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Advisors Asset Management to Distribute WisdomTree ETFs
By John SullivanAdvisors Asset Management, Inc. announced Wednesday, September 8, it would market and distribute WisdomTree exchange-traded funds in the independent broker-dealer channel.
September 03, 2010
FaithShares Advisors Launches Its First SMAFaithShares Advisors is expanding its investment portfolio with a highly customizable separately managed account (SMA), the firm announced Wednesday, September 1.
September 03, 2010
ING Redeems Some Auction Rate Preferred SharesING Prime Rate Trust, a closed-end fund, will redeem a portion of the outstanding ARPS at par; declares dividend
September 02, 2010
Ernst & Young Gets Into Capital Markets BusinessThe accounting and consulting firm Ernst & Young LLP is getting into the "transaction and capital advisory services" business, starting up a new broker-dealer, Ernst & Young Capital Advisors, LLC (EYCA).
September 01, 2010
What's Not to Love about Stocks?: Searching for Alpha for September 2010As new home sales decline to the lowest levels since the government began tracking them in 1963.
September 01, 2010
Leveraged and Inverse ETFs Are Short-Term Investments: SLCG StudyInvestors risk serious losses for holding periods longer than a day or two.
September 01, 2010
Asset AllocationBehind the Numbers with Sam Stovall As part of former President George W. Bush's tax-cutting packages passed in 2001 and 2003, the tax rate on dividends...
September 01, 2010
Life Insurance/Long-Term Care Combos: Opportunity, but Questions on ValueOption offers greater flexibility but not one-size-fits-all.