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Finding 'unloved' opportunities in a uncertain market
EQUITIES AUG 16, 2011
Finding 'unloved' opportunities in a uncertain market

With the dark cloud of economic uncertainty hanging over Washington, one could make a solid case for the Advisory Research International Small Cap Value Fund Ticker:(ADVIX), which limits exposure to the U.S. dollar by investing primarily on foreign exchanges.

By Bloomberg
Stampede to safety: Yield on U.S. debt touches record low
FIXED INCOME AUG 15, 2011
Stampede to safety: Yield on U.S. debt touches record low

With stocks plunging, investors rush to buy government paper, driving prices up and yields below 2% for the first time ever

By John Goff
MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 15, 2011
'Go-anywhere' funds deliver as promised

If last week's volatility was a test, go-anywhere funds passed.

By Dan Jamieson
ETFS AUG 15, 2011
Inflation hedges attractive, but...

By Jessica Toonkel
ALTERNATIVES AUG 15, 2011
Risk-minded investors shift focus to alternative funds

Investors and financial advisers may be elated that the S&P 500 has almost doubled since it bottomed in March 2009, but that improvement hasn't erased the memories of 2008

By Andrew Osterland
Hedge funds limited losses in first half of August
ALTERNATIVES AUG 14, 2011
Hedge funds limited losses in first half of August

Through the first two weeks of the month, while the S&P 500 Index fell by 13.2%, the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index was down 3.7%.

By Jeff Benjamin
MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 14, 2011
Morningstar cuts ratings on funds from DWS, Schwab target series

By Darla Mercado
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 14, 2011
Insurers on more solid footing this time

By Darla Mercado
Money funds get $38B deposits after debt-ceiling deal
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 12, 2011
Money funds get $38B deposits after debt-ceiling deal

Money-market mutual funds took in $24.9 billion yesterday, bouncing back from their second-worst week of withdrawals, as investors unsettled by the debate over raising the U.S. debt ceiling returned to the market.

By Doug Cubberley
ALTERNATIVES AUG 12, 2011
Alternative-strategy funds thrive despite spotty record

By Dan Jamieson
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 12, 2011
Ratings drop for U.S. won't hurt insurers, Moody's says

Four major life insurers with pristine Aaa ratings are likely to hold on to their status, provided that the United States' government bond rating doesn't fall by more than one rung

By Darla Mercado
Target date glide paths are 'unstable' at some major plan providers
MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 12, 2011
Target date glide paths are 'unstable' at some major plan providers

Ibbotson Associates Inc. looked at 21 major target date fund families and found that a target date fund's asset allocation generally becomes more conservative as employees age.

By Bloomberg
'Income' no longer a 'dirty word,' says dividend fund manager
EQUITIES AUG 12, 2011
'Income' no longer a 'dirty word,' says dividend fund manager

'Income' is no longer a 'dirty word,' says Richard Platte, manager of the Ave Maria Rising Dividend Fund.

By Jeff Benjamin
EMERGING MARKETS AUG 12, 2011
Peter Schiff: The rise of the barter economy

Imagine a day when you go to buy a quart of milk, ask the price, and the cashier says, "that'll be a tenth ounce silver." As the US dollar's decline accelerates, several efforts around the country are trying to make this vision a reality.

By Mark Bruno
EMERGING MARKETS AUG 12, 2011
Peter Schiff: Why it's time to dump most U.S. stocks

By MFXFeeder
How to max out your clients' FDIC coverage
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 11, 2011
How to max out your clients' FDIC coverage

$250K limit can easily be bumped up to $2M; CDARS, brokered CDs gaining in popularity

By John Goff
Second time around, life insurers braced for downturn: UBS
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 11, 2011
Second time around, life insurers braced for downturn: UBS

Ameriprise, MetLife and Prudential among those favored in a plummeting market

By Darla Mercado
Moody's places 177 muni issuers on review
FIXED INCOME AUG 11, 2011
Moody's places 177 muni issuers on review

Moody's Investors Service has placed 177 top-rated municipal bond issuers with a combined $69 billion of debt on review for possible downgrade.

By Doug Cubberley
EMERGING MARKETS AUG 10, 2011
Gung ho Kenneth Fisher placing big bets on this emerging market

Sees Middle Kingdom outpacing rest of the world; interest rate cuts just the begining

By John Goff
Supercommittee policy will follow personnel
FIXED INCOME AUG 10, 2011
Supercommittee policy will follow personnel

The bicameral, bipartisan 12-person supercommittee must consider changes both to taxes and entitlements to make fundamental changes in the deficit trajectory. But will members be willing to break with party orthodoxy?

By Mark Schoeff Jr.