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RIA NEWS FEB 24, 2012
Focusing on 'yield chasing,' Finra issues watch list

By Bloomberg
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 24, 2012
IRA business seen booming

By Bloomberg
Clients with Alzheimer's pose 'scary' legal risks
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 24, 2012
Clients with Alzheimer's pose 'scary' legal risks

Advisers unable to meet fiduciary obligation to clients with reduced capacity; 'document, document, document'

By Andrew Osterland
False bottom? Home prices plunging again
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 24, 2012
False bottom? Home prices plunging again

Housing values down 3.7% in November in 20 major cities; 'a turn for the worse'

By John Goff
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 24, 2012
States with the heftiest real estate taxes

By John Goff
Futures investor cashes 60-1 bet on Giants
RIA NEWS FEB 24, 2012
Futures investor cashes 60-1 bet on Giants

Bookies blue over Big Blue's remarkable turnaround: things get worse if New York beats Pats in Super Bowl

By John Goff
RIA NEWS FEB 23, 2012
Armond Dinverno answers six key questions about the RIA business

By Paul Menchaca
RIA NEWS FEB 23, 2012
The top 10 investments for the next 10 years: Your call

As clients' portfolios have become more diversified and individual investors have exposure to more asset classes, <i>InvestmentNews</i> would like to know which investment categories financial advisers have the strongest long-term convictions about.

By Mark Bruno
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 23, 2012
65: A speed limit, not a milepost

Increased longevity and the Great Recession are making Baby Boomers reassess the normal retirement age

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 23, 2012
Time for a retirement income specialist designation?

By Bloomberg
Garden State facing withering backlog of foreclosures
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 23, 2012
Garden State facing withering backlog of foreclosures

By John Goff
Big threat for big wealth managers? Their local bank
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 23, 2012
Big threat for big wealth managers? Their local bank

Community and regional banks nabbing clients from wirehouses and larger financial institutions; 'easy to buy assets'

By Bloomberg
Elderly couple: Rep told us to put our IRA into life settlements
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 23, 2012
Elderly couple: Rep told us to put our IRA into life settlements

But ex-broker refutes claim, says clients performed their own due diligence

By Bloomberg
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES FEB 23, 2012
Pru settles with 20 states over unclaimed death benefits

Agreement requires insurer to step up cross referencing to locate unpaid beneficiaries

By John Goff
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 22, 2012
CEO rips GOP, Dems for fiscal irresponsibility

In a speech delivered to a group of private investors on Feb. 15, Robert Rodriguez, managing partner and CEO of First Pacific Advisors, warned of ongoing market instability if the federal government doesn't make &#8220;credible and material fiscal reforms&#8221; by the end of 2013.

By Paul Menchaca
RIA NEWS FEB 22, 2012
Gold bulls expand as billionaire Paulson says buy

Gold traders are getting more bullish after billionaire hedge-fund manager John Paulson told investors it's time to buy the metal as protection against inflation caused by government spending.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS FEB 22, 2012
What lurks in the president's budget

By MFXFeeder
Biggest expense for Americans over 50? Not health care
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 22, 2012
Biggest expense for Americans over 50? Not health care

Out-of-pocket costs on drugs and medical insurance are the second-most-costly item for older folks.

By Darla Mercado
INsider: Something Obama and the GOP can finally agree on?
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 22, 2012
INsider: Something Obama and the GOP can finally agree on?

Some politicians who received money from alleged Ponzi-schemer R. Allen Stanford have thus far refused to return the cash, instead making charitable donations.

By Doug Cubberley
RIA NEWS FEB 22, 2012
Economist offers somber warning about U.S. recovery

By Bloomberg