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Shortly after the stock market began its initial descent, Rob Phelan, a high school math teacher in Maryland, received an email sales pitch: ''The Coronavirus may be Fatal -- to [...]

Regulators are considering easing regular people's access to the private market where promising start-ups get their funding. Many investors may have fantasized about those ''if only'' investments. If only I [...]

The merger would create a brokerage giant with roughly $5 trillion in assets as the industry copes with zero commissions on stock trades. More than 40 years ago, Charles Schwab [...]

Regulators have new rules for Wall Street brokers providing investment advice: Act in your customers' best interest. But consumer advocates argue that the rules amount to little more than a [...]

Byline: TARA SIEGEL BERNARD Since the last major stock market plunge, back in 2008 and 2009, a new type of investment adviser has arrived on the scene. The robo-advisers, as [...]

Byline: TARA SIEGEL BERNARD Charles Schwab is poised to introduce an investment service for consumers who crave low-cost personalized advice but do not have a lot of money to invest. [...]

The article focuses on the significance of consulting the best adviser before giving out investment advice in the U.S. It is noted that some investment brokers are compelled to follow fiduciary standard at a higher level. Investors are recommended to consider the confusing different credentials of the brokers.

The article reports on the decade-long bull market that keeps rolling which became the longest such run in U.S. history on August 22, 2018. Topics discussed include the question faced by investors of whether they should be taking some money off the table and ideas for investors such as considering whether their tolerance has changed in terms of what sort of drop they could tolerate and considering how much risk their plans require.

The article reports on the recent introduction by Fidelity of two new index mutual funds that have no fees whatsoever. Topics discussed include a claim by analysts that the promise of no fees puts the company in a position to sell other products and services, the pressure it puts on other index-fund providers to lower fees, and an emerging industry trend toward lower-cost investing.

The article discusses the difficulties encountered by investors in understanding annuities. Topics discussed include the investment returns and the history of the introduction of annuities in the U.S., the details of elementary school teacher Melanie Panush Lindert's experience with annuities and her move to mutual funds to generate retirement income and the pros and cons of annuities, according to mathematicians.

The author discusses money app PiggyBot which is recommended for children, tools for people to increase investments and savings and listening to music through wireless speaker Sonos.

The author discusses for older people invested in stocks, the performance of market in retirement can have effect on one's portfolio and mentions that one needs to sell shares to get the cash that one needs.