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Why Altruist’s New AI Tax Tool Spooked Investors in Schwab, LPL, Raymond James

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Tax planning tools have been around for years, but they’ve mostly been manual.

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LPL Moves Closer to Commonwealth Retention Goals as Profit Climbs 11%

In the firm’s fourth quarter earnings call, executives discussed efforts to keep Commonwealth advisors on board post-acquisition.

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LPL Might Not Retain 90% of Commonwealth Advisors. Why That’s Not Necessarily a Problem

Some of the Commonwealth advisors currently in the LPL system could wind up leaving later this year.

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Why This Commonwealth Team Decided to Move to Osaic

Florida-based Hinck Private Wealth Management is the latest formerly Commonwealth team to join Osaic’s growing network of RIAs.

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Banking

Upbeat Regional Bank Earnings Calm Fears of ‘Cockroach’ Loan Infestation

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Disclosures by two regional lenders last week set off a mini-panic about bad loans on the books of small and medium cap banks.

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Markets

Wall Street Braces for Government Shutdown Chaos

Fitting for 2025, a government shutdown is all but guaranteed to deliver even more uncertainty into the macroeconomic mix.

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3 Reasons to Keep Politics Out of Portfolios

Mixing politics and investing is like mixing emotions and math: It rarely adds up.

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LPL’s Stock Price Sinks as Commonwealth Deal Closes

There have been reports of advisors leaving, as well as a race among competitors for the industry talent that went up for grabs.

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Where Are Cash Sweep Lawsuits Now?

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Lawsuits have been filed against a laundry list of brokerages, including Wells Fargo, LPL and others.

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LPL Soars on First Earnings Beat After Commonwealth Deal

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Shares of the country’s largest independent broker-dealer surged 13% over the past week.

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