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Genworth stock worth more on upgrade
EQUITIES NOV 20, 2011
Genworth stock worth more on upgrade

Up 13% after Citigroup analyst said insurer can withstand mortgage-related losses

By Doug Cubberley
Bill Miller takes whopping $550M loss in Kodak moment
MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 18, 2011
Bill Miller takes whopping $550M loss in Kodak moment

Legendary fund manager Bill Miller finally gave up the ghost, unloading his entire stake in Eastman Kodak. The damage? The Legg Mason Capital Management Value Trust took a $550 million hit from the sale.

By John Goff
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 18, 2011
Agents fleeced Aviva in church insurance scheme, suit claims

Aviva says a slew of charity-originated life insurance policies were touted as way to aid churches in poorer neighborhoods. But the carrier claims agents and third-party were the biggest beneficiaries

By Darla Mercado
MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 17, 2011
Performance not only reason for fund loyalty

By Lavonne Kuykendall
Baby boomers ill-informed about Medicare: Survey
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 17, 2011
Baby boomers ill-informed about Medicare: Survey

Most baby boomers, even those past retirement age, say they don't know much about Medicare, the federal health insurance plan for seniors. Their ignorance could end up costing them.

By Lavonne Kuykendall
One-third of employers may drop health plans
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 17, 2011
One-third of employers may drop health plans

Almost one-third of U.S. employers are likely to stop providing health coverage for workers in 2014, when U.S. subsidies become available for people to buy individual policies.

By Doug Cubberley
John Hancock latest to yank annuity offerings, pare distribution
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 16, 2011
John Hancock latest to yank annuity offerings, pare distribution

B-Ds get notice of pullback as job cuts in annuity unit are reported

By Darla Mercado
OPINION NOV 16, 2011
Insights into the annuity puzzle

There is now substantial literature on the behavioral economics of retirement saving, which has stressed that both behavioral and institutional factors play an important role in determining saving accumulations

By Shlomo Benartzi
ALTERNATIVES NOV 16, 2011
Share value of Wells REIT plunges

In a move that highlights regulators' concerns with nontraded real estate investment trusts, Wells REIT II told investors last week that the new estimated value per share is $7.47

By Bruce Kelly
ALTERNATIVES NOV 16, 2011
Tricks plumped up REIT distributions, according to suit

An eye-opening analysis of the “distributions” of nontraded REITs sold exclusively by David Lerner Associates Inc. shows that the REITs' property investments largely underperformed the level required to pay promised dividends to investors

By Bruce Kelly
The secret to selling more VAs? Make the process faster and easier
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES NOV 16, 2011
The secret to selling more VAs? Make the process faster and easier

The secret to increasing sales of variable annuities at broker-dealers and wirehouses has everything to do with insurers' speeding up the sales process and making information easier for brokers to find.

By Darla Mercado
ALTERNATIVES NOV 15, 2011
Morningstar gathering nontraded REIT information

Morningstar Inc. is gauging the interest of brokerage firms and financial advisers in research coverage of nontraded real estate investment trusts

By Bruce Kelly
Morningstar looking into brokers' nontraded REIT information needs
ALTERNATIVES NOV 15, 2011
Morningstar looking into brokers' nontraded REIT information needs

Independent research on growing market could help reps and advisers

By Bloomberg
EMERGING MARKETS NOV 15, 2011
Emerging-markets investors are becoming more cautious

By Dan Jamieson
MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 15, 2011
Morningstar switches to colors for rating system

By Jeff Benjamin
Why Mark Mobius is convinced stocks will rebound
EMERGING MARKETS NOV 15, 2011
Why Mark Mobius is convinced stocks will rebound

Emerging market guru says inflation will force investors back into equities; 'bouncing along the bottom'

By John Goff
Making a case for commercial real estate
ALTERNATIVES NOV 14, 2011
Making a case for commercial real estate

Having hit bottom, high-end hotels and industrial properties should thrive

By Bruce Kelly
No ceiling for REIT mutual funds, as investors pile in
ALTERNATIVES NOV 14, 2011
No ceiling for REIT mutual funds, as investors pile in

Net inflows at five-year high; seekers of yield have few options

By John Goff
MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 13, 2011
Former fund manager says firm's founder bullied him, called him a 'moron'

Patrick Evershed, a former New Star Asset Management Holdings Inc. fund manager, was bullied by company founder John Duffield, who called him a “criminal” and a “moron,” according to Mr. Evershed's lawyer

By Bloomberg
EQUITIES NOV 13, 2011
Buffett's buying binge: 'He sees something, and it's big'

Warren E. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. invested $23.9 billion in the third quarter, the most in at least 15 years, as he accelerated stock purchases and broadened the portfolio beyond holdings in consumer and financial companies

By Bloomberg