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Investors setting themselves up for 'same disastrous pattern'
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SEP 01, 2011
Investors setting themselves up for 'same disastrous pattern'

A new study performed by Mark Matson shows investors' portfolios are 70% in cash and fixed-income securities. That's three-and-a-half times the allotment from just four years ago. Matson calls the stampede out of equities a 'dysfunctional process'

Crucial deficit committee features party stalwarts — and wildcards
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 31, 2011
Crucial deficit committee features party stalwarts — and wildcards

Panel must find $1.5 trillion in savings; taxes and entitlements on the table?

Labor Dept. to delay plan fee disclosure rules
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 31, 2011
Labor Dept. to delay plan fee disclosure rules

Labor Department proposal would push back the effective date for retirement plan service providers to begin disclosing fees to Jan. 1, 2012

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION AUG 30, 2011
Mounting regulations means mounting payrolls at advisory companies

A new survey shows investment management firms are spending-much needed capital on beefing up compliance departments -- rather than projects that boost the top line.

RIA NEWS AUG 28, 2011
Fidelity names Morrison head of fixed income

RIA NEWS AUG 28, 2011
Gold market bubble 'poised to burst,' Wells Fargo says

Speculative demand from investors has pushed the gold market into a “bubble that is poised to burst” after prices surged to a record this year, Wells Fargo & Co. said

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AUG 24, 2011
Advisers in tornado-ravaged Joplin under 'a cloud of shock'

Advisers in Joplin, Missouri are struggling to keep their businesses going in the aftermath of the deadly twister that flattened much of the city. Says one: 'A lot of things are on hold.'

ALTERNATIVES AUG 21, 2011
TD: Not all going swimmingly at Thinkorswim

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. said last week that some of its clients experienced issues with electronic trades after the company integrated its Thinkorswim options broker the previous weekend

Charles Schwab 2Q earnings hit the mark
RIA NEWS AUG 18, 2011
Charles Schwab 2Q earnings hit the mark

Charles Schwab Corp., the largest independent brokerage by client assets, reported second-quarter profit that matched the average analyst estimate as revenue from interest earned offset a decline in trading.

Doll: 'Trendless' market a pill, but health care stocks stand out
RIA NEWS AUG 17, 2011
Doll: 'Trendless' market a pill, but health care stocks stand out

BlackRock equity guru says medical sector is undervalued despite surge in cash flow