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Investors going short with their cash
MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 24, 2011
Investors going short with their cash

Moving funds from CDs into checking accounts, money market deposit accounts; poised to get back in the market?

By Lavonne Kuykendall
EMERGING MARKETS FEB 24, 2011
This country's debt biggest turkey among emerging markets

Turkish debt getting hammered; Istanbul market derailed by trouble in Middle East

By John Goff
Target date fund suggestions could do more harm than good
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 24, 2011
Target date fund suggestions could do more harm than good

Lawyers cite risk of information overload; 'confusing' to participants

By Darla Mercado
MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 24, 2011
How to compare target date funds

As part of the Pension Protection Act of 2006, the Labor Department granted plan sponsors a “safe harbor” to enroll participants automatically in a handful of investment products designated as qualified default investment alternatives

By Paul Zemsky and Susan Viston
FIXED INCOME FEB 24, 2011
Reported probe of munis stirs worry about outflows

Financial advisers are worried that a report saying the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating how municipal bond funds price risk in their portfolios may cause investors to rush for the exits — just when things were settling down

By Jessica Toonkel
Pall over muni market slowly lifting
FIXED INCOME FEB 24, 2011
Pall over muni market slowly lifting

Withdrawals hit lowest level in two months; $1.2B in outflows in January

By John Goff
FIXED INCOME FEB 24, 2011
Muni bond issuers are lax about reporting, study shows

The municipal bond market, already under a dark cloud due to rising risk levels, apparently has a pattern of lax financial reporting practices that could further elevate concerns about the market

By Jeff Benjamin
Billionaire loses $2.6B in stock market  — in one day
EMERGING MARKETS FEB 24, 2011
Billionaire loses $2.6B in stock market — in one day

Ambani blames rumor-mongering rivals for massive sell-off; 'vicious and illegal'

By John Goff
Edward Jones teeing up cheaper VA share class
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 24, 2011
Edward Jones teeing up cheaper VA share class

Company says O shares won't have front-end load, making them cheaper than other contracts; will likely discourage exchanges

By Darla Mercado
Industry groups say target date proposal slightly off the mark
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 24, 2011
Industry groups say target date proposal slightly off the mark

More detail? Less detail? Groups disagree about the DOL's plan to hike disclosure about the funds

By Darla Mercado
Target date fund proposal targeted by industry group
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 24, 2011
Target date fund proposal targeted by industry group

Rule requiring greater disclosure draws fire from retirement plan providers

By Darla Mercado
MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 24, 2011
DOL floats disclosure rule for 401(k) target date funds

The Labor Department today proposed a rule aimed at providing 401(k) plan participants more details about target date funds used in retirement plans.

By Darla Mercado
ETFS FEB 23, 2011
Eaton Vance CEO: Transparency an issue with active ETFs

Active exchange-traded funds for the most part have been slow to take off

By Jessica Toonkel
Do mutual funds pose risk to U.S.? Debate rages on
MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 23, 2011
Do mutual funds pose risk to U.S.? Debate rages on

The ICI and unions are going toe-to-toe over whether mutual funds pose any major systemic risks to the U.S. financial system -- and if the mutual fund industry needs extra oversight

By John Goff
Global bets sink hedge funds
ALTERNATIVES FEB 22, 2011
Global bets sink hedge funds

Hedgies' performance badly trails that of S&P 500 in January

By Jeff Benjamin
Are complex ETFs suitable investments?
ETFS FEB 22, 2011
Are complex ETFs suitable investments?

Executives at BlackRock Inc. and Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC are calling on regulators to address suitability requirements for the sale of sophisticated ETFs, such as commodities-based and leveraged funds.

By Jessica Toonkel
Vanguard's reputation tops as ETF inflows surge
ETFS FEB 22, 2011
Vanguard's reputation tops as ETF inflows surge

Index specialist carving out big piece of the action; 'investor favorability' cited

By Jessica Toonkel
T. Rowe Price: Set to lead a parade of active-ETF launches?
ETFS FEB 22, 2011
T. Rowe Price: Set to lead a parade of active-ETF launches?

T. Rowe Price Group Inc. appears to be inching closer to launching its first actively managed exchange-traded fund — a fixed-income offering — and experts predict that it will be the first of many of its kind this year.

By Jessica Toonkel
EQUITIES FEB 20, 2011
Taking a different approach to risk management

If nothing else, market conditions over the past few years have proved that most investors tend to overestimate their true risk tolerance wildly

By MFXFeeder
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 20, 2011
Tax credit could help some firms

A new health insurance tax credit could hit some small financial advisory firms in their sweet spot — but only if they fit a specific profile

By Lavonne Kuykendall