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EQUITIES MAY 22, 2013
The Takeaway: The uselessness of money management

By Joshua Brown
EQUITIES MAY 22, 2013
Sometimes best strategy is to do nothing

Investors who wait patiently for opportunities before investing are likely to outperform.

By Jim Roumell
ALTERNATIVES MAY 22, 2013
Finra alerts broker-dealers to nontraded REIT info shortcomings

Finra warns broker-dealers on nontraded-REIT info shortcomings; sees misleading communications around distributions, risks.

By Bruce Kelly
Massachusetts sues LPL over nontraded REIT sales
ALTERNATIVES MAY 22, 2013
Massachusetts sues LPL over nontraded REIT sales

In what may be an ominous sign for indie B-Ds, Massachusetts sued LPL for dishonest business practices in the selling of a popular nonlisted property trust.

By Bruce Kelly
ETFS MAY 21, 2013
Exchange-traded notes could be next in SEC's push to simplify

The regulator may seek greater risk, valuation disclosures from banks.

By Gregory Crawford
EQUITIES MAY 21, 2013
Pimco still riding 'central-bank wave'

But El-Erian says fund giant slowly taking risk off the table ahead of Fed pullback

By DJAMIESON
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 21, 2013
Madison Dearborn to buy NFP for $1.3 billion

Deal ends roller-coaster ride for wealth management aggregator.

By DJAMIESON
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES MAY 21, 2013
Bibliowicz to step down as CEO of National Financial Partners

The CEO of massive insurance broker and wealth management outfit NFP will be stepping down in May, according to a filing with the SEC.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 19, 2013
Protective protects itself

By Darla Mercado
ALTERNATIVES MAY 18, 2013
Nontraded REIT will list on NYSE

Chambers Street Properties is latest nontraded REIT to seek liquidity event by listing on a stock exchange.

By Gregory Crawford
Can Google predict the market? Research offers clues
EQUITIES MAY 17, 2013
Can Google predict the market? Research offers clues

Get this: Researchers say investors can use Google to make money off the stock market. Jeff Benjamin provides the details.

By Jeff Benjamin
FIXED INCOME MAY 16, 2013
Not even Gross, Gundlach immune to bond gloom

Inflows way down at flagship funds piloted by celebrated pair; when will the hammer fall?

By JKEPHART
EQUITIES MAY 16, 2013
Why we're not in a 1990s-style stock market bubble

Valuation measures not in nosebleed territory but advisers see scope for pullback.

By DJAMIESON
Are clients saving too much money for retirement health care?
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 16, 2013
Are clients saving too much money for retirement health care?

Cadillac coverage may not be a good fit for those with specific quality-of-life wishes

By Jeff Benjamin
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 16, 2013
Personalizing estimates of health care costs

Individual profiles are key to garnering more-accurate spending figures

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 16, 2013
Retirement Income Summit 2013 - Mary Beth Franklin: Home schooling long-term care

Dr. Carolyn McClanahan shares her personal vision of aging in place

By Mary Beth Franklin
EQUITIES MAY 16, 2013
Advisers brace for correction

By Liz Skinner
FIXED INCOME MAY 16, 2013
Only winner in Detroit muni mess? Wall Street

Bankers pull down $474M in fees on debt offerings; 'must get paid first'

By John Goff
FIXED INCOME MAY 16, 2013
Muni-bond holders in purgatory as Detroit teeters on the brink

Munibond holders wait while the wrangling over who runs Detroit plays out. But market watchers say state intervention is the only hope for the Motor City.

By Jeff Benjamin
Gen Y investors in the driver seat of ETF growth
ETFS MAY 16, 2013
Gen Y investors in the driver seat of ETF growth

Quicker to jump on the ETF bandwagon than older counterparts.

By JKEPHART