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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 18, 2011
Angela Merkel: 'The lady with the checkbook'

As leaders of Europe's linchpin economy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds the fate of the global economy in her hands.

INVESTING FIXED INCOME DEC 16, 2011
Surge in muni defaults seen unlikely

State and local governments are unlikely to experience a “material increase” in municipal defaults over the next three to five years, according to a study by Kroll Bond Rating Agency Inc.

Forget the frankincense and myrrh, gold hoard hits record level
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 16, 2011
Forget the frankincense and myrrh, gold hoard hits record level

Most analysts see no end in sight to rise in price of bullion; copper's a different story

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 15, 2011
Euro hits 11-month low, under 'acute' pressure

The euro fell below $1.30 for the first time since January as Italian borrowing costs increased at a debt auction and Spanish banks' borrowings from the European Central Bank climbed by the most in a year.

Jeremy Grantham: 'No market for young men'
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 15, 2011
Jeremy Grantham: 'No market for young men'

Jeremy Grantham, the GMO chief investment officer, on what would would happen if markets 'over-correct' like they have after other sizable equity bubbles.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 13, 2011
Stock pickers divided over market forecast

INVESTING ETFS DEC 13, 2011
BlackRock CEO Fink slams SocGen unit's synthetic ETFs

Laurence D. Fink, chief executive of BlackRock Inc., stepped up his criticism of some exchange-traded funds such as those provided by Société Générale SA, saying that he doesn't want them to damage the industry

Women not sure how their advisers make money: Survey
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 12, 2011
Women not sure how their advisers make money: Survey

Transparency lacking in how fee, commission-based advisers differ

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 11, 2011
Boomers roll the dice, skip meds to make ends meet

Falling investment returns, rising costs of necessities has pre-retirees cutting back on prescriptions, skipping doctors' appointments, study finds

LPL fined over sale of risky partnerships to seniors
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES DEC 11, 2011
LPL fined over sale of risky partnerships to seniors

B-D failed to supervise adequately ex-rep in Oregon who flogged the investments; some clients in their 80s