The new titans of Wall Street have their eyes on your savings (BX)

Private equity firms are killing it. Money typically follows performance, and so investors have been pouring funds into the private equity asset class in recent years. Nowhere is this more clear than at Blackstone, the largest publicly-traded private equity firm, which said Thursday that assets under management had hit a record high of $387 billion.

Here's How Money Managers Plan to Battle 401(k) Cuts in Trump's Tax Plan

Big money managers, already on guard to protect one of their richest sources of assets, are on alert as more details emerge on how prized 401(k) contributions could fall victim to President Donald Trump’s tax overhaul plan. The New York Times reported Friday that the administration may seek to limit pretax contributions to 401(k) plans to as little as $2,400 annually, down from the current maximum of $18,000 for most workers and $24,000 for those 50 years or older. The measure, rumored for months as a way to help offset the individual and corporate tax cuts that the Trump administration hopes to enact by year end, would essentially pull future tax revenues forward by requiring Americans to pay taxes on retirement savings now instead of when they tap their nest eggs.

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Billionaire Ken Fisher Reveals the Stocks to Own in This Bull Market

Given where we are in the bull market, investors should own certain types of stocks according to billionaire Ken Fisher, founder and executive chairman of Fisher Investments. "When we're in the latter third of a bull market, you want to own big, well-known names and overwhelmingly in tech, healthcare, consumer staples, but not consumer discretionary -- telecom and also financials." For financials, Fisher prefers foreign financials over U.S. financials. "The U.S. banks are impacted by a flattening yield curve to the extent that the Fed raises short-term rates - which doesn't apply to foreign banks," he said. "Foreign banks' loan structure is markedly different than American banks' loan structure."