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May 7, 2010

WEALTH ADVISER: Money Managers Still Seek Gains From Stocks

by IAN SALISBURY

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The stock market's rough week has wiped out most of the gains the Standard & Poor's 500 posted this year, but money managers are still hoping to register attractive returns by betting on stocks.

May 2, 2010

Tax-loss overhangs allow investors to benefit from 2008 downturn

by Jeff Benjamin

Embedded capital losses, which represent a combination of realized and unrealized losses, offer a rare opportunity for mutual fund investors in taxable accounts. According to Morningstar Inc., there are more 100 equity funds with embedded losses, also known as tax-loss overhangs, of more than 100%.

May 2, 2010

“Tax-loss overhangs allow investors to benefit from 2008 downtown”

by Jeff Benjamin

March 23, 2010

SDCERA faces conflict-of-interest, outsourcing questions

by Rose Creasman

April 1, 2009

Homebuilders: Just A Little Patience

by Herb Morgan

February 19, 2009

Brokerage Firms See Higher Outflows in SMAs

by IAN SALISBURY

Holders of separately managed accounts are supposed to be the brokerage business's VIPs, but humble mutual-fund holders may find themselves better-served in the long run. Amid the rocky fourth quarter, investors that work with fee-based financial advisers pulled money from both SMAs and mutual funds, but brokerage firms' high-rolling SMA clients appear to have been far more rash.

February 18, 2009

Brokerage Firms See Higher Outflows in SMAs

by IAN SALISBURY

Holders of separately managed accounts are supposed to be the brokerage business's VIPs, but humble mutual-fund holders may find themselves better-served in the long run.

February 17, 2009

Wall Street & Technology MOney Manager Finds Sharing Files in the Cloud Just Like Using A File Server

January 23, 2009

Trouble at Barclays Raises ETN Worries

by IAN SALISBURY

With Barclays PLC's share price sliding, worries have spread about one product that recently seemed like a hit with Main Street investors: its iPath exchange-traded notes.

January 23, 2009

Trouble at Barclays Raises ETN Worries