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RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 23, 2014
Former Fidelity COO Reynolds aims to oust former employer from top

Robert Reynolds, who built the industry's biggest 401(k) business while at Fidelity Investments, is seeking a reprise

MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 22, 2014
Past performance rules for unrated Gundlach fund

Tit-for-tat with Morningstar leaves DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund without a rating, but investors can't get enough of it.

EQUITIES JUL 22, 2014
Investing lessons from Lebron James

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> What bond investors can learn from Lebron James. Plus: Gold: It all depends on the Fed; commodities as a geopolitical hedge; investing in women; and golf stocks come up short.

EQUITIES JUL 22, 2014
Global consumer confidence soars

Plus: Credit Suisse exits the commodities trading business, Allianz stands by Bill Gross, silver has a golden summer run, three taxes we can all dislike together, and don't let tourist scams rain on your vacation

EQUITIES JUL 22, 2014
Something to fear: fear itself

In the world of financial market push-me-pull-you, there is nothing quite like the counterintuitive reality of market volatility, which is currently lower than it has been in years. Commonly dubbed the &#8220;fear index&#8221;, the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index (VIX) is languishing near its lowest point since 2007. If fear, as measured by volatility, is low, that's a good thing, right? Sort of.

ALTERNATIVES JUL 22, 2014
Some advisers using ill-suited benchmarks to measure alts performance

Morningstar survey shows a quarter of advisers look to standard index benchmarks to evaluate 'liquid alts.'

EQUITIES JUL 22, 2014
Russell rejiggers index benchmarks

On a major trading day, &#8220;passive&#8221; fund managers will be active traders as portfolios change.

ETFS JUL 22, 2014
Investors hungry for more ETFs

Majority of investors are confident about picking products, others want help.

ALTERNATIVES JUL 22, 2014
Impact investing gets a boost from Obama administration

Executive branch wants to spur more impact investing by encouraging collaboration between government and private investors and improving regulations.

FIXED INCOME JUL 22, 2014
Bond uncertainty lifts 'unconstrained' alts funds

Bond uncertainty lifts 'unconstrained' alts funds as Janus introduces second new offering in space this year

FIXED INCOME JUL 22, 2014
The bear market in bonds has not been seen and here's why

In Jeffrey Gundlach's 'no normal' world, the aging U.S. population means Treasuries can't lose.

RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 22, 2014
The magic range for alternatives allocations

A panel of experts weighs in on how much clients should ideally have invested in noncorrelated assets.

EQUITIES JUL 22, 2014
Gundlach: Betting against Treasuries is a fool's game

A growing number of portfolio managers, including DoubleLine Capital's Jeffrey Gundlach, are re-evaluating their forecasts for rising yields as Treasuries recorded their best annual start since 2008.

FIXED INCOME JUL 22, 2014
Gundlach not buying the housing recovery

For star bond manager Jeffrey Gundlach, the U.S. housing recovery isn't very rosy and so he's avoiding subprime debt despite its big rally in 2013.

ALTERNATIVES JUL 21, 2014
Claiming bad oversight, ex-rep urges investors reject REIT offer

Says adviser is lowballing American Spectrum.

EQUITIES JUL 21, 2014
IPOs draw heavy attention, but investors need caution

Performance history indicates that all the attention around IPOs means regular investors need to exercise extra caution.

EQUITIES JUL 21, 2014
Beware the IPO juggernaut

Initial public offerings are hot, but hot items can be too hot to handle and burn the unwary.

ALTERNATIVES JUL 21, 2014
RCS Capital's stock: How low can it go?

The broker-dealer saw its shares dip again on Thursday after it lowered the price of its secondary offering. That follows a 37% decline in the company's share price in the past month. Investors, however, could stand to benefit. Bruce Kelly has the story.

ALTERNATIVES JUL 21, 2014
Rich payday for Schorsch and his partners

Between <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20140529/FREE/140529913&quot;>RCAP's stock offering</a> and real estate firm's executive comp plan, Nicholas Schorsch and his team could enjoy a multimillion-dollar payday.

MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 21, 2014
How much should you allocate to nontraditional bonds?

Just because the mutual fund industry has been flooding the market with nontraditional bond funds is no reason to jump blindly into the space, according to Eric Jacobson, senior fund analyst and co-head of fixed income at Morningstar Inc.