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EQUITIES APR 08, 2013
U.S. stocks have more room to advance

After the best quarter in a year, stock prices have room for more gains but some analysts are looking for earnings power to drive the rally.

By Gregory Crawford
EQUITIES APR 08, 2013
Kashkari's Pimco exit may be more about performance than politics

Slow growth for equity unit may have hastened his exit, pundits say.

By Randy Diamond
FIXED INCOME APR 07, 2013
Stockton bankruptcy sends chilly message to muni bondholders

Pensioners bump muni bonds from senior debt status

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES APR 07, 2013
Structured notes offer too-good-to-be true returns

Marketing hype makes structured notes sound like a sure thing. Read the fine print and you might come away with a slightly different conclusion.

By Gregory Crawford
FIXED INCOME APR 05, 2013
Bad news for Lerner in REIT flap

David Lerner Associates Inc. isn't out of the legal woods despite the stiff sanctions leveled against it last week over the firm's sale of nontraded REITs and municipal bonds.

By Bruce Kelly
Finra hammers David Lerner Associates, suspends 'Poppy'
ALTERNATIVES APR 05, 2013
Finra hammers David Lerner Associates, suspends 'Poppy'

Finra on Monday lowered the boom on David Lerner Associates and its high-profile CEO.

By Bruce Kelly
FIXED INCOME APR 04, 2013
SEC says Illinois misled investors over pension funding

By Darla Mercado
MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 31, 2013
American bullish on bonds

By JKEPHART
American Funds to launch three bond funds in 2013
EQUITIES MAR 31, 2013
American Funds to launch three bond funds in 2013

American Funds will launch three bond funds in 2013, but the company insists the move is not a reaction to heavy stock outflows.

By JKEPHART
EQUITIES MAR 28, 2013
American Funds back in the black, boosted by shift to equities

Buoyed by the flood into equities, American Funds finally recorded net positive inflows last month. The question: Where to from here?

By JKEPHART
Morgan Keegan slapped with $1.38 million arbitration award
FIXED INCOME MAR 27, 2013
Morgan Keegan slapped with $1.38 million arbitration award

By Bruce Kelly
FIXED INCOME MAR 25, 2013
SEC says Illinois misled investors over pension funding

The SEC today slapped Illinois with fraud charges, claiming the state raised $2.2B in bond offerings without disclosing the massive hole in its pension funding.

By Darla Mercado
EQUITIES MAR 20, 2013
What's wrong with this picture? Market up, fund inflows down

In the middle of a classic bull run, investors yanked money out of equity mutual funds.

By JKEPHART
EQUITIES MAR 19, 2013
Not so fast on the great rotation

Despite all the hype about a return to U.S. equities, investors flocked back to bond funds - and international equities - in February. Take that, great rotation.

By AOSTERLAND
FIXED INCOME MAR 17, 2013
Puerto Rico's muni-bond risk bears watching, BlackRock managers say

Puerto Rico's munis represent the 'fattest tail risk' in the market, managers at BlackRock warn. The worry? If investors smell default, a run on the tax-free bonds could break out.

By JKEPHART
ETFS MAR 17, 2013
ETFs offer no haven during a stampede

Exchange-traded funds' liquidity could be a double-edged sword

By JKEPHART
ETFS MAR 17, 2013
High-yield bond ETF shorts touch record high

Investors have pulled approximately $1 billion from the two largest junk bond ETFs year-to-date

By JKEPHART
EQUITIES MAR 14, 2013
Great rotation? Advisers buying bonds to adjust asset mix

Stock rally as good a time as any to review allocation.

By JKEPHART
EMERGING MARKETS MAR 13, 2013
New Goldman fund overweights emerging-markets debt

Managers can adjust on the fly, use currencies to capture alpha.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES MAR 13, 2013
Fees, rates, redemptions hit Fidelity

Investors pulled $5.3 billion in 2012; better than the $36.3 billion yanked in 2011.

By Gregory Crawford