Plenty, according to state regulators. They say recent exams revealed that advisers are increasingly attaching 'RIA' after their signatures as it were an earned designation. It isn't -- and doing so violates the rules | <b>Extra </b> <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=CI&Date=20110923&Category=FREE&ArtNo=923009999&Ref=PH>The 10 states with the most CPAs</a>
Many don't realize the restrictions that apply to such investments; 'stable-value, not guaranteed'
Even a puny rise in interest rates will slam current holders of U.S. debt; inflationary shock 'a high probability'
Famed hedge fund manager boosts long positions to 65% of holdings;
Head of Pimco's Total Return Fund dramatically ups allocation to U.S. housing bonds
Analysts continue to cut their their price predictions for large caps despite hefty corporate profits. One even went so far as to raise his projections for large-cap earnings, but lowered his estimates for the S&P 500 | <b>Extra</b> <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=CI&Date=20111003&Category=FREE&ArtNo=100309999&Ref=PH>Reasons to be cheerful/fearful about stocks</a>
Short-sales mount amid gathering economic storm: 'get some protection or get out altogether'
Pimco Total Return Fund being outperformed by 80% of funds in its category this year; missed out on Treasuries
Blackstone big forced to rejigger prediction that S&P 500 would top 1,500 this year; Barton Biggs retrenching as well