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A new company allows Baby Boomers looking for cheap accommodation to connect with homeowners looking for trustworthy people to watch their house and pets.

Mary Hardy is the Vice President of Healthcare for Ayasdi, a developer of machine intelligent applications for health systems and payer organizations.

The group aims to provide planners with new technology focused on helping a firm become compliant, but it may cost them.

With retirement accounts being affected by the upcoming fiduciary rule, many advisers aren’t sure what their first step should be.

Tom Greene is an executive vice president with Alliant Employee Benefits in Atlanta, Georgia. He works with the firm’s largest clients on innovations related to employee health and productivity. Prior to joining Alliant, he served as the practice leader for integrated absence and disability at Mercer in Atlanta.

An ounce of gold bought as little as 73.1 ounces of silver on Friday, the smallest ratio in almost a month.

ETFs are product of choice as 83% of advisers say they currently hold them in their portfolios or are recommending them to clients in the future, according to a recent survey.

Fischman, CFP, is a Registered Representative offering securities through NYLIFE Securities LLC, Member FINRA/SIPC, A Licensed Insurance Agency, Financial Adviser offering investment advisory services through Eagle Strategies LLC, a Registered Investment Advisor. Fischman Insurance Group is not owned or operated by NYLIFE Securities LLC or its affiliates and does not provide tax, legal or accounting advice. He is also a member of the Million Dollar Round Table.

Firms that want to grow put each employee to work around that goal. In time, the culture will become one that prizes new initiatives.

With a few simple tweaks to their strategy, planners can stop making flubs that can hurt their business — or even their personal brand.