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FIXED INCOME NOV 18, 2012
What BAB backpedal says about Roths

RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 18, 2012
Ducking default, nontraded REIT sponsor cuts interest payments

FIXED INCOME NOV 16, 2012
Bond fund rush: Send in the clowns?

On pace for $300B in inflows this year as risks continue to rise; could get caught in mid-air

Amid fee war, advisers say price isn't paramount with bond ETFs
ETFS NOV 16, 2012
Amid fee war, advisers say price isn't paramount with bond ETFs

A new survey by Guggenheim Investments finds liquidity, not cost, is the real drawing card

EMERGING MARKETS NOV 15, 2012
Bringing the international opportunities into focus

EQUITIES NOV 15, 2012
Liz Ann Sonders on the fiscal cliff: Advisers are on lockdown

FIXED INCOME NOV 15, 2012
Assets swing like a pendulum do — but just how far?

Investors' bond allocation now double what it was in 2007

MassMutual sets 7% payout for '13, showing up fixed income
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 15, 2012
MassMutual sets 7% payout for '13, showing up fixed income

Move shows there's nothing plain about whole-life amid low rate environment.

EQUITIES NOV 15, 2012
Bill Gross: The U.S. debt damage

How can the U.S. not be considered the first destination of global capital in search of safe (although historically low) returns? Easy answer: It will not be if we continue down the current road and don't address our “fiscal gap.”

EMERGING MARKETS NOV 15, 2012
Where Pimco's Total Return Fund is invested now

Saumil Parikh, a portfolio manager for Pimco's Total Return Fund and a member of the firm's investment committee, on where the world's biggest mutual fund is increasing and lowering exposure.

'Titanic battle' over deflation about to sink long bonds: Gross
EQUITIES NOV 15, 2012
'Titanic battle' over deflation about to sink long bonds: Gross

Bill Gross sounded a warning on Thursday about the imminent return of inflation. This is not good news for clients sitting on a stack of long bonds.

MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 15, 2012
Vanguard drops AllianceBernstein as a subadviser for three funds

The Vanguard Group Inc. has dropped AllianceBernstein LP as a subadviser for three of its mutual funds.

Suddenly, money fund reform back in play
MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 13, 2012
Suddenly, money fund reform back in play

SEC opponent of earlier money fund reform now backs floating NAV; tide turning?

Absolutely scandalous: Why bad news makes for good investments
EQUITIES NOV 13, 2012
Absolutely scandalous: Why bad news makes for good investments

Negative headlines can be positively fabulous for a portfolio; accounting errors often add up to profits

Critics say floating NAV would sink money funds as retirement vehicles
MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 13, 2012
Critics say floating NAV would sink money funds as retirement vehicles

Industry groups change tactics in bid to scuttle restrictions proposed by SEC

Acid test? Lobbying dollars may neutralize Schapiro's money fund reform
MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 13, 2012
Acid test? Lobbying dollars may neutralize Schapiro's money fund reform

SEC boss faces tall task as fund companies spend big bucks to stave off tougher regs

Managed futures fund finds a way to hide some fees
ALTERNATIVES NOV 12, 2012
Managed futures fund finds a way to hide some fees

Operational shift allows managed futures fund to stop disclosing some fees and show lower expense ratio.

EQUITIES NOV 12, 2012
Better return with less risk? Dividend-paying small-caps pay off

About 900 companies to choose from; nearly 11% annualized return

EQUITIES NOV 12, 2012
One way to find value: Buy the ugly ducklings

Portfolio manager Kent Croft looks past negative noise to concentrate on finding out-of-favor stocks

ALTERNATIVES NOV 12, 2012
Behringer Harvard hit with suit

One of the largest nontraded REITs has been sued by an investor in a potential class action, with the investor alleging negligence and a breach of fiduciary duty.