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2011 IA 25; Fight Over Pay-to-Play; Rebuilding Japan: May Investment Advisor—Slideshow
By Editorial StaffCheck out the slideshow to see highlights of May's Investment Advisor magazine, with a cover story on IA's choices for the most influential people in and around the profession—now and in the near future.
April 26, 2011
Higher Oil, Lower Dollar Go TogetherNews that President Obama has created a group to determine why energy prices keep rising seems like overkill.
April 26, 2011
Euro Zone Deficit Down in 2010, but Portugal, Greece UpAs the euro zone works to regain investor confidence in its finances, 2010 figures released Tuesday revealed that while overall, the region's deficit had dropped, those of Portugal and Greece had not.
April 26, 2011
Options Expiry Fells Silver; Metal Regains GroundAhead of an options expiry later in the day on Tuesday, silver lost some of the wild gains it had recorded on Monday, when it courted record territory from 1980 and fell short by only $0.17.
April 25, 2011
Analyst: SIFI Questions Weigh on Life StocksUncertainty about how regulators will apply systemic risk rules to insurers may be hurting life insurer stock prices, according to Thomas Gallagher.
April 25, 2011
Analyst: SIFI Questions Weigh on Life StocksUncertainty about how regulators will apply systemic risk rules to insurers may be hurting life insurer stock prices, according to Thomas Gallagher.
April 25, 2011
Goldman Sachs Asset Management Chief Urges More Exposure to BRICGoldman Sachs Asset Management Chairman Jim O’Neill on Saturday urged investors to get more exposure to the growth markets of the BRIC economies.
April 25, 2011
Accounting, Finance Workers Less Confident: SurveyEven though overall confidence in the economy has improved among accounting and finance employees, fewer of them are confident about available opportunities within their own field. So say the results of a survey released on Monday by The Mergis Group, the professional placement division of SFN Group, Inc.