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President Obama met with congressional leaders at the White House on Friday to negotiate over the expiration of the Bush tax cuts and the looming problem of the so-called “fiscal cliff,” with the leaders agreeing that the meeting had been constructive.

These days, it seems like all the media can talk about is whether or not Republicans and Democrats in Washington can come to an agreement over the so-called “fiscal cliff”. But what exactly is it?

Three years ago, Shannon Ryan of Manhattan Beach, Calif., left a position training and overseeing advisors with Ameriprise to return to full-time planning herself. The veteran of a successful planning practice years earlier on the East Coast, Ryan realized that her neighbors in California knew her mainly as the mother to two young daughters.

FTSE Group is furthering its relationship with Vanguard by licensing two more indices: the FTSE Canada High Dividend Yield Index and the FTSE Canada All Cap Real Estate Capped 25% Index, to Vanguard as the basis of two new exchange-traded funds to be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Greenspan said, "If we get out of this with a moderate recession, I would say that the price is very cheap."

PIMCO continues to dominate the active exchange-traded funds space in terms of assets and market share.

The firm promoted Garrett Alton, a managing director of sales for Georgia, to a newly created role overseeing the firm’s sales teams in key Central and Mid-Atlantic U.S. markets.

More than half (55%) of Americans age 53 – 65 say they plan to continue working full-time as long as their health permits, up from 51% last year.

Ask Ed Slott, Your IRA Expert, answers your questions about 401(k) and IRAs.

Total money market mutual fund assets decreased by $2.54 billion to $2.575 trillion for the week ended Wednesday, according to data from the Investment Company Institute.