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AFLAC: What If the Raters Bail Out?
By Allison BellA life insurer is asking the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to help it deal with shifts in the credit rating agency industry.
August 18, 2010
Vanguard's New Target Date Fund Takes Aim at Gen Y'ersGen Y investors will be able to take advantage of Vanguard's latest offering, the Vanguard Target Retirement 2055 Fund.
August 18, 2010
Elliott Wave Forecast From Crash-Predictor Prechter Goes ViralBuzz about the Elliott Wave went viral over the last week as media groups and bloggers talked about Robert Prechter's forecast for U.S. stocks.
August 17, 2010
July Housing Starts Up, PPI Rose, Industrial Production GainedA round of relatively positive U.S. economic data buoyed the markets August 17, with July's housing starts, producer price index, and industrial production numbers all posting increases and only housing permits showing a decrease.
August 16, 2010
NAHB/Wells Fargo Home Builder Index Drops Again in AugustFor the third month in a row, builders surveyed in the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo housing market index for August expressed a lack of confidence in the newly built, single-family home market.
August 15, 2010
Municipal Bonds Offer Opportunities, RidgeWorth Paper ShowsAccording to a white paper released by RidgeWorth Investments, the high-grade municipal bond market still offered attractive opportunities for investors, even though the market was dramatically different from last year.
August 13, 2010
Vanguard Removes AXA Rosenberg as Advisor on Three FundsVanguard announced Thursday, August 12, that AXA Rosenbwerg Investment Management will no longer serve as an advisor on three of the firm's fund products.
August 13, 2010
A Better Way to Invest in Bonds?Fundamental Indexing for bond funds may change how you invest in that asset class.