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RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 28, 2010
California's 2012 pension liabilities five times state's annual tax haul

Report recommends shifting investment risk onto employees; 'imperative'

RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 28, 2010
Americans face $6.6T shortfall in retirement savings, says advocate

Americans must confront a multitrillion-dollar shortfall in savings if they plan to maintain their standard of living during retirement, according to a study released last week.

Dem-GOP tax talk: 'A lot of theater' — but little action
REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 28, 2010
Dem-GOP tax talk: 'A lot of theater' — but little action

Congress returned to work this week with a flurry of statements and posturing by political leaders regarding the soon-to-expire Bush administration tax cuts. The maneuvering likely sets the stage for a pre-election battle, rather than a compromise.

Is gold rush the latest tulip bulb frenzy?
RIA NEWS OCT 28, 2010
Is gold rush the latest tulip bulb frenzy?

Gold is about the hottest investment going, with investors buying up the bars in record numbers. Can the dramatic run-up in the price of the precious metal continue -- or will bullion eventually end up in the soup?

EMERGING MARKETS OCT 27, 2010
Real deal: Brazil stocks could rise 70% next year, says analyst

Brazil's stock market may surge as much as 70 percent to a record by the end of 2011 as low interest rates worldwide and “reasonable” valuations lure investors, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.

El-Erian: Bond inflows too much of good thing
FIXED INCOME OCT 27, 2010
El-Erian: Bond inflows too much of good thing

Pacific Investment Management Co.'s Mohamed A. El-Erian said business is booming at the world's largest manager of bond funds and that isn't a good sign for the U.S. economy.

REGULATION AND LEGISLATION OCT 27, 2010
Who's supposed to watch what?

A growing fog of regulation is blurring the line that separates the compliance responsibilities of broker-dealers from those of their clearing firms.

EMERGING MARKETS OCT 27, 2010
One group that will survive the 'new normal': Pimco's El-Erian

Mohamed A. El-Erian, whose firm runs the world's biggest mutual fund, says sovereign wealth funds are poised to profit from a reshaping of the global economy known as the “new normal.”

MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 26, 2010
LPL's Kleintop: Why are individual investors on a 'buyers strike'?

U.S. stocks, as measured by the S&P 500, are up 15% in the three and a half months since the beginning of the second half of 2010

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES OCT 26, 2010
B-Ds countersue insurers in clash over stranger-originated annuities

Tangle stems from estate planner's alleged scheme to profit from deaths of annuitants