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FIXED INCOME AUG 10, 2013
Detroit's woes could open up muni opportunities elsewhere in Michigan

Other municipalities cancel offerings, but credit quality is unaffected

By Jeff Benjamin
FIXED INCOME AUG 10, 2013
Michigan advisers try to calm clients in wake of Detroit's bankruptcy filing

Financial pros find themselves in unfamiliar territory related to the fiscal collapse

By Jeff Benjamin
ALTERNATIVES AUG 10, 2013
Three Apple REITs might merge

In SEC filings, three Apple REITS say they are considering a merger. No timetable for a decision has been set.

By DJAMIESON
ALTERNATIVES AUG 10, 2013
REIT game 'in the late innings'

By Jeff Benjamin
ALTERNATIVES AUG 10, 2013
Apple REIT Six OKs merger with Blackstone fund

Liquidity party kicks off for shareholders; Chambers Street Properties up next with planned IPO.

By Bruce Kelly
EQUITIES AUG 09, 2013
The Takeaway: Are you in the secret wealth management cult?

By Joshua Brown
ALTERNATIVES AUG 09, 2013
National Planning latest to cut sales of an American Realty Capital REIT

Another B-D is cutting sales of a fast-selling American Realty Capital REIT. This time, it's not about overconcentration.

By Bruce Kelly
FIXED INCOME AUG 08, 2013
Timing is everything: KKR's first fund falls flat

Private-equity giant KKR jumps into the closed-end market but rising rates skewer the fund's IPO amid 'chaos' in the market. But there may be a silver lining.

By JKEPHART
FIXED INCOME AUG 08, 2013
El-Erian says markets took tapering too far, calls Bernanke dovish

PIMCO's co-CIO says 10-year note rate could drop, economy 'fragile.'

By Gregory Crawford
FIXED INCOME AUG 08, 2013
Exhale: Lawmakers back status quo on muni bond tax exemption

By Jeff Benjamin
ALTERNATIVES AUG 08, 2013
Wells Fargo agrees to pay $105M to end MedCap suit

Investor recovery pool for failed private placements balloons by $105 million. Bruce Kelly has the details.

By Bruce Kelly
MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 07, 2013
Biggest gold bug puts his money where his mouth is

Peter Schiff launches a mutual fund that invests in the precious metal

By JKEPHART
EQUITIES AUG 07, 2013
Retail investors: Inch by inch, slowly they return

Contrary to reports, retail investors are getting back into the stock market. They're just taking it slow — as evidenced by the record inflows into balanced funds.

By John Goff
EQUITIES AUG 06, 2013
The Takeaway: Brokers, you're not supposed to enable money laundering

By Joshua Brown
ALTERNATIVES AUG 06, 2013
New covered-call fund from M.D. Sass hedges stock and bond markets

Offering uses strategy modeled after existing SMA; alternative to long-short equity investing

By Jeff Benjamin
MUTUAL FUNDS AUG 06, 2013
The Takeaway: What do advisers talk about?

By Joshua Brown
EQUITIES AUG 06, 2013
Nuveen's Bob Doll: Watch top-line revenue

Earnings acceleration likely needed for next upturn in stocks, strategist says

By By Bob Doll
ALTERNATIVES AUG 06, 2013
Hedge funds sitting on record amount of capital

Fund assets now up to $2.41T; investment gains the big contributor.

By Jeff Benjamin
ALTERNATIVES AUG 06, 2013
What's so bad about hedge fund advertising, anyway?

Fear-monger logic falls short

By Jeff Benjamin
ALTERNATIVES AUG 06, 2013
Nontraded REIT gets cease-and-desist order from Ohio

Regulators in Ohio have issued a cease-and-desist order against a nontraded REIT for pricing shenanigans. Bruce Kelly reports.

By Bruce Kelly