Marines press ahead with JLTV purchase after Army quits program
The Marine Corps plans to push ahead with buying the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle to replace its Humvees, though it may end up with fewer than planned if the Army’s…
OBBBA Impact on Estate Planning and Life Insurance
Since the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, I’ve been watching how estate planners, tax advisors, investment advisors and life insurance agents are adapting their messaging in response…
RFG Advisory Relaunches Female-Focused Growth Program
RFG Advisory, the Birmingham, Ala.-based hybrid RIA platform with about $6.5 billion in client assets, has relaunched StrongHer Money, an internal program for training and coaching advisors on serving female…
Texas Rangers beat Arizona Diamondbacks to claim first World Series
Nathan Eovaldi pitched six gutsy innings, Mitch Garver broke a scoreless tie with an RBI single in the seventh and the Texas Rangers are World Series champions for the first…
People Moves: AssetMarket, Raymond James Add Leaders
AssetMark Hires Alyson Tucci as SVP, Corporate Strategy and Development Wealth management platform AssetMark has hired Alyson Tucci from a director position at Alvarez & Marsal as senior vice president…
401(k) Real Talk Episode 166: September 10, 2025
Welcome to this week’s edition of 401(k) Real Talk, where Fred Barstein, contributing editor for WealthManagement.com’s RPA channel, reviews all of last week’s industry news and selects the five most…
Betterment Bringing Vanilla’s Estate Planning to RIAs
Betterment Advisor Solutions, the custodial platform for independent RIAs, has formed a partnership to give advisors special access to Vanilla, the estate planning platform. At no extra charge to advisors…
The D Brief: ‘War’ on Chicago?; Unofficial name change; Russia’s biggest air raid; Undersea cables cut; And a bit more.
The president of the United States threatened the city of Chicago with “war” on Saturday, writing on social media, “Chicago [is] about to find out why it’s called the Department…
Here's how much per month it costs to own a home in the U.S.
If the challenge of scraping enough money to buy a home in the U.S. weren’t enough amid painfully high real estate prices, the cost of owning a home is also…
Even If Rates Go Down, We’re Not Out of the Woods Yet
Fed Chair Jerome Powell has hinted strongly recently about a potential rate cut in September. No surprise there. Conventional wisdom says lower interest rates are good for the economy because…
















