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Facebook Shares Hit New Low
By John SullivanFacebook Inc.'s IPO woes continued Thursday, as imposed lockup deadline expired, allowing early investors to sell their shares.
August 14, 2012
Equities Cult High Priest Malkiel Burns PIMCO’s Gross: Reducing Stocks Would Be ‘Huge Mistake’PIMCO Chairman Bill Gross launched a bond investors jihad recently with his remarks that the cult of equities is dying. Burton Malkiel, author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street, is the latest to fire back.
August 14, 2012
PIMCO’s El-Erian Takes Issue With Paul Ryan’s Use of ‘New Normal’PIMCO CEO Mohamed El-Erian took to the pages of The Washington Post Monday to rebut (sort of) the use of the term "new normal" by Mitt Romney's vice-presidential pick, Rep. Paul Ryan.
August 09, 2012
Gary Shilling: ‘We’re Already in a Global Recession’AdvisorOne contributor Gary Shilling appeared on Bloomberg Surveillance to do what he does best: make the case that the sky is falling.
August 09, 2012
PIMCO’s El-Erian: ‘Be Wary of Steepening Yield Curve’The steepening yield curve in the U.S. Treasury market should have investors worried.
August 09, 2012
Edward Jones: 9 in 10 Americans Plan to Change Savings and Investment StrategiesThe survey reveals the U.S. presidential election and health care costs are the two issues most likely to affect savings and investing decisions, with 39% and 30% of Americans pointing to them, respectively.
August 09, 2012
Half of Americans Die With Almost No AssetsA disturbing study from three Ivy League researchers finds that almost half of Americans die owning less than $10,000.
August 09, 2012
Fidelity Retirement Sales Up 36%For the first half of 2012, defined contributions topped $25 billion versus $18.5 billion a year ago.