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NEWS WIREHOUSES APR 23, 2010
Ben Stein: Investors' biggest mistake was trusting Wall St.

Good sense has vanished from many areas of American life including how families manage their money, says economist and television commentator Ben Stein.

Wine investors' spirits pick up as index hits new high
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 23, 2010
Wine investors' spirits pick up as index hits new high

Chardonnay-sayers proved wrong, as fine wine index hits new high after tanking in 2008

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 23, 2010
Market undervalued? More money managers see it that way

Nearly 30% of investment pros describe equities as undervalued in the latest quarterly survey by Russell Investments

NEWS RIAS APR 23, 2010
Do Firms Sue When They Are Afraid to Compete?

How can an Advisor or a Firm "own" someone else's money?

NEWS WIREHOUSES APR 23, 2010
Recruiting protocol carve out by Merrill Lynch raises questions

Merrill Lynch is carving out some of its private banking units from the broker recruiting protocol.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 23, 2010
Newly formed MSSB signs recruitment protocol

New York-based MSSB became an official signatory to the pact yesterday when Morgan Stanley and Citigroup Inc.’s Smith Barney brokerage unit closed on their joint venture.

Not quite Federer, but this stock analyst's got game
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 22, 2010
Not quite Federer, but this stock analyst's got game

He's not quite Roger Federer. But Jonathan Pastel, a 34-year-old equity analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein, still competes in ATP events. His practice partner? John McEnroe

Moneyball: Perfect games offer crucial lesson for investors
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 22, 2010
Moneyball: Perfect games offer crucial lesson for investors

Halladay. Braden. Galarraga. The recent spate of perfect (and near-perfect) games may be more than coincidence -- a fact that should have investors rethinking their views on how the market works. A stretch? Hardly.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 22, 2010
Obama urges finance industry to end regulation fight

President Barack Obama is taking his argument for stronger oversight of the financial industry to the place where the economic meltdown began.

NEWS WIREHOUSES APR 22, 2010
Blog: 'Garden leave' policies are absurd

In the old days (pre 2004), firms would sue each other when an Advisor went from one firm to the other. “We own the book!” they cried (as if any firm or individual could somehow “own” someone else's money).

NEWS RIAS APR 22, 2010
Schwab reverses course on alternatives

The firm says it will once again accept the assets in its custody unit

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 22, 2010
Fuld: 'No recollection whatsoever' of Lehman's accounting gimmick

One-time CEO of one-time firm says he can't recall Repo 150; Fed apparently unaware as well

Should clients use immediate annuities in retirement?
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 22, 2010
Should clients use immediate annuities in retirement?

Take a look at a simple example and see under what circumstances an immediate annuity might be appealing.

Merrill brokerage force down from a year ago — but assets have risen
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 22, 2010
Merrill brokerage force down from a year ago — but assets have risen

The number of new $250,000-plus accounts jumped in the first quarter of the year

Jailed UBS whistle-blower seeks clemency
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 22, 2010
Jailed UBS whistle-blower seeks clemency

An imprisoned ex-Swiss banker credited with exposing widespread tax evasion at Swiss bank UBS AG is seeking clemency from President Barack Obama, his attorneys said Wednesday.

UBS posts largest quarterly profit in almost 3 years, as client outflows slow
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 22, 2010
UBS posts largest quarterly profit in almost 3 years, as client outflows slow

With asset withdrawals waning, the Swiss bank booked its largest quarterly profit in almost three years

Peter Schiff: The Fed is inflating the 'biggest bubble of them all'
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 22, 2010
Peter Schiff: The Fed is inflating the 'biggest bubble of them all'

During the 1990s, inflationary Federal Reserve policy fueled a tech stock bubble. When that bubble burst, the Fed inflated a larger one in real estate. Now that the real estate bubble has burst, the Fed is inflating the biggest bubble of them all -- a government bubble.

NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 22, 2010
Peter Schiff: 'Good reason to believe' home prices will collapse

Broker -- and candidate for the U.S. Senate -- says the latest government plan will further distort the underlying economics of the real estate market

Will accounting 'gimmicks' come back to bite Lehman's Fuld?
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 22, 2010
Will accounting 'gimmicks' come back to bite Lehman's Fuld?

A bankruptcy court examiner detailed how Lehman Brothers moved toxic assets off its balance sheet -- then repurchased them. The revelation is putting plenty of heat on the firm's former boss.

Georgis returns to the fold, rejoins Schwab
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS APR 22, 2010
Georgis returns to the fold, rejoins Schwab

Just weeks after the departure of Barnaby Grist, Nicholas Georgis unexpectedly rejoins Charles Schwab.