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Vanguard Debunks Myth ETFs Turn Investors Into Speculators
By John SullivanDo exchange-traded funds (ETFs) turn long-term investors into speculative day traders, as some critics claim?
July 16, 2012
A tale of two cities: too many jobs, or not enough (NPR)Yuma, Ariz., has the countrys highest unemployment rate at 28.9%more than three times the national average of 8.2%, while Bismarck, N.D., has added 3,300 jobs in the last year. Both towns have their own sets of problems.
July 13, 2012
Italy's Bond Yield Falls at Sale Despite Moody's CutItaly passed a market test on Friday after a Moodys downgrade that its industry minister called unjustified.
July 13, 2012
Russell Emerging Markets Index Enjoys 4.5% Gain This YearAs of July 9, the Emerging Markets Index has yielded a year-to-date performance of +4.7%. This compares with negative (-1.3%) return for the Russell Frontier Index for the same time period.
July 13, 2012
Russell Emerging Markets Index Enjoys 4.5% Gain This YearAs of July 9, the Emerging Markets Index has yielded a year-to-date performance of +4.7%. This compares with negative (-1.3%) return for the Russell Frontier Index for the same time period.
July 11, 2012
LPL Adds Strategies to Growing Fee-Based Models Platform, Lowers MinimumsNew strategies added to the platform include offerings from AlphaSimplex, J.P. Morgan Asset Management and Morningstar. LPL will also lower the account minimum to $25,000 from $100,000, Vice President John Moninger said.
July 11, 2012
5 of History's Brazen Crooks Who Defrauded MarketsRemember Ken Lay? Probably. Remember Alves dos Reis? Probably not, but he nearly bankrupted a country in 1925.
July 10, 2012
Dodd-Frank Should Not Be Repealed: House Hearing ConsensusWhile they had many complaints about the Dodd-Frank Act, all of the financial services representatives testifying at a House Financial Services hearing stopped short of saying the law needs to be repealed.