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Finra hammers David Lerner Associates, suspends 'Poppy'
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 05, 2013
Finra hammers David Lerner Associates, suspends 'Poppy'

Finra on Monday lowered the boom on David Lerner Associates and its high-profile CEO.

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING FIXED INCOME APR 04, 2013
SEC says Illinois misled investors over pension funding

By Darla Mercado
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAR 31, 2013
American bullish on bonds

By JKEPHART
American Funds to launch three bond funds in 2013
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 31, 2013
American Funds to launch three bond funds in 2013

American Funds will launch three bond funds in 2013, but the company insists the move is not a reaction to heavy stock outflows.

By JKEPHART
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 28, 2013
American Funds back in the black, boosted by shift to equities

Buoyed by the flood into equities, American Funds finally recorded net positive inflows last month. The question: Where to from here?

By JKEPHART
Morgan Keegan slapped with $1.38 million arbitration award
INVESTING FIXED INCOME MAR 27, 2013
Morgan Keegan slapped with $1.38 million arbitration award

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING FIXED INCOME MAR 25, 2013
SEC says Illinois misled investors over pension funding

The SEC today slapped Illinois with fraud charges, claiming the state raised $2.2B in bond offerings without disclosing the massive hole in its pension funding.

By Darla Mercado
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 20, 2013
What's wrong with this picture? Market up, fund inflows down

In the middle of a classic bull run, investors yanked money out of equity mutual funds.

By JKEPHART
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 19, 2013
Not so fast on the great rotation

Despite all the hype about a return to U.S. equities, investors flocked back to bond funds - and international equities - in February. Take that, great rotation.

By AOSTERLAND
INVESTING FIXED INCOME MAR 17, 2013
Puerto Rico's muni-bond risk bears watching, BlackRock managers say

Puerto Rico's munis represent the 'fattest tail risk' in the market, managers at BlackRock warn. The worry? If investors smell default, a run on the tax-free bonds could break out.

By JKEPHART
INVESTING ETFS MAR 17, 2013
ETFs offer no haven during a stampede

Exchange-traded funds' liquidity could be a double-edged sword

By JKEPHART
INVESTING ETFS MAR 17, 2013
High-yield bond ETF shorts touch record high

Investors have pulled approximately $1 billion from the two largest junk bond ETFs year-to-date

By JKEPHART
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 14, 2013
Great rotation? Advisers buying bonds to adjust asset mix

Stock rally as good a time as any to review allocation.

By JKEPHART
INVESTING EMERGING MARKETS MAR 13, 2013
New Goldman fund overweights emerging-markets debt

Managers can adjust on the fly, use currencies to capture alpha.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING EQUITIES MAR 13, 2013
Fees, rates, redemptions hit Fidelity

Investors pulled $5.3 billion in 2012; better than the $36.3 billion yanked in 2011.

By Gregory Crawford
INVESTING ETFS MAR 12, 2013
Vanguard's international bond ETF gets a due date

The firm announced today it will launch the Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund during the second quarter.

By JKEPHART
INVESTING FIXED INCOME MAR 11, 2013
Sequester fiascos would be good news for muni bonds

Being less dependent on federal subsidy is a big plus

By Jeff Benjamin
The impact of migratory patterns on munis
INVESTING FIXED INCOME MAR 11, 2013
The impact of migratory patterns on munis

Loss of tax revenues, user fees and consumption at the local level could result in further belt-tightening.

By James Colby
INVESTING FIXED INCOME MAR 10, 2013
Spicing up the 401(k) bond menu

Fixed-income diversification will take center stage as interest rates and inflation rise

By Darla Mercado
INVESTING FIXED INCOME MAR 10, 2013
High hopes for high-yield debt

As interest rates rise, junk bonds could be a safe bet for investors

By Jeff Benjamin