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How I’m Positioning Client Portfolios Now
By Mike PattonIn these turbulent markets, positioning client portfolios correctly. So far, so good.
August 03, 2011
Bond Selloff Sparks Italy's Plea for Euro Zone HelpItaly looked to the euro zone for political help on Wednesday as its bonds were hammered in the midst of a huge selloff.
August 02, 2011
Euro Crisis Spreads as Italian, Spanish Debt Yields Pass 6%The massive size of Italian and Spanish debt in comparison to that of Greece, Portugal and Ireland imparts global economic significance to Tuesday's bond market news.
August 01, 2011
June Outflows: Nearly $50 Billion for Money Markets, Other FundsFRC says money-market funds lost more than $48 billion, while stock and bond funds dropped roughly $500 million.
July 29, 2011
Editor's Blog: The Billion-Dollar SettlementA year after Mass. Senator Scott Brown said Dodd-Frank would unfairly target Mass Mutual, Mass Mutual is paying back Bernie Madoff victims.
July 29, 2011
Fund Managers on MLPs, Returns & Opportunities: Weekend InterviewFive fund managers discuss trends affecting master limited partnerships and the role MLPs play in investor portfolios.
July 29, 2011
S&P’s Sam Stovall: Gridlock in Congress Harms, Not Helps, StocksWhile many people believe that gridlock is good for the stock market, reasoning that Washington would then not get in the way of capitalism, history shows that the opposite is true, says Stovall in a U.S. sector watch for S&P’s Equity Research unit.
July 29, 2011
The Billion-Dollar SettlementYesterday, we received a news alert that Irving Picard, trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities had settled with "more than a ...