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The public got its first look Tuesday at the Department of Labor’s long-awaited proposed fiduciary rule for advisors to retirement accounts, which included several exemptions designed, the Secretary of the Dept. of Labor said, to protect investor...
A Texas-based Army veteran seems to be living down to his namesake made infamous by folk rock singer Jim Croce’s hit single. Leroy Brown Jr. is facing fraud charges after he falsely portrayed himself as a stockbroker and used his military...
It turns out there might have been some science behind James Bond cleaning out the competition on the poker table in the 2006 film Casino Royale. A study released by the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia has determined that there ...
Less than two months after the Department of Labor submitted its fiduciary rule for review, the Office of Management and Budget publicly released the proposal Tuesday afternoon...
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Many advisors believe clients need face-to-face contact. But that only works for clients in their 60s, writes Garland, Texas-based financial planner Katie Brewer on Money m...
(Reuters) - A panel of investor advocates said on Thursday they were developing a proposal for U.S. securities regulators that will make it easier for retail investors to conduct online background checks of financial professionals before hiring...
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Over half of Americans (52 percent) are not currently investing in stocks, according to a new study by Bankrate.com. But it’s mostly because they don’t have the money, with 53 percent ci...
While 12 of the 18 firms in J.D. Power’s annual investor satisfaction ranking had lower scores from last year, investors’ overall satisfaction stayed flat, at 807 (on a 1,000-point scale). And while most of the ranked firms fall below the industr...