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Envestnet May Not Be Finished With Acquisitions After FundQuest Deal
By James J. GreenEnvestnet Chairman Jud Bergman says more acquisitions possible following $24 million deal for TAMP provider.
August 17, 2011
Signs Point Away From Treasuries, but Not Because of DowngradeYes, there could be more downside in the market , but a decline in confidence is very different from a decline in financial worthiness.
August 16, 2011
Roubini: Karl Marx Got Capitalism's Death Wish Partly RightNouriel Roubini, the economist known as Dr. Doom, invoked the specter of Karl Marx while taking on presidential candidate Rick Perry over threats by the 'Texan thug' against Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.
August 16, 2011
Bear Market Indicator ‘Death Cross’ Makes Ominous AppearancesBlack Swans, Hindenburg Omenscant at least one market indicator be called Candy and Unicorns?
August 16, 2011
Home Building Slips in July, Leaving Construction DepressedThe Commerce Department said Tuesday that builders began work on a seasonally adjusted 604,000 homes last month, a 1.5% decrease from June.
August 15, 2011
Top Portfolio Products: Morningstar Reports Heavy Fund Outflows, ETF IncreasesLast week, Morningstar reported that fund outflows fell heavily in July as ETFs increased. Meanwhile, in new portfolio products, Aberdeen has taken over management of The Singapore Fund.
August 12, 2011
5 Best Quotes From Wild Market Month—So FarAs investors suffered market whiplash in August, Bill Gross, Jeremy Grantham and others made insightful, if not depressing, comments about the economic implications stemming from the debt ceiling debacle and the S&P downgrade.
August 11, 2011
Doomsayer Jeremy Grantham: ‘7 Lean Years’ Too OptimisticDecrying Republican blackmailers and President No-Show, mega-investor Jeremy Grantham says our debt-ceiling performance makes the U.S. look like a banana republic.