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ALTERNATIVES OCT 26, 2010
Hedge funds outpacing large-caps this year

Nine-month return double that of the S&P 500; 'growing optimism'

By Jeff Benjamin
Regulators zero in on leveraged and inverse ETFs
ETFS OCT 26, 2010
Regulators zero in on leveraged and inverse ETFs

State security officials say they're ramping up oversight of leveraged and inverse exchange traded funds. The chief worry? Brokers themselves may not understand how the complex products actually work.

By Bruce Kelly
FIXED INCOME OCT 25, 2010
Faber: Unload bonds while you still can

Global markets are heading for an “important turning point” as interest rates begin to rise within about three months and the U.S. dollar gains, according to investor Marc Faber.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 24, 2010
PORTFOLIO MANAGER PERSPECTIVES

By Jeff Benjamin
ALTERNATIVES OCT 22, 2010
Madoff trustee wins $180M from hedge fund

The trustee for Bernard Madoff's investment-advisory business won a $180 million default judgment against Vizcaya Partners Ltd. over claims the hedge fund profited from the conman's fraud.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 21, 2010
Rare sighting: American Funds tees up new fund

American Funds, which is a unit of The Capital Group Cos. Inc., has come out with only two mutual funds in the past decade. The new offering, called the American Funds Global Balanced Fund, is set to make its debut Feb. 1.

By InvestmentNews Staff
EQUITIES OCT 21, 2010
What Warren Buffett is buying and selling now

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. sold stakes in Home Depot Inc. and CarMax Inc. and cut its holding of Nike Inc. as the billionaire replaced a retiring investment manager and built the company's cash holdings.

By Mark Bruno
MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 21, 2010
ASPPA, Spark to SEC: Dump your 12(b)-1 proposal

Retirement plan advisers and record keepers should have an out, the groups contend

By Jessica Toonkel
Grantham and Biggs: Emerging markets about to burst?
EMERGING MARKETS OCT 21, 2010
Grantham and Biggs: Emerging markets about to burst?

“We're only halfway along the way to a gigantic eventual bubble in the emerging markets,” says Barton Biggs, the managing partner of New York-based hedge-fund firm Traxis Partners LLC. And he's not alone in his belief.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 21, 2010
Vanguard slammed for 'delayed' firing of AllianceBernstein

Newsletter editor skewers firm's handling of U.S Growth Fund

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 21, 2010
Bruce Berkowitz goes Old School with new fund

Famed investor looks to gain more flexibility with latest Fairholme offering. Says one industry watcher: “It's like going back to the days of old with a mutual fund that will make you money by going anywhere."

By Bloomberg
FIXED INCOME OCT 21, 2010
Paging long-term investors: Goldman to issue 50-year bonds, says source

Debt aimed at retail investors matures in 2060

By Bloomberg
SEC targeting 12(b)-1 fees – but soft dollars fly under the radar
MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 21, 2010
SEC targeting 12(b)-1 fees – but soft dollars fly under the radar

The SEC says it's targeting 12(b)-1 fees to help protect investors. Meanwhile, soft dollars fly under the radar. Critics say that needs changing.

By Dan Jamieson
EQUITIES OCT 20, 2010
For yield, stocks are beating bonds, says WHG's Freeman

In a wide-open pursuit of investment yield, stocks are trumping bonds, according to Mark Freeman, manager of the WHG Income Opportunity Fund Ticker:(WHGIX).

By Bloomberg
FIXED INCOME OCT 20, 2010
What's a Reg D security really worth? Finra has questions

B-Ds' account statements come under scrutiny; further guidance from regulator possible

By Bruce Kelly
MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 20, 2010
Federated plans to buck the tide on money funds

Some asset management executives would argue that now isn't a good time to be in the money market fund business

By Jessica Toonkel
EMERGING MARKETS OCT 20, 2010
Rethinking risk in fixed income

Although the run-up in emerging-markets debt may seem a little long in the tooth, a good case can still be made for purchasing these bonds.

By MFXFeeder
FIXED INCOME OCT 19, 2010
Historic first: Treasury sells debt with negative yield

The Treasury sold $10 billion of five-year Treasury Inflation Protected Securities at a negative yield for the first time in the history of U.S. debt.

By Bloomberg
ETFS OCT 19, 2010
Amid uncertainty, advisers shun sector ETFs

A shift in focus to core offerings — triggered by investor uncertainty over the direction of the markets — is crimping the growth of sector ETFs

By Jessica Toonkel
ALTERNATIVES OCT 19, 2010
Hottest alternative? Managed-futures funds, says researcher

Managed-futures funds represent the most-popular category among alternative strategies, according to the latest research from BarclayHedge Ltd.

By Jeff Benjamin