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Reuters Money: Whacking the economy with a wrench: James Saft

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05/23/2014
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Whacking the economy with a wrench: James Saft
(Reuters) - Did you ever get to the point when trying unsuccessfully to fix something you just start whacking it with a wrench?
Successful financial advisers use software, plan well
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Many folks hired to be financial planners may not be planning their time well, a number of studies show. But those who do are more successful and tend to grow their firms with fewer drawbacks, such as stress and exhaustion.
BlackRock's Thiel says periphery bond holdings lowest in two years
LONDON (Reuters) - BlackRock, the world's biggest asset manager, said on Friday one of its main bond funds had cut its holdings of peripheral euro zone government debt to their lowest since the height of the crisis.
Executives at failed Connecticut hedge fund plead guilty
(Reuters) - Three former executives of New Stream Capital LLC, a failed Connecticut hedge fund, have pleaded guilty to conspiring to mislead their clients to keep their largest investor, federal prosecutors said on Thursday.
U.S.-based stock funds post $7.6 billion outflows: Lipper
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors in U.S.-based funds pulled $7.6 billion out of stock funds in the week ended May 21 on weak U.S. economic data and disappointing corporate results, data from Thomson Reuters' Lipper service showed on Thursday.
Move over, Florida! Remote locations lure retirees
NEW YORK (Reuters) - If you had to guess where a particular 78-year-old American retiree who plays bridge and has three great-grandchildren lives, what would you say?
U.S. muni bond funds post $663.6 million in inflows: Lipper
(Reuters) - U.S. municipal bond funds reported $663.6 million of net inflows in the week ended May 21, compared with $616.5 million in inflows in the previous week, according to data released by Lipper on Thursday.
Wall St. watchdog boosts tech hires as two big data projects loom
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An industry-funded watchdog is beefing up its aging technology as it takes on broader oversight of U.S. stock trading and seeks to manage both a new surveillance program and data-collection system that will usher in an era of big data on Wall Street.
Financial advisers eye Social Security benefits planning
(Reuters) - Many retirees don't maximize their Social Security retirement benefits because they start them at the wrong time or overlook more sophisticated claiming strategies. Those can be costly mistakes, according to a growing body of research.
An army of robots may soon be deployed: to care for the aged
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Imagine you're 85, and living alone. Your children are halfway across the country, and you're widowed. You have a live-in aide - but it's not human. Your personal robot reminds you to take your medicine, monitors your diet and exercise, plays games with you, and even helps you connect with family members on the Internet.
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