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Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones makes a costly big short on the market

Plus: Public pensions will need lots of taxpayer help, this fund keeps beating the S&P, and the dire state of the golf course business

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Precious metals funds ride gold trade to 120% rally

Gold mining stocks continue to leverage rising gold prices.

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Active ETFs produce few stars and even fewer fans

Mutual fund firms move defensively toward active ETFs.

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DOL fiduciary rule’s unintended consequence: higher fees for investors

As broker-dealers move toward uniform commissions to comply with Labor Department rule, investors could end up paying higher prices than in an unregulated environment. (More: The DOL rule from all angles)

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A case for cash when stock prices are off the charts

Plus: The end of hedge fund fees, a mutual fund for the marijuana industry, and the economics of not getting married.

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Advisory group recommends SEC expand pool of accredited investors

Agency's Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies wants people with a Series 7, 65 or 82, or a CFA, to be eligible to buy unregistered securities.

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Liquid alt imposters fall to the wayside

Investors continue to ignore market hedging strategies.

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Dividend cuts possible at AR Global REITs, analysts say

The REITs are paying distributions to shareholders that exceed cash flow, in some cases by a wide margin.

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Massachusetts regulator William Galvin fines seven firms $238,000 for role in Realty Capital proxy fraud

Massachusetts securities regulator says agents for six B-Ds and an RIA submitted unauthorized proxy votes for nontraded REITs controlled by a Nicholas Schorsch firm.

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Schorsch’s AR Global looking to consolidate $10.5 billion of REITs

Move would generate fees and income from 20-year management agreements.

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Troubled Texas REIT defaults on $35 million loan

UDF IV also has suspended distributions to shareholders.

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Will Franklin Square start a nontraded product price war with its cheaper BDC?

Forget 10%, the firm's new business development company has a hard cap on fees and commissions at 8.95% of gross offering proceeds.

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New York REIT to liquidate

The real estate investment trust will seek to sell its assets and return the proceeds to shareholders, pay off its debt and delist from the New York Stock Exchange.

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Rob Arnott says cheesy copy cats are hurting smart beta investing

Plus: Gold is investing in monetary chaos, corporate bonds fly off the shelves, and more fuzzy employment math

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REIT ETFs trouncing stocks thanks to low interest rates and flight to passive investing

Real estate-focused exchange traded funds attracted $1.5 billion in new money in June, followed by $1.3 billion the month before, according to FactSet.

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Report says REIT changes proposed by AR Global would remove investor protections

Robert A. Stanger & Co. critical of proxies firm has sent out in preparation for possible consolidations.

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Former AR Global REIT director cries foul over potential merger

Robert Froehlich says fact that both acquiring REIT and REIT being acquired have same CFO is a 'manifest conflict of interest.'

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Decades after being barred, 85-year-old investment fraudster strikes again

Breakfast with Benjamin Forty-five years after being barred from the investment industry by the SEC, Donald Conrad was still able to rip off investors.

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ETF liquidity a growing point of financial industry contention

Little to indicate the ETF industry is fully prepared for a major rush to the exits by investors.