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RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 27, 2013
MetLife's math tweaks VA sales

By Darla Mercado
MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 27, 2013
ICI criticizes risk council

By Bloomberg
IRS gives employers a break
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 27, 2013
IRS gives employers a break

Long-awaited proposed regulations from the Internal Revenue Service have resolved questions about a key health care reform law provision that would impose stiff penalties on employers not offering coverage.

By Jerry Geisel
MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 27, 2013
Vanguard weighs alternatives as way to woo advisers

The Vanguard Group Inc., a longtime champion of low-cost, passive mutual funds, is weighing a more aggressive push into alternative investments.

By JKEPHART
ALTERNATIVES JAN 27, 2013
Banks may sue feds over the Volcker rule

By MFXFeeder
EQUITIES JAN 25, 2013
Dow hits 14,000 — so where's the great rotation?

Suddenly, stock fund inflows are up. Bond fund inflows are up as well -- this, despite predictions of an imminent route in the debt markets. <i>IN's</i> Jason Kephart offers the low-down on the upswing.

By JKEPHART
EQUITIES JAN 25, 2013
The Takeaway: Lessons from the fall of Apple

By Joshua Brown
Delaying Social Security bennies could come back to bite clients
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 25, 2013
Delaying Social Security bennies could come back to bite clients

Higher income may render seniors ineligible for subsidized LTC benefits

By Mary Beth Franklin
'Death put' lawyer pleads guilty to fraud charge
RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 25, 2013
'Death put' lawyer pleads guilty to fraud charge

Caramadre purchased bonds, VAs using identities fraudulently gleaned from the terminally ill

By Darla Mercado
Thompson National Properties ducks default but cuts interest payments
ALTERNATIVES JAN 25, 2013
Thompson National Properties ducks default but cuts interest payments

By Bruce Kelly
Dividend income funds sizzling after cliff deal
EQUITIES JAN 24, 2013
Dividend income funds sizzling after cliff deal

Pent-up demand driving stocks higher as threat of higher tax rates gone.

By Jeff Benjamin
Bill Gross: Pimco's investment picks and pans
EQUITIES JAN 24, 2013
Bill Gross: Pimco's investment picks and pans

The Pimco chief gives Pimco's investment picks and pans if growth falls below 2%

By Bill Gross
Pimco says average stock market returns to drop by half
EQUITIES JAN 24, 2013
Pimco says average stock market returns to drop by half

By Gregory Crawford
The danger of more uncertainty in the muni market
FIXED INCOME JAN 23, 2013
The danger of more uncertainty in the muni market

With three more more months of legislative wrangling ahead, investors run the risk of growing indecisive.

By James Colby
Clear of fiscal cliff, munis facing another volatile patch
FIXED INCOME JAN 23, 2013
Clear of fiscal cliff, munis facing another volatile patch

Threat to tax-exempt status 'clear and present danger.'

By Jeff Benjamin
ALTERNATIVES JAN 22, 2013
In toxic debt fiasco, banks were victims and perps

Banks not only churned out risky CMOs that magically received AAA ratings, they were also purchasing the stuff. Why is that?

By John Goff
EQUITIES JAN 20, 2013
Investors clamoring for dividend income

By Jeff Benjamin
MUTUAL FUNDS JAN 20, 2013
Bulls running wild — so when's the correction?

By JKEPHART
EQUITIES JAN 20, 2013
Forget growth-versus-value argument

By Paul Baiocchi
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JAN 20, 2013
Premiums contribute to insurance spending boost

By Liz Skinner