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NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 24, 2012
States with the heftiest real estate taxes

By John Goff
Futures investor cashes 60-1 bet on Giants
NEWS INDUSTRY 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
NEWS RIAS FEB 23, 2012
Armond Dinverno answers six key questions about the RIA business

By Paul Menchaca
NEWS INDUSTRY 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
NEWS 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
NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 23, 2012
Time for a retirement income specialist designation?

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

By John Goff
Big threat for big wealth managers? Their local bank
NEWS 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
NEWS 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
NEWS 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
NEWS 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
NEWS INDUSTRY 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
Biggest expense for Americans over 50? Not health care
NEWS 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?
NEWS 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
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 22, 2012
Economist offers somber warning about U.S. recovery

By Bloomberg
Two views: What if Obama wins / What if a Republican wins?
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 22, 2012
Two views: What if Obama wins / What if a Republican wins?

A pair of investment managers offer their views

By Bloomberg
Pioneer ready to fight for inflows
NEWS EMERGING MARKETS FEB 21, 2012
Pioneer ready to fight for inflows

Pioneer Investments is bolstering its emerging-markets lineup and adding wholesalers as it fights for inflows

By Jason Kephart
Pensco pulls off 'game changer' of an acquisition
NEWS RIAS FEB 21, 2012
Pensco pulls off 'game changer' of an acquisition

Purchasing IRA business of Lincoln Trust; larger custodians dumping nontraditional investments

By Dan Jamieson
Finally, blue chips back in the pink
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS FEB 21, 2012
Finally, blue chips back in the pink

In 2011, large cap stocks outperformed small-caps for the first time in a decade; high P/E ratios for minnows

By John Goff
NEWS EQUITIES FEB 21, 2012
How a graffiti artist tagged Facebook for a $200M payday

David Choe's choice of stock over cash for murals was the real art of this deal

By Bloomberg