Advisor decisions relying more on home office models, survey says

Most financial advisors base investment decisions on home office models, with new data showing that the profession continues to move more toward planning and customer service. With a surfeit of models available from home offices and third parties such as asset managers, asset allocation is now all but commoditized, according...

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Massachusetts fines Fidelity $750,000

Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin fined Fidelity Brokerage Services $750,000 over the company’s alleged past practice of “rubber-stamping” clients’ applications to trade options, according to a statement from Galvin’s office. Galvin, long an unpopular figure in the retail securities industry because of his wide powers over Wall...

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Oddity Tech expects Q3 2023 sales to grow up to 31%

Oddity Il MakiageCoutesy: OddityOddity Tech released preliminary third-quarter results on Monday that show expected revenue growth of 29% to 31%, driven by repeat sales at its Il Makiage and Spoiled Child brands.The newly public retailer, which started trading on the Nasdaq in July and uses artificial intelligence to develop...

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If you resold a Taylor Swift ticket for a profit, prepare to pay taxes

Taylor Swift performs onstage at Lumen Field in Seattle on July 22, 2023.Mat Hayward/tas23 | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty ImagesTaylor Swift fans forked out an average $2,183 for a resold ticket to a concert on the superstar's Eras Tour, according to resale research site TicketIQ. Now, ticket resellers...

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Drugmakers agree to Medicare drug price negotiations: What’s next

A pharmacist holds a bottle of the drug Eliquis, made by Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, at a pharmacy in Provo, Utah, January 9, 2020.George Frey | ReutersAll drugmakers of the first 10 medicines selected for Medicare drug price negotiations have agreed to participate in the talks, even after many of them...

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FCC enforces first space debris penalty in Dish Network settlement

Signage is seen at the headquarters of the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D.C.Andrew Kelly | ReutersThe Federal Communications Commission announced a settlement with Dish Network on Monday in the regulator's first penalty related to space debris.Dish admitted it was liable for failing to properly dispose of the EchoStar-7...

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