For the retirement industry, the beginning of 2018 seems far in the past.

In January, the Labor Department's fiduciary rule was partially implemented, with retirement professionals prepping for the remainder of the regulation by a delayed 2019 deadline.

The economy was setting up for a parabolic burst, courtesy of the tax cuts passed last year, as economists debated the merits and sustainability of debt-financed stimulus.

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