Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin The monster deal could see the two biggest brokerages combine. Elise Amendola/ASSOCIATED PRESS Topline: As the brokerage industry looks to recover lost revenue from eliminating trading fees last month, two of the leading firms could be merging to create a brokerage giant, with Charles Schwab in
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Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin The latest setback took a toll on the market. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Topline: Stocks pulled back from near record highs and plummeted on Wednesday, following a report that the phase one trade deal between China and the U.S. was again delayed, and now won’t be completed
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin The Social Security Administration published an online form today for seniors to report they have been contacted by persons fraudulently claiming the scammers work for the agency. . . “I am deeply troubled that our country has not been able to stop these crooks from deceiving
Strong disagreements exist about how to position a retiree’s assets to best meet retirement goals. Two fundamentally different philosophies for retirement income planning—which I call probability-based and safety-first—diverge on the critical issue of where a retirement plan is best served: in the risk/reward trade-offs of a diversified and aggressive investment portfolio, or in the contractual
Elder financial abuse training of front line staff now takes place in 90 percent of banks, more than a four-fold increase from 17 percent two years ago, according to a new study by the American Bankers Association Foundation. The efforts have included designating at least one employee to lead efforts on elder financial abuse and
Cropped shot of two elderly people discussing a … [+] documenthttp://195.154.178.81/DATA/i_collage/pi/shoots/783531.jpg Getty Big brand names can’t rely on their past “glory days” forever. Today we’re going to make sure you don’t hold any “household name has beens” in your retirement portfolio. I’m talking about washed up brands like Tupperware (TUP). The yesteryear firm’s shareholders just
Are you wondering if you should convert your retirement account to a Roth by the end of the year? After all, there’s no income limit on IRA conversions and many employers are now allowing employees to convert their company retirement plan balances to Roth while they’re still working there. At first glance, it may sound
©Tim – stock.adobe.com The most popular index is the best performer, just like before the Dot-Com Bubble When you talk about the “stock market” or your “stock portfolio,” what do you really mean? For many investors, the S&P 500 is “the market.” After all, the majority of the total value of all stocks on U.S.
You think you’re going to earn a lot investing a lump sum? You’re thinking wrong. Future value Getty I’ll grab the money now and invest it, you tell yourself. Get Social Security early, or take the lump-sum buyout of a corporate pension. I can put the cash in the stock market and earn way more
A reliable recession indicator is shifting into high gear ©bht2000 – stock.adobe.com Comedian Bill Maher has a line he uses from time to time: “I don’t know it for a fact, I just know it’s true.” Here is an example of that, which will be of interest to anyone who is at all concerned about