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FIXED INCOME NOV 18, 2012
What BAB backpedal says about Roths

By MFXFeeder
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 18, 2012
No. 2 at EBSA moves to lead stable value at Prudential

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 18, 2012
MassMutual settles for $1.6M for insufficient VA disclosures

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 18, 2012
Low-cost LTC? It's a Southern thing

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 18, 2012
Ducking default, nontraded REIT sponsor cuts interest payments

By Bruce Kelly
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 16, 2012
Medical pros on the front line in fight against financial abuse of seniors

Medical pros say they can play a part but financial advisers have key role.

By Liz Skinner
FIXED INCOME NOV 16, 2012
Bond fund rush: Send in the clowns?

On pace for $300B in inflows this year as risks continue to rise; could get caught in mid-air

By JKEPHART
Amid fee war, advisers say price isn't paramount with bond ETFs
ETFS NOV 16, 2012
Amid fee war, advisers say price isn't paramount with bond ETFs

A new survey by Guggenheim Investments finds liquidity, not cost, is the real drawing card

By JKEPHART
EMERGING MARKETS NOV 15, 2012
Bringing the international opportunities into focus

By Scout Investments
EQUITIES NOV 15, 2012
Liz Ann Sonders on the fiscal cliff: Advisers are on lockdown

By Mark Bruno
FIXED INCOME NOV 15, 2012
Assets swing like a pendulum do — but just how far?

Investors' bond allocation now double what it was in 2007

By JKEPHART
MassMutual sets 7% payout for '13, showing up fixed income
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 15, 2012
MassMutual sets 7% payout for '13, showing up fixed income

Move shows there's nothing plain about whole-life amid low rate environment.

By Darla Mercado
EQUITIES NOV 15, 2012
Bill Gross: The U.S. debt damage

How can the U.S. not be considered the first destination of global capital in search of safe (although historically low) returns? Easy answer: It will not be if we continue down the current road and don't address our “fiscal gap.”

By Bill Gross
EMERGING MARKETS NOV 15, 2012
Where Pimco's Total Return Fund is invested now

Saumil Parikh, a portfolio manager for Pimco's Total Return Fund and a member of the firm's investment committee, on where the world's biggest mutual fund is increasing and lowering exposure.

By Paul Menchaca
'Titanic battle' over deflation about to sink long bonds: Gross
EQUITIES NOV 15, 2012
'Titanic battle' over deflation about to sink long bonds: Gross

Bill Gross sounded a warning on Thursday about the imminent return of inflation. This is not good news for clients sitting on a stack of long bonds.

By DJAMIESON
MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 15, 2012
Vanguard drops AllianceBernstein as a subadviser for three funds

The Vanguard Group Inc. has dropped AllianceBernstein LP as a subadviser for three of its mutual funds.

By JKEPHART
Life insurance — not annuities — is the next area for growth: Insurance execs
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 15, 2012
Life insurance — not annuities — is the next area for growth: Insurance execs

Fixed annuities squeezed by low rates; waning appetite for VA biz

By Darla Mercado
What happens to Medicare when you suspend Social Security bennies?
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 14, 2012
What happens to Medicare when you suspend Social Security bennies?

You don't lose your health care coverage -- unless you opt out.

By Mary Beth Franklin
Suddenly, money fund reform back in play
MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 13, 2012
Suddenly, money fund reform back in play

SEC opponent of earlier money fund reform now backs floating NAV; tide turning?

By John Goff
Absolutely scandalous: Why bad news makes for good investments
EQUITIES NOV 13, 2012
Absolutely scandalous: Why bad news makes for good investments

Negative headlines can be positively fabulous for a portfolio; accounting errors often add up to profits

By John Goff