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REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 04, 2010
Finra hits Scottrade with $200K fine

The discount brokerage allegedly let day some traders using borrowed money keep on trading -- even though the value of their holdings fell below regulatory minimums

RIA NEWS OCT 01, 2010
Uncle Sam's bailout bets beating Treasuries by a mile

Washington's $309B in TARP investments has generated an 8.3% return

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE OCT 01, 2010
SEC, CFTC consider more rules to defuse 'flash crash'

Joint task force holds panel discussion with ETF providers, experts

ETFS OCT 01, 2010
ETF providers consider curbing market orders

A prohibition on market orders for exchange-traded funds would help prevent another “flash crash,” ETF providers told attendees at an industry gathering in New York this morning.

RIA NEWS OCT 01, 2010
Morgan Stanley postpones brokerage goals, blames flash crash

Morgan Stanley said it will miss profit-margin goals for its brokerage joint venture with Citigroup Inc.'s Smith Barney, blaming the May 6 market crash for scaring away investors.

FIXED INCOME OCT 01, 2010
First-half report card: Bonds beating stocks by most since 2001

Bond returns are exceeding stock gains by the widest margin in nine years as optimism that greeted the year evaporates and investors around the world question the strength of the economic recovery.

RIA NEWS SEP 30, 2010
Incite: Republicans' pledge misses radical fixes U.S. needs

'Pledge to America' offers mostly centrist policy changes; lobbing 'firecrackers' instead of missiles

RIA NEWS SEP 30, 2010
'Super boom' will push Dow over 38,000, Hirsch predicts

Stock Trader's Almanac editor sees 8.9% annual gain for DJIA over next fifteen years; 'can't throw a dart that far'

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES SEP 30, 2010
Analysts shoot holes in rumored Lincoln-Manulife deal

Acquisition of U.S. company — and its variable annuity business — would hike Manulife's exposure to volatile equity markets

REGULATION, LEGAL & COMPLIANCE SEP 29, 2010
Wall Street lobbyists descend upon 'sleepy little agency'

Banks swarm the CFTC in a bid to to blunt new derivatives rules. One official described the campaign as 'unprecedented'