Economy & Markets
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Ten investment tips for 2009
By Danielle AndrusMarketWatch's Jonathon Burton offers 10 investment ideas for the new year. According to him, bonds are going to be big in 2009. Buy long-term Treasury...
January 07, 2009
Pru Panelists: Recovery May Be SlowA portfolio manager at Prudential Financial Inc. says the shadows over the U.S. economy could start to lift in late 2009.Edward Campbell, a vice president ...
January 07, 2009
Pru Panelists: Recovery May Be SlowA portfolio manager at Prudential Financial Inc. says the shadows over the U.S. economy could start to lift in late 2009.Edward Campbell, a vice president ...
January 05, 2009
Currency Valuations on the Wane: Searching for Alpha, January 2009In this treacherous environment, one asset class seems to be the target of central banks - currencies.
January 05, 2009
Securities class action trends37%: Percent increase in securities class action filings from 2007 to 2008. 43%: Percentage of filings since Dec. 14, 2008 that are related to the credit crisis. 50%: Percentage of class action filings related to the credit crisis in
January 01, 2009
New productsFixed annuities ING Fixed Annuities The new ING IncomeProtector Withdrawal Benefit, a revamped version of previous offerings, now provides a 7 percent compounding roll-up during the first 10 years of the deferral phase and an annual ratchet
January 01, 2009
Nuveen Says It Has 'Positive Momentum'In 2008, Nuveen Investments wrestled with the freeze-up of the auction-rate preferred securities market and sought to restore liquidity at par to preferred shareholders and...
January 01, 2009
Saving Along Ethnic LinesI was in Atlanta for a couple of days to attend Charles Schwab's INSIGHT 08 conference. Dorothy A. Brown's sojourn in the South has been...