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Bearish hedge fund bets may send U.S. stocks lower: BofA analyst
ALTERNATIVES SEP 04, 2011
Bearish hedge fund bets may send U.S. stocks lower: BofA analyst

U.S. stocks are likely to extend declines because hedge funds have leeway to boost bets against the world's largest equity market, according to Bank of America Corp.'s Mary Ann Bartels.

By Doug Cubberley
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 04, 2011
The importance of 'stopping and smelling the roses'

For adviser Brian Fenn, the horrific events of 9/11 provided affirmation that he was on the right track with his planning practice

By Dan Jamieson
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 04, 2011
Even after a relocation to Midtown, the memory of a tragedy persists

Despite the passage of 10 years and a move to another part of New York, the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks are never far from financial adviser Lewis J. Altfest's mind

By Lavonne Kuykendall
RIA NEWS SEP 04, 2011
A decade of change for wealth managers

Bill McMahon was on the 69th floor of 2 World Trade Center — the South Tower — when the first plane hit the North Tower at 8:46 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001

By Andrew Osterland
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS SEP 04, 2011
When the unthinkable became the thinkable

When Roger Monteforte saw the flaming wreckage of the first plane in the side of the World Trade Center's North Tower 10 years ago, he knew instantly that initial news reports of a small plane hitting the tower were wrong

By Bruce Kelly
RIA NEWS SEP 04, 2011
Media revolution changed markets

Mike McGervey recalls the utter surprise of it all

By Liz Skinner
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 04, 2011
Learning to 'plan for the worst' and 'hope for the best'

Ten years hasn't diminished the vivid memories of 9/11 for Paul Schatz, president of Heritage Capital LLC, a $110 million advisory firm based in Woodbridge, Conn.

By Jeff Benjamin
RIA NEWS SEP 04, 2011
Comfortable investors now anxious

“I think for me, it was kind of a wake-up call,” Jay Healy, president of Century Wealth Management LLC, said of the events of 9/11

By Dan Jamieson
RIA NEWS SEP 04, 2011
Palladiem is new venue for Lockwood veterans

A team of veterans from well-known Lockwood Advisors Inc. is creating a registered investment advisory firm that will create customized investment strategies and services for independent financial advisers, broker-dealers and institutions

By Bruce Kelly
S&P 500 sees best eight-day stretch since 2009
RIA NEWS SEP 02, 2011
S&P 500 sees best eight-day stretch since 2009

For now, investors appear to think the market is oversold -- and the economy is underesold

By John Goff
If S&P 500 rally falls short of 1,205, watch out
RIA NEWS SEP 02, 2011
If S&P 500 rally falls short of 1,205, watch out

Market falling to hit that technical level could trigger wholesale sell-off; 'Katie bar the door'

By Dan Jamieson
RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 02, 2011
Family offices see relative surge in assets

Family offices saw a relatively large surge in assets in 2010. And that figure will likely be getting bigger with billionaire George Soros getting out of the hedge fund business to manage his family's money | <a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=CI&amp;Date=20110809&amp;Category=FREE&amp;ArtNo=809009999&amp;Ref=PH>Top 10 family offices

By John Goff
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES SEP 02, 2011
Gross back into Treasuries in a big way

Up Total Return Funds holdings in U.S. debt to 10%; backs off cash, money-market funds

By John Goff
RIA NEWS SEP 02, 2011
How clearing and custody firms are taking new regs head-on

By Dan Jamieson
RIA NEWS SEP 02, 2011
LPL ramping up clearing business

LPL Investment Holdings Inc. last month proved it wants to be a serious player in the clearing services business by hiring one of the most respected names in the industry to head the unit.

By Bruce Kelly
This unusual asset hailed as better investment than stocks, oil or gold
RIA NEWS SEP 01, 2011
This unusual asset hailed as better investment than stocks, oil or gold

No checkered performance for taxi medallions over the past two decades; investors pooling funds to get in on the action

By John Goff
Ex-con builds cult following blogging about investments
RIA NEWS SEP 01, 2011
Ex-con builds cult following blogging about investments

Armstrong spent 11 years in jail for covering up losses at his firm; stash of gold all gone?

By John Goff
No room at the inn as storage shortage strikes gold trade
RIA NEWS SEP 01, 2011
No room at the inn as storage shortage strikes gold trade

Bullion vaults hit ceiling amid fevered demand; take it out of the ground, put it back in the ground

By John Goff
FINTECH SEP 01, 2011
MDE platform that tamps down volatility now available to RIAs

Risk 3.0 Asset Management holds out the promise of predictable returns with limited volatility

By Jeff Benjamin
Gold at $2,200 by Xmas? Hedge fund hotshot says yes
RIA NEWS SEP 01, 2011
Gold at $2,200 by Xmas? Hedge fund hotshot says yes

Platinum and Brent crude will also see big gains, says Tony Hall; he's up 33% this year

By John Goff