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INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 27, 2014
New fund takes unconstrained approach to returns

Neuberger Berman product joins ranks of similar funds from Goldman, JPMorgan and Pimco.

By CODONNELL
INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 27, 2014
The capital gains vacation is coming to an end

For fund investors, the vacation from capital gains taxes may be over after another strong year for stocks. But it's not all bad news, as there are ways for investors to extend their holiday.

By Rey Santodomingo
INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 22, 2014
European stocks hit six-year high on fifth day of rally

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Euro stocks rally but for how long?. Plus: The China risk, big money managers are flush once again, the future of airplane seating, and 21 inspirational yearbook quotes.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 22, 2014
Ukraine's new resistance to Russia draws attention back to the macroeconomic fallout

<i>Friday's menu:</i> Ukraine heats up and fund winners and losers come into focus. Plus: Fed-speak clarity: an oxymoron? Bank loan funds fall victim to Fed policy, Obamacare drags us back to the 1950s and banks square off with Big Labor in Vegas.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 21, 2014
Fund firms say too-big-to-fail designation would hurt investors

U.S. fund companies are pushing back against claims that some firms may be too big to fail, saying that singling out a few large money managers and subjecting them to more regulation would hurt competition and ultimately fund investors.

By Matt Ackermann
INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 21, 2014
Mutual fund flows: Expect 2013's reversal of trends to continue

How much can the year's surprising mutual fund flows tell us? Leuthold Weeden Capital Management's Kristen Hendrickson takes a deep dive and provides insight into how the rest of the year could play out.

By Kristen Hendrickson
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 20, 2014
Complacent investors still pouring money into bonds to their peril

Money manager recommends diversifying and considering alternative fixed-income investments.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 20, 2014
Smart beta slow to gain traction among asset managers

Only 15% of those surveyed are comfortable with the term

By CODONNELL
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 20, 2014
SEC commissioners push back against systemic designation for mutual funds

Two on panel annoyed with regulatory action on &quot;too big to fail&quot;; Gallagher says asset managers shouldn't be considered systemically key.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 19, 2014
Winklevoss twins seek Nasdaq listing for bitcoin ETF

The duo, who claimed Mark Zuckerberg stole their idea for a social-networking website, are seeking to open the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust as the first ETF tracking a virtual asset.

By Matt Ackermann
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 17, 2014
Legg Mason adds global equity specialist

Legg plans to work with UK-based institutional investor to develop retail funds

By Bloomberg
INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 15, 2014
2014's oddly logical bond market rally

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The bond market's oddly logical rally. Plus: Retail and professional investors get cautious, gold tops $1,300 an ounce, the income opportunities in deep-water drilling, and clarifying Thomas Piketty's attack on capitalism

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 14, 2014
Calling on Bond, James Bond, to make the case for bond alternatives

&#8220;By and large the bond market is over. Maybe you want to put some James Bond in your portfolio,&#8221; a top strategist said at the IMCA conference.

By Gregory Crawford
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 13, 2014
T. Rowe Price chairman Brian Rogers to relinquish fund management duties

Next year, three-decade T. Rowe Price veteran will no longer run the firm's second largest fund.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 13, 2014
Investors cool to bank loan funds and performance could be a casualty

Search for yield, along with a more predictable Federal Reserve has investors dumping adjustable-rate bank loan funds.

By CODONNELL
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 11, 2014
The rise of interval funds: Mutual funds for alternative investing

Historically, access to alternative private investment opportunities has been for institutional investors, but now the mass affluent are demanding this access as well. In turn, a new product type, the interval mutual fund, is providing the next evolution in alternative investing.

By Scott Crowe
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 09, 2014
Hedge funds short small caps most since 2004

Money managers are turning on stocks that have delivered the best returns during the bull market: small caps.

By Matt Ackermann
INVESTING ETFS MAY 08, 2014
Supreme Court may weigh in on iShares case

ETF investors say BlackRock keeps too much of the proceeds from securities-lending business.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS MAY 08, 2014
Fidelity, BlackRock seek to expand dominance in ETFs

Firms set to launch actively managed accounts, a move likely to stoke competition.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
INVESTING RIAS MAY 07, 2014
F-Squared pays $35 million to settle claims it misled investors

SEC says company overstated performance of its flagship ETF over a seven-year period, and it charged the former CEO for making false and misleading statements.

By Trevor Hunnicutt