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Want Top Dollar for Your RIA? Buyers Are Looking for More Than Assets

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Planners at IBDs, Wirehouses Earn Highest Salaries Among Advisors

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Morningstar to Launch Public-Private Model Portfolios With Funds From Apollo, Franklin Templeton, JPMorgan

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Personal Finance

Micro-Retirement vs. Money Fire: How Gen Z Workers Pull Off Unpaid Sabbaticals

Taking an extended break mid-career is the new goal for many young workers, but experts warn it can be more expensive than it looks.

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Retirement Upside

Clients Have Money. They’re Just Not Sure What to Do with It in Retirement

Less than a third of pre-retirees aged 55 and older actually have a plan for how they’ll withdraw money when they stop working.

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Technology

Accenture Plummets as Forecast Highlights Pressure on Consultants

The IT consulting firm’s stock nosedived 18% Thursday after Accenture reported weaker-than-expected fiscal third-quarter revenue.

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Retirement Upside

Housing Market Is Supercharging Retirement Readiness for Millennial Homeowners

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Housing wealth can be a powerful source of retirement income, but renters have a great opportunity to invest in stocks.

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Advisor Upside

Clients May Have More Stashed in 401(k)s Than You Think

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Average account balances have reached record highs, according to Vanguard’s annual report published this week.

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ETF Upside

All Things ETFs: Simplified and Actionable

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Why Bond Ladder ETFs Are All the Rage
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Vanguard Dethrones BlackRock as America’s ‘Definitive King’ of ETFs
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Behind the TMX Deal to Buy RAFI Indices From Research Affiliates
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Schwab Follows Vanguard With Fee Cuts on 4 ETFs

Markets

Investor FOMO, ETF ‘Feeding Frenzy’ Fuel SpaceX’s Skyrocketing Price

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The shares sold in last week’s IPO represented just 5% of its outstanding stock, leaving retail investors clawing for the limited float

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