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Background Noise: Your 401(k), the DOL, and the Brokers

Hearings began concerning your 401(k) and the Department of Labor proposal to change the rules that currently apply to brokers. Now it’s okay to not know that there were hearings taking place at the DOL. It’s even okay that you

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The Suitability Standard

The Securities Industry is governed by several standards. I mention the fiduciary responsibility that you expect when you are put in a position of vulnerability, and this is at the heart of what a fiduciary must consider when recommending any

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Posted in 401k, IRA, Repercussions: A Retirement Review, Retirement Planning Target 2025

Better Muni-Bond Ratings: Cloaking Possibilities

We are far from free of the clutches of the Great Recession.  The hold that the recent economic downturn has had on numerous types of investment portfolios will continue, even if, one the surface, it seems to abated somewhat in

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