The CME may have opened floodgates for institutional money to pour into Bitcoin, paving the way for ETF's as well. Could this be the next step for government involvement in Bitcoin currency? Other topics include:

• New Jersey Bureau of Security fining LPL Financial over nontraded REITs

• Year-end tax planning

• Home owners insurance

• 2018 estate and gift tax exemptions

• Getting out of AMT taxes in California

• Is it time to get into commodities?

• Socially responsible bond ETF’s