Ballooning health care costs mean that more retirement nest eggs may be at risk, and a common retirement-savings metric may be luring Americans into a false sense of security.
Read MoreDoubleLine Capital, the fast-growing mutual fund firm run by Jeffrey E. Gundlach, opened its first commodities-based investment product to advisers Monday.
Read MoreClients interpret that as an adviser not caring about them. It's just selling clients platitudes. What advisers can say, to a retired client, is that their monthly draw comes out of short-term government bonds, which rise in value during a crisis. In other words, we can coast for a year with uncertain stock prices.
Read MoreThe promise of a seamless technology integration in which advisers get up to speed quickly and use all of the software programs and data available to them with ease isn't a reality at most advisory firms. Not yet, at least.
Read MoreFinancial advisers are confronting the possibility that nearly six years of a generally rising stock market has given way to a climate far less forgiving of complacency.
Read MoreVanguard has overtaken Pimco as the largest provider of taxable-bond mutual funds by assets, a title the West Coast firm has held for more than a decade.
Read MoreFinancial advisers are changing their systems and procedures to protect clients and their own firms from the rising incidence of cybersecurity breaches.
Read MoreGlobal uncertainty, coupled with the strength of the Chinese markets, is leading U.S. investors back into commodities.
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