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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 27, 2012
It's suddenly hard to extract value from mining companies

Miners a major yawn for investors; cheap P/E ratios could reignite demand

INVESTING FIXED INCOME AUG 26, 2012
Experts brush off Buffett's muni retreat

Corn price as high as an elephant's eye — but beware
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS AUG 24, 2012
Corn price as high as an elephant's eye — but beware

Clients looking to make a quick buck off the grain's meteoric price rise could come a-cropper.

No money fund victory lap for Federated's Donahue just yet
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 23, 2012
No money fund victory lap for Federated's Donahue just yet

SEC may have bailed on money-market fund reform, but the Financial Stability Oversight Council looms ahead

INVESTING EQUITIES AUG 22, 2012
Berkowitz dumps Buffett, adds to broker-dealer

Is Bruce Berkowitz down on Warren Buffett? Could be, seeing how Fairholme Capital unloaded nearly all of its Berkshire Hathaway A shares in the second quarter.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 22, 2012
B-Ds throw in together to pitch nontraded REITs

Amid industry difficulties, CNL and Behringer pair up to scare up cash for property trusts

Money fund firms hedging in case SEC breaks the buck
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 21, 2012
Money fund firms hedging in case SEC breaks the buck

Looming regulatory reform sees launch of alternative products; everything old is new again

NEWS RIAS AUG 21, 2012
Hashtag slag: Next NAPFA boss calls Finra 'colossal failure,' B-Ds 'dinosaurs'

Ron Rhoades, the next chairman of NAPFA, is not bashful about bashing folks on Twitter. Some choice cuts: The future boss of the financial advisers association recently called Finra a 'colossal failure,' and labelled B-Ds 'dinosaurs'.

With managed futures funds, think long think wrong
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 20, 2012
With managed futures funds, think long think wrong

Short-term funds far outstripping those tracking longer trend lines; target 'overreactions'

Vanguard to bond holders: Bumpy ride ahead
INVESTING FIXED INCOME AUG 20, 2012
Vanguard to bond holders: Bumpy ride ahead

Boring asset class could be headed for its share of spills and thrills, fund firm warns; no cushion left