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Muni Funds Record Fifth Straight Month of Inflows
By John SullivanAs investors continue their desperate search for yield, municipal bond funds hit their fifth consecutive month of inflows, racking up more than $100 million in January, according to Boston-based Cerulli Associates.
February 20, 2012
Major Metals Regaining LusterIn the current environment, investors are likely to continue to favor hard assets, with gold standing out as key focus, experts say.
February 17, 2012
John Bogle on Taxes: Praise for Obama; Raise Capital GainsOften at odds with the modern fund industry he helped create, Bogles comments ran counter to vehement opposition from investment managers and trade organizations over raising taxes on dividends and capital gains.
February 16, 2012
The Landscape for the Facebook IPOWhen Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced earlier this month that the company was finally ready to have its much-awaited Initial Public Offering, the move was immediately hailed as the largest IPO in American history. But will it live up to the hype?
February 16, 2012
5 Regulatory Red Flags for Advisors Who Use Commodity ETFsA legal alert from the law firm Sutherland Asbill & Brennan lists the top issues that Gary Gensler's CFTC and the entire commodity ETF industry will need to address this year.
February 16, 2012
Top Portfolio Products: iShares Launches New ETFs; Market Vectors Introduces ETFIn addition, CLS Investments was named advisor to a fund from the AdvisorOne family of funds.
February 16, 2012
Risk on the Rise: Yield Chasers Rush Into AlternativesCorrelation, coupled with the U.S. bond markets zero-yield environment, has driven advisors into riskier alternative investing.
February 14, 2012
Are Central Banks Saving Economy or Destroying It? News AnalysisThe question is whether the central banks combined $15 trillion bet will restore confidence in time for the economy to grow again, or whether the global economic system collapses, sending waves of pain on a scale greatly exceeding the fallout of the still unrecovered U.S. real estate market.