For many retirees in the US, the American Dream is already dead. For those who don’t think it is entirely lost consider pensions as a way to revive it.
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August 6 - News, Retirement
In this article, we will take a look at the top 12 alternatives to Edward Jones.
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April 28 - Business, Industries, Lists, News
Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) traces its roots back to 1904 when an Italian immigrant, named Amadeo Giannini, established the Bank of Italy in San Francisco.
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April 25 - Earnings Report
Ray Dalio, who runs the $160 billion Bridgewater Associates LP, said he’s seeking to encourage a culture of “radical truth and radical transparency” by recording everything...
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September 22 - Hedge Funds
Stephen Mandel Jr.'s Lone Pine Capital, which lost between 1 percent and 3 percent in its funds in the first half, does not apologize or second-guess its decisions.
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July 29 - Hedge Funds
The stock market’s decline this year is healthy and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index probably will end 2014 higher, Leon Cooperman, chairman of hedge fund Omega Advisors Inc...
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February 5 - Hedge Funds
In 1975, Ray Dalio founded Bridgewater Associates in his New York apartment. Now, it's the world's largest hedge fund, managing $150 billion.
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January 31 - Hedge Funds
Billionaire David Tepper’s hedge fund firm, Appaloosa Management, celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2013 and it’s turning into a year to remember for the former Goldman Sachs...
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December 13 - Hedge Funds
Hedge fund Elliott Capital Advisors considers drug wholesaler McKesson Corporation (NYSE:MCK) -0.33% $6.1 billion takeover offer for Germany's Celesio AG CLS1.XE +0.35% too low...
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December 10 - Hedge Funds
Merrill Lynch's recent report on agricultural equipment provider AGCO Corporation (NYSE:AGCO) is a great example: "Margin Upside, Divy Could Soar, Raising Estimates." It's the...
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October 11 - Dividend Stocks, News
By adding a fingerprint scanner to its newest mobile phone, Apple Inc.
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September 12 - News
Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) is planning to cut 2,100 jobs and close 16 mortgage offices because higher interest rates have reduced demand for home loans, Bloomberg News is...
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September 10 - News
Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) has agreed to pay $39 million to settle claims of gender bias by women in its Merrill Lynch brokerage division.
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September 9 - News
A probe of JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) hiring practices in China has uncovered red flags across Asia, including an internal spreadsheet that linked appointments to specific...
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August 30 - News
The Securities and Exchange Commission is taking Bill Ackman seriously.
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August 28 - Hedge Funds
Having lunch with fabled billionaire Warren Buffett is usually a pretty expensive proposition, on the order of a million dollars or so.
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August 19 - News
How does a company worth $60 billion manage to completely shock investors and deliver a 25% one-day gain? That's the question being asked at traders' desks across the country ...
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July 26 - Stock Analysis
Not only does he manage the world's biggest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, with approximately $140 billion under management, he is also a big-game bow hunter, meditation...
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July 24 - Hedge Funds
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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July 11 - Hedge Funds
Editor's Note: Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC), Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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May 20 - News
Philip Falcone and his firm Harbinger Capital agreed to a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission that could end Mr. Falcone's career as a hedge-fund manager.
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May 9 - Hedge Funds
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR), MBIA Inc.
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May 6 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE:DB), Credit Suisse Group AG (NYSE:CS), Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), Prudential plc (LON:PRU...
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May 6 - News
Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSTK) – Shares in Overstock.com, Inc.
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April 19 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Cirrus Logic, Inc.
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April 17 - News
The two biggest hedge funds led by Citadel LLC CEO Ken Griffin posted returns of about 26 percent as of the end of the year compared to 2011 year end results, according to a person...
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January 4 - Hedge Funds
MACRO HEDGE FUND MANAGERS KNOW THE MARKETS can be a cruel mistress. Just ask Louis Bacon.
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January 3 - Hedge Funds
As I mentioned before, changing global climate has wrought havoc on the agricultural sector during the past year.
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December 21 - Stock Analysis
Investors have been wisely diversifying their portfolios to provide exposure to more than just U.S. stocks.
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December 7 - Stock Analysis
One of SandRidge Energy Inc's top shareholders called for the oil and gas company to consider selling itself and for Chief Executive Tom Ward to step down, saying management's...
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November 9 - Hedge Funds
The investment takeaway from this earnings season is unmistakable: Growth is slowing as companies do their best to ensure that current sales don't fall below the levels seen...
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November 2 - Stock Analysis
Jim Rogers has long been one of the most influential names in the commodity world, as his insights and strategies have been well documented.
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November 2 - News
One of the driving forces behind commodity investing has been the exponential increase in the human population, as demand for these products continues to grow at an alarming rate...
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November 2 - News
If you're a large blue chip company, then you know how hard it is to generate robust growth.
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October 26 - Stock Analysis
As Bernanke and the Fed continue to print more money and debase the dollar, investors are becoming increasingly concerned with the potential impact this will have on inflation...
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October 25 - News
With the S&P 500 surging roughly 25% in the past 12 months, it's been a great time to have full exposure to the stock market.
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October 22 - Stock Analysis
Back in July, I noted that Pandit was re-orienting this banking giant to higher-growth markets.
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October 19 - Stock Analysis
Last June, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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October 18 - Hedge Funds
The European Union could be destroyed by the "nightmare" euro crisis, and Germany needs to take the responsibility to save the common currency, billionaire fund manager George...
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October 16 - Hedge Funds
In the fast-changing world of tech stocks, there are few true buy-and-hold opportunities. Great stocks such as Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Amazon.com, Inc.
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October 11 - Stock Analysis
For blue-chip stocks, it's been another solid year.
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October 8 - Stock Analysis
Some investors are still shell-shocked from the 2008 market collapse.
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October 1 - Hedge Funds
Democratic heavyweight George Soros keeps inching his way back into partisan politics. The latest evidence: Mr.
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September 22 - Hedge Funds
According to a 13G just filled with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Steven Mandel’s Lone Pine Capital LLC has now owns 8,645,289 shares of Verisign, Inc.
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August 28 - Hedge Funds
Billionaire hedge fund manager Paul E.
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August 23 - Hedge Funds
"Break up the big banks!" That is starting to be the plaintive cry around the financial industry, with now several executives across the industry expressing some openness to breaking...
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August 16 - News
BlackRock Inc. (BLK), the world’s biggest money manager, said second-quarter profit fell 11 percent as slumping markets worldwide eroded fees for managing client assets.
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July 18 - Hedge Funds
Altana Wealth, the Monaco-based hedge fund firm set up by Lee Robinson, saw its two hedge funds suffer big drops in June, leaving them both with double-digit losses for the year...
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July 13 - Hedge Funds
Philip Falcone’s hedge fund, having taken out a loan earlier this year at an effective annual interest rate of 24 percent, has found a new source of financing: the money-management...
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June 20 - Hedge Funds
Convicted hedge fund fraudster R. Allen Stanford said yesterday that he's no Bernard Madoff, but a federal judge sentenced him to a Madoff-like 110 years in prison, anyway.
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June 15 - Hedge Funds