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BofA’s Merrill Lynch Unit Fined for Mutual Fund Overcharges

May 24, 2014

Richard Levine/Alamy NEW YORK -- Bank of America's (BAC) Merrill Lynch unit was fined $8 million and will reimburse $24.4 million to customers to settle allegations that it overcharged more than 47,000 reti...

The 5 Best Investments of 2014

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May 20, 2014

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Aijaz Rahi/AP Stock-market investors continued to have good fortune in 2014, with the Dow Jones Industrials (^DJI) having set more than three dozen records this year and the S&P 500 (^GPSC) topping the Do...

Your Retirement Account Should Look Like a Nutrition Label

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May 17, 2014

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Getty Images Does your retirement adviser have your back? A recent study by the White House suggests the answer might be no, and that's costing Americans $17 billion a year. Every retirement fund comes with...

The Risky Funds Ringing Alarm Bells in 2014

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May 2, 2014

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Alamy Brokers prodding individual investors into putting their money into certain key kinds of riskier assets are facing a crackdown from U.S. authorities. Frontier funds, which focus on up-and-coming emergi...

Millennial Investing: A Beginner’s Guide to Retirement Saving

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April 4, 2014

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Shutterstock Millennials tend to have a dysfunctional relationship with investing. Many of us were just coming of age when the 2008 Recession hit full force, and this has resulted in a deep distrust of the st...

How to Think Like Buffett and Build Your Fortune

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March 29, 2014

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Leon Halip/Getty Images Everyone wants to invest just like the legendary Warren Buffett. Unfortunately, few understand the secret to his incredible success. A recent paper, authored by Andrea Frazzini and Dav...

4 Ways to Tell If Your 401(k) Is a Bad Egg

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March 4, 2014

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Alamy Do you know how much you're paying for your 401(k) investments? If the answer is "No," you're not alone. In an AARP survey of 401(k) plan participants' awareness and understanding of fees, 71 percent...

Vanguard Used Massive Illegal Tax Shelter, Suit Claims

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January 19, 2014

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www.typepad.com With more than $2 trillion in mutual fund assets, Vanguard is one of the largest investment companies in the world, and it has acquired a reputation among bargain-seeking investors for its low...

Is Gold a Good Investment in Today’s Volatile Times?

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January 3, 2014

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Ablestock.com I recently met with an Indian couple to review their investment portfolio. They are in their 30s and work as engineers in the U.S. They had just returned from visiting their families in India wi...