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INVESTING ETFS MAR 01, 2011
Guggenheim adds to collection, snaps up Securities Benefit in latest acquisition

Guggenheim Partners LLC, an investment firm founded by the famous family for which it is named, announced today it is acquiring Security Benefit Corp. — and with it Rydex SGI.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 28, 2011
Raymond James auction-rate suit first to be upheld

Raymond James & Associates must face a lawsuit claiming it defrauded buyers of auction-rate securities, the first class-action complaint following the market's 2008 collapse to survive a judge's initial review.

Reported pricing probe latest 'oh no' moment for muni bond biz
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 25, 2011
Reported pricing probe latest 'oh no' moment for muni bond biz

A reported pricing probe by the Securities and Exchange Commission is just the latest 'oh no' moment for the muni bond biz

NEWS RIAS FEB 24, 2011
Rockefeller & Co. lands ex-Goldman Sachs big O'Hara

Will serve as managing director for firm with $7.1B in AUMs; outfit started out as John D.'s family office in 1882

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION FEB 23, 2011
Lack of crackdown a golden opportunity to short banks?

Absent true reform, and eager to jack up profits, some Wall Street firms will once again make risky bets -- and probably crap out

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 22, 2011
Adviser's Bookshelf: Brace yourself for the new world order

At a party during a trip to China in the 1930s, Nikos Kazantzakis, one of the foremost writers and thinkers to emerge from Greece in the 20th century, became involved in a deep conversation with a mandarin.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 20, 2011
Buffett takes a drubbing? Yep, at least on this stock

Warren E. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has sold its stake in Bank of America Corp., ending an investment that spanned three and a half years, in which the stock lost more than two-thirds of its value

'Smash and grab' for 400 reps at failed B-D
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 18, 2011
'Smash and grab' for 400 reps at failed B-D

QA3, the brokerage founded by Steve Wild, is closing its doors on Friday, according to an internal e-mail. Recruiters, who have been flying lazy circles over the firm, are now descending on the B-D -- and its highly prized 400 registered reps.

Warren Buffett: The worst stock I 'ever bought'
RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 18, 2011
Warren Buffett: The worst stock I 'ever bought'

Warren Buffett, who amassed the world's third-biggest personal fortune through decades of stock picks and takeovers, told CNBC his worst investment was the textile mill that gave its name to Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH FEB 17, 2011
TechCheck: Fund managers get help for taxing situation