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Signs of trouble in consumer lending, renewed pressure to shrink staff and a slump in trading are rapidly becoming the big themes as U.S. banks post quarterly results.

The effect is likely to be profoundly destabilizing, disruptive and potentially materially damaging to hospitals and those exchanges plans who are still required to offer benefits.

Gun company stocks may be hidden in your retirement portfolios.

Regulators in California are letting health insurers build the death of a major Affordable Care Act subsidy program into their individual rates for 2018, in a way that may create a major opportunity for agents to reach out to consumers.

A boom in emerging market tech stocks is causing problems for fund managers -- and could lead to problems for retirement plan participants too.

'Clean' shares aren't new -- they're already here. But they may signal what the future looks like with or without the fiduciary rule.