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Boomers - Beware stimulus bonds
By John SullivanWith municipal bonds receiving the lion's share of investors' attention of late, boomer clients might think infrastructure investments are the way to go. But the...
May 04, 2009
Schapiro: SEC reviewing target-date fund disclosuresSEC Chairman Mary Schapiro continued her promises to aid investors in a speech at the Mutual Fund Directors Forum conference in Washington. Among other issues,...
May 01, 2009
The guilty prospectThe couple that you saw a year ago is sitting across the table once again.
May 01, 2009
Game ChangerIf you believe his critics, Barack Obama is an agent of socialism whose economic and social agenda includes nothing less than the goal of massively...
May 01, 2009
State Street Launches Long-Term Bond ETFState Street Global Advisors has just introduced the SPDR Barclays Capital Long Term Credit Bond ETF (LWC). LWC provides market exposure to long-term (10-plus years) investment-grade...
May 01, 2009
Q109 Results: Fixed Income UpThe top-performing floating-rate taxable funds gained from about 8.80 percent to as much as 13.77 percent in the first three months of 2009, according to...
May 01, 2009
The ETF Advisor: Energy EdgeThe nearly $100 per barrel plunge in oil prices since last summer, coupled with the credit crisis and stock market decline, hit the nascent biofuels...