Borzi Says DOL Fiduciary Rule Will Have Legal Teeth

Oct 21, 2015

Agency has no plans to strip out the controversial ability for investors to bring litigation to enforce the best interest contract

Beware of the New Twitter ETF

Oct 21, 2015

Think before you use that cashtag. | Copyright Andrew Burton, Getty Images Market Prophit, a company that crunches social media data looking for trends, is getting into the stock market game. The firm is looking for an advisor to create a ...

MoneyGuidePro, eMoney Join Forces

Oct 21, 2015

MoneyGuidePro's Kevin Knull says partnering with eMoney is like bringing together "chocolate and peanut butter"

Obama to Nominate Peirce, Fairfax as SEC Commissioners

Oct 20, 2015

The White House said on Tuesday that President Barack Obama intends to nominate Hester Maria Peirce and Lisa Fairfax to be commissioners of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...

FINRA Continues to Hammer Firms for Overcharges

Oct 20, 2015

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ordered 12 firms to pay $6.7 million in restitution and fines on Tuesday, claiming the brokerages overcharged investors purchasing unit investment trusts by failing to apply discounts...

Futile Fight

Oct 20, 2015

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A State-by-State Report Card for The Nearly Retired

Oct 19, 2015

LPL recently released its first Retirement Readiness Index, which looks at a broad range of metrics - including health, education, finance, the economy - to determine which states are most conducive to an overall ...

The State of Retirement

Oct 19, 2015

LPL Financial’s Research group evaluated each state for how it is doing in creating the conditions often considered to contribute to a successful retirement.