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January 23, 2016

Alamy Investors seem to have made up their collective minds in deciding that passive investing -- index funds and exchange-traded fund that track the market benchmarks like the S&P 500 (^GSPC) -- is prefe...

How You Can Negotiate Better Prices for Medical Care

January 21, 2016

I'm going to go out on a limb and bet that you probably wouldn't buy a house or car without comparison shopping online. Heck, you probably wouldn't buy a $70 pair of sneakers without shopping around. Yet many o...

MetLife Sells its Banking Unit to Avoid Strict New Fed Regulations

January 21, 2016

In order to avoid new federal rules and heightened scrutiny from the Federal Reserve and other regulators as a "systemically important financial institution," MetLife has decided to sell its banking unit. MetLi...

Target Date Fund Assets Soar to $624 Billion

January 17, 2016

Getty Images BOSTON -- Assets in target date funds rose 24 percent to $624 billion in 2013, a new report found, reflecting a surging stock market and how investors have flocked to the simplified retirement ...

Market Wrap: Stocks Drift Lower as Early Rally Fades

January 14, 2016

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7 Clues That Your 401(k) Plan Sucks

January 12, 2016

Getty Images The Supreme Court recently heard arguments in a case about 401(k) retirement plans. Tibble v. Edison International raises questions about an employer's duty to offer low-cost options in a 401(k)....

I’m Not Sold on Whole Life – and You Shouldn’t Be Either

January 12, 2016

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Fracking and Earthquakes: The Risk Is Clear. Who Pays Is Not

January 8, 2016

Doug Menuez/Getty Images The energy industry in the U.S. has surged in the past decade thanks to advances in technology that have allowed companies to extract vast quantities of oil and natural gas from sourc...

Chrysler IPO Could Raise as Much as $2 Billion

January 7, 2016

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Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Chrysler Group expects to set a price range for its initial public offering as early as this week to raise $1.5 billion to $2 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people fam...

Study: Half of Self-Insured Americans Qualify for Aid

January 6, 2016

Bill Clark/Roll Call via Getty ImagesHealth and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. WASHINGTON -- About half the people who now buy their own health insurance -- and potentially would face higher pre...

Alibaba Seeks Blockbuster IPO, But How Much Is It Worth?

January 2, 2016

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AP @DharaCNBC Alibaba has finally filed for a U.S. initial public offering that will see it become the largest Chinese firm to list in New York. The question now is how much will the e-commerce giant be val...

Market Wrap: Stocks Up, Driven by Energy Amid Global Tension

January 1, 2016

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Richard Drew/APNEW YORK -- U.S. shares closed higher Tuesday as energy stocks rose along with oil prices after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border.The three major U.S. indexes recovered f...

3 Ways to Win the Retirement Planning Game

December 31, 2015