd message

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 02, 2013
Gross: Market mispricing eventual Fed target rate increase

Pacific Investment Management Co.'s Bill Gross said investors should focus on purchasing debt that will benefit from the market's mispricing of when the Federal Reserve will eventually increase borrowing rates.

By Matt Ackermann
INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 02, 2013
Advisers calm clients about shutdown threat

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 02, 2013
Found: lost Social Security funds

How one woman stumbled on retroactive benefits she didn't know she was owed

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 02, 2013
Social Security: Making up for lost time

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 02, 2013
Resist the urge to grab Social Security benefits early

Don't fear, retirement benefits won't disappear in the future.

By Mary Beth Franklin
EQUITIES OCT 02, 2013
Fed tapering decision could knock shares of LPL, RJ

Analyst says rally based on rising interest rates, a likelihood pushed into future.

By Bruce Kelly
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 02, 2013
Citigroup Global — formerly Smith Barney — hit with $3.1M arbitration award

Citigroup Global gets hit with a $3.1 million arbitration award after investors claimed a former Smith Barney broker steered them to a real estate development that folded. Bruce Kelly reports.

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 02, 2013
Brash REIT boss hires his opposite

Hard-charging Schorsch hires white-shoe Roth to run broker-dealer.

By Bruce Kelly