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RIA NEWS NOV 25, 2009
Weekly jobless claims drop below 500,000

FIXED INCOME NOV 25, 2009
Six-month Treasury rates hit record low

Interest rates on six-month Treasurys hit their lowest level on record and three-month bills their lowest point in 11 months in Monday's auction of T-bills.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 25, 2009
MBIA reinsures troubled competitor's portfolio

MBIA Insurance Corp. will reinsure a $184 billion portfolio of bonds previously backed by the troubled Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.

FINTECH NOV 25, 2009
But I just learned HTML

What is a telltale sign that a subject has arrived?

FINTECH NOV 25, 2009
SEC proposes XBRL for mutual funds

SEC has unanimously approved a proposal that would require mutual funds to use computer tags to label key information about fees, performance and strategies.

FINTECH NOV 25, 2009
Inside XBRL

Extensible business reporting language, or XBRL, is a language standard used to communicate business and financial information electronically.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 25, 2009
MBIA chief mulls business split

John Brown told Bloomberg that the insurer would either divide its guarantee business into two entities or raise capital.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 25, 2009
FGIC plans new bond insurer

Financial Guaranty Insurance Co. wants to split itself into two companies.

FINTECH NOV 25, 2009
XBRL plan a win-win for industry, investors

No one can accuse Christopher Cox of being a neophyte when it comes to technology.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 23, 2009
Devote time now to prepare a business plan for next year

After the turbulent year that many advisers have had, your goals should be to stay focused and keep things simple. Your business plan should include dividing clients into appropriate categories, developing a detailed communications plan with investment and lifestyle ideas, setting goals for assets under management, creating tiered service levels, and devising a top-client asset retention strategy.