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ESG MAY 24, 2010
Pax to launch socially conscious ETFs

Pax, based in Portsmouth, N.H., plans to list three ETFs on NYSE Arca, a division of New York-based NYSE Euronext, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing last week.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 20, 2010
Marty Whitman: The 8 greatest financial misunderstandings

It is difficult to function as a value investor unless the value analyst has a firm grasp of economic reality. It is equally difficult to promulgate intelligent financial regulations unless the sponsors of the regulation have a firm grasp of economic reality.

By Mark Bruno
ETFS MAY 20, 2010
Grail to go head-to-head with Pimco with short-term bond ETF

Firm teams with Western Asset Management to launch actively managed fixed-income fund

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
EQUITIES MAY 19, 2010
Why Bill Miller loves large-caps — especially IBM

Legg Mason Capital Management's CIO tells Consuelo Mack why he thinks large-cap stocks will out-perform small- and mid-caps over the next several years.

By Mark Bruno
The market is always right – or so we hope
FIXED INCOME MAY 19, 2010
The market is always right – or so we hope

Economists would likely agree that the bond market rally is the market's rational response to current (albeit heavily government-influenced) reality. But there's a disturbing signal ahead.

By Bloomberg
Buffett shortens bond-holding duration after inflation warning
FIXED INCOME MAY 18, 2010
Buffett shortens bond-holding duration after inflation warning

Warren Buffett shortened the duration of bonds held by his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. after warning that deficit spending could force inflation higher.

By Mark Bruno
ALTERNATIVES MAY 18, 2010
New rules of the real estate game

With the U.S real estate market still struggling to get back on its feet, financial advisers continue to find themselves facing a barrage of questions from anxious clients about everything from depressed home values to whether now is the time to buy or sell property.

By Jeff Benjamin
MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 17, 2010
Morningstar makes another buy

Investment research firm Morningstar Inc. on Monday said its French subsidiary reached a deal to buy Seeds Group, which provides investment consulting services, for an undisclosed amount.

By Associated Press
MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 17, 2010
Labor Department takes first step in regulation of target date funds

Recently released federal guidance regarding target date funds was just the first step in a process that eventually will include regulations for the investments

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 17, 2010
Labor Dept. inches closer to providing target date guidance

The Employee Benefits Security Administration is planning to publish a compliance checklist for target date fund selection this spring

By Darla Mercado
ALTERNATIVES MAY 16, 2010
Wells Fargo, Nationwide, Wilshire seek to expand asset class offerings

Fund firms also trying to help investors manage their emotional response to the current volatility.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 16, 2010
First-ever mutual funds for MLPs hit market

SteelPath Fund Advisors last week launched three mutual funds that invest in master limited partnerships, the first of their kind allowing retail investors to gain access to the MLP universe

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES MAY 14, 2010
Waddell & Reed: Don't blame us for market tailspin

Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., the mutual-fund manager started in 1937, said it didn't intend to disrupt markets on May 6 when the plunge in stocks temporarily erased more than $1 trillion of value.

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 13, 2010
Tax-loss overhangs allow investors to benefit from 2008 downturn

Embedded capital losses, which represent a combination of realized and unrealized losses, offer a rare opportunity for mutual fund investors in taxable accounts.

By Jeff Benjamin
Bernanke lays a beat down on bond vigilantes
FIXED INCOME MAY 12, 2010
Bernanke lays a beat down on bond vigilantes

Low-inflation has investors flocking to U.S. Treasurys, despite sky-high deficits: U.S. the 'least dirty shirt' says Pimco's Gross

By Bloomberg
MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 12, 2010
First-ever retail MLP funds hit market

SteelPath Fund Advisors today launched three mutual funds that invest in master limited partnerships, the first of their kind allowing retail investors to gain access to the MLP universe.

By Jeff Benjamin
EQUITIES MAY 12, 2010
7 great dividend stocks for the next 7 months

While investors generally embrace the concept of buy-and-hold investing, they fear missing out on gains that come with other strategies.

By Mark Bruno
MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 10, 2010
New Janus CEO to focus on mutual fund inflows, says firm's chairman

Mutual fund company tabs former COO at Pimco as its next chief executive.

By Bloomberg
FIXED INCOME MAY 09, 2010
SEC to focus on conflicts in muni bond business

The SEC's announcement last week that it is launching an investigation of the municipal bond market is aimed at increasing transparency and weeding out conflicts of interest.

By Jessica Toonkel Marquez
MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 07, 2010
Fund managers facing higher taxes

Top congressional Democrats reached an agreement to increase taxes on managers of buyout firms and other investment funds as part of a jobs bill they plan to put to a vote tomorrow in the U.S. House, lawmakers said.

By Bloomberg