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Man vs. Machine
In the ongoing debate about robo-advisors, one argument that technology detractors like to fall back on is that an algorithm can’t provide the same service as a flesh-and-blood advisor. MarketWatch decided to put that idea ...
There are still brokers out there acting like the "Wolf of Wall Street," and FINRA is making it a high priority to shut them down, said the agency's head of enforcement at a law seminar in New York Friday, pointing out that in the...
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If you have some eggs about to expire, or a car that has problems, you can turn to an online community to find some solutions. But what if you have a financial issue, like what to do with a wi...
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Every Friday night for 32 years Americans watched Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser. Always crisply dressed, Rukeyser, who died in 2006, was the ideal financial talk show host: He had the air of a patrician but with a misc...
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Earlier this year Fidelity got a lot of attention with its proposal that those making even less than $150,000 a year could still save over $1 million in their 401(k) accounts, if they star...
Long live the king. | Copyright Christopher Furlong, Getty Images
Financial adviser numbers have stabilized in the United Kingdom after five years of sharp decline, according to a report from the Association of Professional Financial Advis...
The "Rocket" crash landed after his NFL career ended. | Copyright Al Bello, Getty Images
How are former NFL players faring with their finances post-retirement? According to a study that collected court filing data of about 2,000 retired pl...
With seniors more dependent than ever on their investments for retirement, regulators have found a number of broker/dealers may have recommended unsuitable products and not adequately disclosed risks.
With an estimated 10,000 Americans turning...
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You'll be forgiven for missing it, but Tuesday was national Equal Pay Day, a chance for advocates to point out how wide the national gender wage gap still is in the U.S. (For the record...
