The Takeaway: Senate whales on JPMorgan, mostly for fun

MAR 15, 2013
Portfolio Michael Kitces: Who says investors are always better off "staying the course"? (Nerd's Eye View) The bull market may be younger than you think - what if it was reset in 2011? (Avondale) Morgan Stanley: The Galaxy phone is NBD, stick with Apple which is bottoming. (ValueWalk) Everyone's excited about the prospects for emerging market stocks except, well, people in the emerging markets. (Bloomberg) The Biz BREAKING: SEC settles with SAC for largest amount ever on an insider trading case, $600 million. (SEC.gov) Pimco wins a fourth straight Lipper award - for it's stock funds! Whaaaaaaa? (Reuters) Why some advisors are not thrilled about the Fidelity - BlackRock ETF deal. (ETF Trends) Vanguard's Martha King on helping advisors make it to the finish line. (Index Universe) Ira Sohn conference speaker lineup announced! (Market Folly) "After the SEC came knocking on the doors of one of LPL's largest advisory firms it set off some fireworks." (RIA Biz) Did you miss any of the London Whale senate tesitmony from JPMorgan's execs today on account of your having a real job and all? Fear not, liveblogged! (DealBook) Outliers Smokeshow actress Mila Kunis is getting interested in stock investing. Choose your own snarky or dismissive remark, I'll leave it up to you... (CNBC) *** Disclaimer: Joshua Brown is an investment advisor representative with Fusion Analytics. The content above is for informational purposes only, nothing here should ever be construed as investment advice or a solicitation to trade any securities. Mr. Brown or his firm may be long or short securities mentioned above for client or personal accounts at any time.

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