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RIA NEWS AUG 14, 2011
Special report: The top-performing SMAs (2Q 2011)

Volatility is the name of the game in today's markets.

By Mark Bruno
RIA NEWS AUG 14, 2011
Comic relief: A new approach to reviving Carnegie's wisdom

Although Napoleon Hill has been dead for more than 40 years, his popular wealth-building book has found a hip new outlet.

By Liz Skinner
Money funds get $38B deposits after debt-ceiling deal
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 12, 2011
Money funds get $38B deposits after debt-ceiling deal

Money-market mutual funds took in $24.9 billion yesterday, bouncing back from their second-worst week of withdrawals, as investors unsettled by the debate over raising the U.S. debt ceiling returned to the market.

By Doug Cubberley
RIA NEWS AUG 12, 2011
Finalists announced for 2011 Community Leadership Awards

The awards, which will be presented Sept. 14, honor financial advisers who make a difference in their communities.

By Deborah Nason
IRS to build database of regulated tax preparers
RIA NEWS AUG 12, 2011
IRS to build database of regulated tax preparers

Taxpayers will be able to examine the qualifications of paid tax-return preparers in a database being built by the IRS that may be available as soon as 2013.

By Doug Cubberley
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 12, 2011
Ratings drop for U.S. won't hurt insurers, Moody's says

Four major life insurers with pristine Aaa ratings are likely to hold on to their status, provided that the United States' government bond rating doesn't fall by more than one rung

By Darla Mercado
RIA NEWS AUG 12, 2011
Small foundations eye donor-advised funds

Donor-advised funds are benefiting from small family foundations' closing or suffering drops in endowment assets as the costs and administrative burden of running the foundations have become too great

By Liz Skinner
EMERGING MARKETS AUG 12, 2011
Peter Schiff: The rise of the barter economy

Imagine a day when you go to buy a quart of milk, ask the price, and the cashier says, "that'll be a tenth ounce silver." As the US dollar's decline accelerates, several efforts around the country are trying to make this vision a reality.

By Mark Bruno
Record number of affluent paid no income tax
RIA NEWS AUG 12, 2011
Record number of affluent paid no income tax

IRS says big surge in number of filers who made $200K — but didn't owe Uncle Sam a penny; 'further evidence of how broken this system is'

By John Goff
RIA NEWS AUG 12, 2011
Peter Schiff: What to make of the 'real' unemployment rate

Since the US economy has failed to recover as widely predicted, pressure on the Federal Reserve to conjure a solution has increased.

By Peter Schiff
EMERGING MARKETS AUG 12, 2011
Peter Schiff: Why it's time to dump most U.S. stocks

By MFXFeeder
Buffett binging on shares of wirehouse
RIA NEWS AUG 11, 2011
Buffett binging on shares of wirehouse

With the market selling off, Warren Buffett has been moving in. In fact, SEC filings show the Oracle has been loading up on stock, particularly shares of Wells Fargo. This may be of some interest to advisers, considering the bank's P/e ratio is now less than 9 to 1.

By John Goff
Second time around, life insurers braced for downturn: UBS
LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES AUG 11, 2011
Second time around, life insurers braced for downturn: UBS

Ameriprise, MetLife and Prudential among those favored in a plummeting market

By Darla Mercado
How to max out your clients' FDIC coverage
RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 11, 2011
How to max out your clients' FDIC coverage

$250K limit can easily be bumped up to $2M; CDARS, brokered CDs gaining in popularity

By John Goff
RIA NEWS AUG 11, 2011
What advisers should be telling clients

Given the media frenzy over the market mayhem this week, clients are understandably blitzed, bothered and bewildered. Here's what advisers should be saying to calm them down.

By John Goff
RIA NEWS AUG 11, 2011
Bottom's up? Stocks stage mighty rally

Bargain-hunting investors pushing up the prices of equities; Dow well over 200 points to the good

By John Goff
RIA NEWS AUG 11, 2011
History in the making: When will the meltdown end?

It's challenging — next to impossible, actually — for investors and advisers to have an appropriate level of context for a major market meltdown when we're still caught in the rip tide (and searching for the floor or the shore, whatever comes first).

By Mark Bruno
Gold at $1,600? Don't bet against it, says Scotia
RIA NEWS AUG 11, 2011
Gold at $1,600? Don't bet against it, says Scotia

Gold may advance to a record $1,600 an ounce this year as investors seek to protect their wealth from Europe's sovereign-debt crisis, boosting demand, according to Scotia Capital.

By Bloomberg
RIA NEWS AUG 10, 2011
Recession coming? Experts offer odds

With the stock market plunging -- and the Federal Reserve stating that business growth is flagging -- legendary investors and top analysts rate the chances that the U.S. is slipping into another economic downturn.

By John Goff
Pershing under the knife at BNY Mellon?
RIA NEWS AUG 10, 2011
Pershing under the knife at BNY Mellon?

Planned job cutting by parent BNY Mellon could sweep away jobs at the custodian that's a mainstay for independent B-Ds. .

By Andrew Osterland