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Retiring Baby Boomers and Millennials will have a major impact on the grocery industry in the next eight years, including where and how consumers shop for groceries and the products they choose.

Total U.S. retirement assets rose 6.3 percent to $18.9 trillion in the first quarter of 2012, up from $17.8 trillion on Dec. 31, 2011, according to data compiled by the Investment Company Institute.

Of course everyone knows the big news this week about the Supreme Court upholding Obamacare.

Highfields Capital Management LP increased its stake in Genworth Financial Inc. and the hedge fund plans to discuss options for the insurance company's mortgage insurance operations and other businesses, according to a regulatory document filed Thursday.

FINRA is looking closely at disclosure, suitability and yield-chasing practices associated with VAs.

Following trends can be the best way to work with alternative investments, says the CEO of Longboard, an alternative asset management firm.