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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.
Pimco sees haven in corporates as returns soar
FIXED INCOME AUG 10, 2011
Pimco sees haven in corporates as returns soar

Company debt from the U.S. to Europe to Asia returned 1.8% last month on average, erasing a 0.65% loss in June, and the most since a 2.14% gain in August 2010.

By Doug Cubberley
U.S. debt a bad bet, but Gross buying anyway
FIXED INCOME AUG 10, 2011
U.S. debt a bad bet, but Gross buying anyway

After months spent criticizing puny interest rates on government paper, Pimco Total Return Fund boss boosts Treasury holdings

By John Goff
'Safe haven' Treasuries now a perilous bet as top fund managers bail
FIXED INCOME AUG 10, 2011
'Safe haven' Treasuries now a perilous bet as top fund managers bail

Bill Gross, Jim Rogers, other bigs dump government paper as inflation looms; 'cannot conceive of lending money to the U.S. government for 30 years.'

By John Goff
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 09, 2011
S&P swings ax as ratings cuts come fast and furious

Credit ratings agency follows its downgrade of US long-term sovereign credit rating with a host of additional downgrades.

By Dan Jamieson
Volatility as an asset class
ETFS AUG 09, 2011
Volatility as an asset class

Thanks to the exchange-traded fund industry, hedging stock market volatility — or betting on it — has never been easier

By Jeff Benjamin
Private funds to get public scrutiny — but family offices to get a pass
ALTERNATIVES AUG 09, 2011
Private funds to get public scrutiny — but family offices to get a pass

SEC vote requires hedgies, PE firms to register with commission; exemption granted for family offices

By John Goff