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By Ron DeLegge, ETFguide.com |
November 23, 2011
The expanding world of ETFs made its way to Capitol Hill on October 19, with a Senate Hearing titled âMarket Microstructure: Examination of Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs).â The purpose of the meeting was to analyze the impact of ETFs on the financial markets.
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By Ron DeLegge, ETFguide.com |
November 23, 2011
What are the reasons and causes behind the âFlash Crashâ on May 6, 2010? Does anybody know? What about the stock marketâs latest tendency to convulse? People still want answers because nothing theyâve heard up until now is satisfying. As a result, some of them have resorted to good old-fashioned...
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
October 14, 2011
Republican senators' recommendations to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction include repealing the Alternative Minimum Tax and the health-care law and reforming Social Security.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
October 6, 2011
The Senate Banking Committee on Thursday approved, by a party line vote of 12-10, the nomination of Richard Cordray as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The nomination now goes to the full Senate.
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
June 1, 2010
As Investment Advisor went to press in mid-May, lobbyists and Congressional staffers were optimistic that the Senate would finish a vote on Senator Christopher Dodd's...
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By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne |
July 1, 2009
A new study of target-date fund investments by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) found that participants in 401(k) plans dominated by those with low...
