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Oppenheimer's Murphy, "Call 12b-1 fees what they are."
By John SullivanWe asked OppenheimerFunds chairman and CEO John Murphy for his take on what to expect in 2008. In addition to his role with Oppenheimer, Murphy...
May 28, 2008
Weeding out ag fundsCommodity funds can be used to diversify a portfolio, but watch out for highly specialized funds, warns Emiko Kurotsu for Morningstar. Agriculture funds, in particular,...
May 28, 2008
Targeting client prioritiesCandace Bahr and Ginita Wall have some suggestions for working with female clients in their book, "It's More Than Money - It's Your Life!" The...
May 28, 2008
Feeling insecure with the Fed and free-marketsBeing a staunch free-market guy, I'm having considerable trouble defending the Bear Stearns bailout by the Federal Reserve (all right, technically it's a "guarantee"). I...
May 28, 2008
Whatever happened to fiduciary responsibility? Dump Paulson's planForgive the clich?, but we have seen the enemy and he is us. Doug Dachille, writing in the Wall Street Journal, echoes my column this...
May 28, 2008
Retirement and working80 - Percentage of baby boomers who plan to work at least part time in retirement. 35 - Percentage of boomers who say they'll work simply...
May 28, 2008
The long and short of itInvestors looking for a safe place to invest have turned increasingly to long-short funds, which can buy stocks or bet against them by selling them...
May 28, 2008
Active ETFs need tweakingActive exchange-traded funds may be on the horizon; PowerShares has approached the SEC with a proposal for a group of active ETFs, the first firm...