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YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH NOV 12, 2013
Should advisers upgrade to the new iPhone?

With all the buzz surrounding Apple's introduction of two new iPhones, <i>InvestmentNews</i> polled its panel of tech experts to find out if advisers should buy it. Here's what they said.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 11, 2013
Fed still expected to hold off tapering until spring

Economists' forecasts for a March taper contrast with investor expectations for an earlier reduction in quantitative easing

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH NOV 11, 2013
JPMorgan to consider chat-room ban amid regulatory scrutiny

The largest U.S. bank by assets is weighing whether to ban traders from using electronic chat rooms to communicate with peers at other firms as the forums draw scrutiny from global regulators.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 11, 2013
Fed still expected to hold off tapering until March even as jobs surge

The Federal Open Market Committee voted Oct. 30 to keep the pace unchanged, saying it needs more evidence of improvement in the economy.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES NOV 11, 2013
Gold demand declines to four-year low

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 07, 2013
In Facebook's wake, will exchanges face scrutiny in Twitter IPO?

Eighteen months after Facebook Inc.'s initial public offering was crippled by a Nasdaq OMX Group computer, equity markets get a shot at redemption tomorrow when the New York Stock Exchange hosts the debut of Twitter Inc.

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 07, 2013
SAC to close London office, cuts 6 U.S. money managers

SAC Capital Advisors plans to shut down its London office as the $14 billion hedge-fund firm founded by Steven A. Cohen scales back in the face of insider-trading allegations by U.S. prosecutors

INVESTING ETFS NOV 07, 2013
State Street to launch emerging market ETF without BRIC countries

New fund would allow investors to get more exposure to some of the smaller, potentially higher-growth areas of the market

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 05, 2013
Small-cap stocks double Dow Jones Industrial Average. Is economy gaining speed?

The smallest stocks are rallying almost twice as fast as bigger companies in the U.S., a bullish economic signal from businesses whose profits are most dependent on domestic demand.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 04, 2013
Shrinking pay at Goldman Sachs shows Wall Street poised for bonus gloom

Goldman Sachs, along with the investment-banking divisions of six of its biggest U.S. and European rivals, allocated a collective 39% of revenue for compensation in the first nine months, down from 42% a year earlier and the 50% some firms earmarked before the financial crisis. Goldman Sachs's 41% ratio so far this year is its lowest nine-month figure as a public company.