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FIXED INCOME JUL 19, 2013
House leaders get pro-muni-exemption letter

By Jeff Benjamin
ALTERNATIVES JUL 19, 2013
Senior manager at SAC Capital indicted for fraud

The probe over alleged insider trading at SAC Capital is inching ever closer to boss Steven A. Cohan. On Friday, Michael Steinberg, a senior executive at the besieged hedge fund, was indicted for fraud.

By John Goff
ALTERNATIVES JUL 19, 2013
Hedge funds benefit insiders only

By MFXFeeder
EQUITIES JUL 18, 2013
Contrarian alert: Stocks are cool again

U.S. equity funds have highest weekly inflows since June 2008

By JKEPHART
MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 18, 2013
Vanguard sees first net outflows in 20 years

Investors yanked $9.7 billion in first month of outflows since 1994

By JKEPHART
FIXED INCOME JUL 18, 2013
Take Five: John Loffredo on how to play the Detroit muni mess

Detroit muni bonds still offer opportunities, fund manager says

By Jeff Benjamin
ALTERNATIVES JUL 18, 2013
Alternatives get a C grade in first test

By JKEPHART
FIXED INCOME JUL 18, 2013
Detroit rocked city after debt default

Missed $40M payment largest since Cleveland in 1978; 10 cents on the dollar

By John Goff
FIXED INCOME JUL 18, 2013
Detroit breakdown: Default or bankruptcy a clear option for the Motor City

Detroit breakdown: Default or bankruptcy a clear option for the Motor City.

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 18, 2013
New York Life cuts initial deposit for annuity to attract youth

Critics say younger workers, with time on their side, don't need annuities.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 18, 2013
Life insurance would get a boost from Obama IRA cap plan

By Darla Mercado
MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 17, 2013
Active share shines light on funds' alpha potential

Portfolio managers need to put some distance between their holdings and their benchmarks

By JKEPHART
MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 17, 2013
Fidelity's William Danoff goes all in to beat index

Contrafund boss one of the last gunslinger stock pickers; will what he corrals be OK?

By JKEPHART
MUTUAL FUNDS JUL 17, 2013
Virtus defies expectations

The asset management company's shares have soared as its fund offerings have grown

By AOSTERLAND
FIXED INCOME JUL 17, 2013
Bond investors head for exits

The great skedaddle has forever changed view of debt instruments as safe haven

By JKEPHART
EQUITIES JUL 17, 2013
Coaxing boomers to keep investing

Advisers must convince clients they need assets besides cash and fixed income to sustain retirement

By Craig Brimhall
ALTERNATIVES JUL 17, 2013
Nontraded-REIT party is about to commence

A half dozen nontraded REITs are planning 'liquidity events' that could float investors' boats. Bruce Kelly has the details.

By Bruce Kelly
FIXED INCOME JUL 16, 2013
TIPs trip Gross — but Gundlach doesn't fall for it

DoubleLine boss Jeffrey Gundlach has managed to steer clear of the Treasury securities that tripped up Pimco's Bill Gross this year.

By John Goff
RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 16, 2013
Reps responsible for variable annuity guidance: Regulators

Regulators are stressing that reps are on the hook and suitability rules apply when discussing variable annuities. Darla Mercado explains.

By Darla Mercado
FIXED INCOME JUL 16, 2013
Floating-rate bank loans darlings of fixed-income world

Investors consider category as higher quality than junk bonds

By Jeff Benjamin