ETFs' roles in fee-based portfolios are on the dramatic increase, but that's also prompted the need for more due dilligence teams to examine the products.

Though Barack Obama and Mitt Romney rarely tackle the topic of abortion head-on, the void is being filled by rival advocacy groups targeting swing states with ads depicting one or the other candidate as an extremist in his stance on the divisive issue.

Most investors between the ages of 21 and 50 are focused on saving for retirement, but most are not saving enough.

WebMD extended its poison pill defense, first put into place to ward off billionaire investor Carl Icahn, for another two years.