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EMERGING MARKETS OCT 27, 2010
One group that will survive the 'new normal': Pimco's El-Erian

Mohamed A. El-Erian, whose firm runs the world's biggest mutual fund, says sovereign wealth funds are poised to profit from a reshaping of the global economy known as the “new normal.”

MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 26, 2010
LPL's Kleintop: Why are individual investors on a 'buyers strike'?

U.S. stocks, as measured by the S&P 500, are up 15% in the three and a half months since the beginning of the second half of 2010

ALTERNATIVES OCT 26, 2010
Hottest alternative? Managed-futures funds, research shows

Managed-futures funds represent the most popular category among alternative strategies, according to the latest research from BarclayHedge Ltd.

Vanguard drops fees, upping pressure on Fidelity
ETFS OCT 26, 2010
Vanguard drops fees, upping pressure on Fidelity

Vanguard reduces its rake for two million customers. The move, says one fund industry watcher, 'puts some heat' on rival Fidelity.

TD Ameritrade to offer commission-free ETF trades on 100 funds
ETFS OCT 26, 2010
TD Ameritrade to offer commission-free ETF trades on 100 funds

Brokerage TD Ameritrade has begun offering commission-free ETF trades on more than 100 different funds that have bee chosen by Morningstar.

ALTERNATIVES OCT 26, 2010
Hedge funds outpacing large-caps this year

Nine-month return double that of the S&P 500; 'growing optimism'

Regulators zero in on leveraged and inverse ETFs
ETFS OCT 26, 2010
Regulators zero in on leveraged and inverse ETFs

State security officials say they're ramping up oversight of leveraged and inverse exchange traded funds. The chief worry? Brokers themselves may not understand how the complex products actually work.

FIXED INCOME OCT 25, 2010
Faber: Unload bonds while you still can

Global markets are heading for an “important turning point” as interest rates begin to rise within about three months and the U.S. dollar gains, according to investor Marc Faber.

MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 24, 2010
PORTFOLIO MANAGER PERSPECTIVES

ALTERNATIVES OCT 22, 2010
Madoff trustee wins $180M from hedge fund

The trustee for Bernard Madoff's investment-advisory business won a $180 million default judgment against Vizcaya Partners Ltd. over claims the hedge fund profited from the conman's fraud.

MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 21, 2010
Rare sighting: American Funds tees up new fund

American Funds, which is a unit of The Capital Group Cos. Inc., has come out with only two mutual funds in the past decade. The new offering, called the American Funds Global Balanced Fund, is set to make its debut Feb. 1.

EQUITIES OCT 21, 2010
What Warren Buffett is buying and selling now

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. sold stakes in Home Depot Inc. and CarMax Inc. and cut its holding of Nike Inc. as the billionaire replaced a retiring investment manager and built the company's cash holdings.

MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 21, 2010
ASPPA, Spark to SEC: Dump your 12(b)-1 proposal

Retirement plan advisers and record keepers should have an out, the groups contend

Grantham and Biggs: Emerging markets about to burst?
EMERGING MARKETS OCT 21, 2010
Grantham and Biggs: Emerging markets about to burst?

“We're only halfway along the way to a gigantic eventual bubble in the emerging markets,” says Barton Biggs, the managing partner of New York-based hedge-fund firm Traxis Partners LLC. And he's not alone in his belief.

MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 21, 2010
Vanguard slammed for 'delayed' firing of AllianceBernstein

Newsletter editor skewers firm's handling of U.S Growth Fund

MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 21, 2010
Bruce Berkowitz goes Old School with new fund

Famed investor looks to gain more flexibility with latest Fairholme offering. Says one industry watcher: “It's like going back to the days of old with a mutual fund that will make you money by going anywhere."

FIXED INCOME OCT 21, 2010
Paging long-term investors: Goldman to issue 50-year bonds, says source

Debt aimed at retail investors matures in 2060

SEC targeting 12(b)-1 fees – but soft dollars fly under the radar
MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 21, 2010
SEC targeting 12(b)-1 fees – but soft dollars fly under the radar

The SEC says it's targeting 12(b)-1 fees to help protect investors. Meanwhile, soft dollars fly under the radar. Critics say that needs changing.

EQUITIES OCT 20, 2010
For yield, stocks are beating bonds, says WHG's Freeman

In a wide-open pursuit of investment yield, stocks are trumping bonds, according to Mark Freeman, manager of the WHG Income Opportunity Fund Ticker:(WHGIX).

FIXED INCOME OCT 20, 2010
What's a Reg D security really worth? Finra has questions

B-Ds' account statements come under scrutiny; further guidance from regulator possible