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China's Bubble May Not Spell Trouble for Global Investors
By Staff WriterDespite a recent government decision allowing investment in markets outside of the mainland, China's indexes still continue to close higher, fueling renewed speculation in some quarters that the markets are inflated and ready to pop. But Alec Young, international market strategist at Standard & Poor's, says American investors should not...
May 01, 2007
Rating ETFsHaving trouble making sense of the ever-growing ETF marketplace? Asset management firm XTF has introduced a free rating service intended to help financial advisors to...
May 01, 2007
Vanguard Adds International OfferingsAlthough early 2007 saw previously ebullient overseas equity markets start to look a bit less secure, the more balanced environment has yet to deter the...
May 01, 2007
Submerging MarketsEmerging stock markets suddenly swooned in late February and early March, in a worldwide bout of selling triggered by a sharp decline in Chinese stocks....
May 01, 2007
Method to Her MathGetting an advanced degree in mathematics has become a pretty common path to Wall Street, where math geniuses routinely labor over proprietary trading models, sophisticated...
May 01, 2007
401k FirestormRegardless of what you've read or been told, the usually calm 401(k) marketplace is facing a barrage of scrutiny that it's never experienced in its...
May 01, 2007
The Call of SuccessIn 2001, just after the horrific events of September 11th, as national sales manager I visited the offices of 60 advisors with the wholesalers I...
April 26, 2007
Top Firms' Pension Status Improved: AnalystBoosted by a strong stock market in the second half of 2006, pension funds in the Standard & Poor's 500 reduced their underfunding from $140 ...