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EQUITIES OCT 29, 2013
For more money managers, cash is king

As stock prices flirt with record highs, mutual fund managers, hedge fund honchos and private equity chiefs are finding few bargains. So they're moving to cash. Is that a bad sign for the market?

By Gregory Crawford
EQUITIES OCT 29, 2013
Oakmark finding value in unlikely places

The technology sector, for one, is an area not typically considered value.

By JKEPHART
EQUITIES OCT 28, 2013
Stock funds receive most money since 2000

Investors poured a net $45.5 billion into stock mutual and exchange-traded funds during October.

By JKEPHART
EQUITIES OCT 28, 2013
Gross says Icahn should leave Apple alone

Activist investor ups his stake in technology bellwether but tells CEO to buy back stock.

By Gregory Crawford
EQUITIES OCT 24, 2013
Small investors getting ripped off by smart, speedy traders

The Big Board's new owner says decade of change has disadvantaged the little guy.

By Gregory Crawford
EQUITIES OCT 24, 2013
MFS' Roberge: Time to ditch high-yield bonds for stocks

MFS CIO Roberge says bond prices and their low yields are worrisome.

By JKEPHART
EQUITIES OCT 24, 2013
Cash is trash? Depends on who you're talking to

Who in their right mind would own cash when it's a guaranteed losing proposition? You might be surprised.

By Gregory Crawford
EQUITIES OCT 24, 2013
No big bang for ING IPO

Stock trades higher after company cuts offering price; annuities biz viewed as financial drag

By Darla Mercado
EQUITIES OCT 24, 2013
ING U.S. sets stock offering price at $21-$24 a share

Company to change name to Voya Financial upon IPO, focus on retirement, investment, insurance.

By Darla Mercado
EQUITIES OCT 23, 2013
With Cole shares down, REIT's CEO faces questions over nixed deal

Rival Schorsch says company missed an opportunity by passing on his offer but that company fairly valued.

By Bruce Kelly
EQUITIES OCT 23, 2013
Cole Real Estate Investments starts trading, drops below Schorsch offer

On their first day of trading, shares of Cole Real Estate Investments fell 5.2%, to $10.90. That's well below the $12.50 per share bid that American Reality Capital lodged in a takeover try in March -- an offer that was rejected by Cole. Ouch.

By Bruce Kelly
Crowd funding could come back to bite broker-dealers
EQUITIES OCT 23, 2013
Crowd funding could come back to bite broker-dealers

Risks include lack of information, new reporting standards, Abshure says

By Bruce Kelly
EQUITIES OCT 21, 2013
LIVE FROM FPA EXPERIENCE: Advisers must account for portfolio risk

Advisers need to reconsider risk in client portfolios as markets enter what will be a "low return decade" for fixed income investments, according to an industry expert. Liz Skinner reports from FPA Experience in Orlando.

By Liz Skinner
EQUITIES OCT 21, 2013
Mom and pop can't quit emerging-market stocks. And that's good

Retail investors showing uncharacteristic resiliency in the face of lackluster performance.

By JKEPHART
EQUITIES OCT 17, 2013
Advisers feeling better about the economy and their clients – and it shows

Latest Brinker Capital survey finds advisers' investment outlook improving despite some nagging concerns about Washington.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES OCT 16, 2013
<font color=red>Morningstar's ETF conference</font> Vanguard and BlackRock see good times ahead

Downside risks are clear and present but 5-, 10-year outlooks solid, strategists say.

By JKEPHART
EQUITIES OCT 13, 2013
Small-caps: Fueled up but pricey

With a gain of more than 28% from the start of the year, small-caps have outperformed large-caps by 8 percentage points.

By Jeff Benjamin
Stocks surge in relief rally
EQUITIES OCT 11, 2013
Stocks surge in relief rally

Stock prices surged the most since January as signs emerged that lawmakers were inching toward a deal to increase the debt ceiling and avert a default. But it could all turn on a dime.

By Jason Kephart
EQUITIES OCT 10, 2013
Debt talks push stocks higher for second day in a row

S&P 500 Index reaches highest level since September.

By Gregory Crawford
EQUITIES OCT 09, 2013
Investors looking to protect capital as debt ceiling looms

No panic as many see last-minute deal getting done.

By Gregory Crawford