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SEC To Target 'Target Date Funds'
By Linda KocoIn the near future, the Security and Exchange Commission will begin to focus on target date funds, according to an SEC official speaking at a conference in Phoenix, Ariz. this week.
March 11, 2010
Fidelity Reports Growing Interest, and Investor Plans for Roth ConversionsA recent Fidelity Investment survey shows tax advisors believe some 43 percent of clients would benefit from a Roth IRA conversion, given that two-thirds...
March 10, 2010
Seniors More Likely to Drop Stocks, Vanguard Research ShowsPeople age 65 or older were more than twice as likely to abandon equities as investors between the ages of 45 and 54 in the recent market downturn. .
March 01, 2010
Frontier Markets 101: Investing in High Growth, Greater VolatilityFrontier markets often offer potential for greater payouts relative to developed markets due to numerous inefficiencies in asset pricing and flow of information, but with that potential upside comes increased risk levels.
March 01, 2010
Asset AllocationIf there's anything in the economy about which to be optimistic Gary Shilling, the Springfield, New Jersey-based economist and advisor, thinks it's the de-leveraging of...
March 01, 2010
The Battle for 401(k) AccountsPowered by Standard & Poor's MarketScope Advisor Judging by the numbers, there has been no decrease in the investing public's appetite for exchange traded funds: ETF...
March 01, 2010
Bonds: Strong in '09, Volatile in '10Lipper's latest data show that most bond groups are in positive territory for the first month of 2010. In the beginning few weeks of the year,...
February 24, 2010
Pimco, Grail Advisors and Old Mutual Debut ETFsOne index-focused fund and three actively managed bond funds are now being offered.