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Metals Get a New Shine After Lackluster G-20 Summit
By Janet LevauxGold, silver and other prices rise, along with associated metals funds, thanks to weakness in the U.S. dollar
October 22, 2010
Top 5 Fund Providers for Advisor Loyalty in Mutual Funds, ETFs, VAsBased on a national survey of more than 1,500 registered advisors, the report found that American Funds, iShares and Prudential Financial have strong connections with individual advisors.
October 22, 2010
President's Working Group Releases Report on Money Market Fund ReformsPWG: while a number of positive reforms have been implemented, more should be done to address money market funds' susceptibility to runs.
October 21, 2010
ETF Securities' Precious New Fund: All That GLTRs Is Not Just GoldETF Securities on Friday will launch an exchange traded fund offering a diversified portfolio of precious metals--gold, silver, platinum, and palladium--under the ticker symbol GLTR, or "Glitter."
October 20, 2010
BlackRock Q3 Profits of 74% Easily Surpass Analyst ConsensusBlackRock Inc. far exceeded analysts' expectations on Wednesday with third-quarter earnings rising 74% on profits of $551 million versus $317 million a year ago.
October 19, 2010
Dealing With an Unrealistic Client: Should I Fire Him?I am now just over half way through the quarterly client review process and everything is going extremely well, except for the one client who holds some rather unrealistic expectations. Should I try to educate him, again, or just fire him?
October 18, 2010
Vanguard ETFs Gaining on BlackRock, State StreetOn the heels of the recent announcement that Vanguard Group is now the largest asset management company, the Valley Forge, Pa.-based company is shaking up the exchange-traded fund space, as well.
October 18, 2010
Vanguard ETFs Gaining on BlackRock, State StreetOn the heels of the recent announcementthat Vanguard Groupis now the largest asset management company, the Valley Forge, Pa.-based company is shaking up the...