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MLPs- Master Limited Partnerships- are back in style. Born in the 80s to incent investment in domestic energy infrastructure, Congress showered them with impressive tax benefits.

"There is a large community of financial advisors who are eager to retake control of the portfolio management process for their clients.

The Russell 2000, an index of small-company stocks, climbed above 1,000 points for the first time and ended higher Monday, even as the Dow Jones industrial average, the Standard & Poor's 500 index and the Nasdaq composite index all edged lower.

As Lewis Schiff and Russ Allen Prince chronicle in The Middle-Class Millionaire: The Rise of the New Rich and How They are Changing America , during the past 20 years, a portion of America's middle class has been pulling away from their neighbors by amassing significant wealth.

In a case involving whistleblowers at Fidelity Investments, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether mutual fund employees are subject to the same whistleblower protections as workers at publicly traded companies.

The Supreme Court will decide if government whistleblower protection applies to employees of a privately-held contractor or the subcontractor of a publicly-held company.

The recent global financial crisis prompted a far reaching legislative and regulatory response, the most notable of which was the passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act .1 Much has been written concerning the cause of the crisis and efforts to reduce future systemic risks to the financial system.

Investing is an essential of building financial security, but it can be intimidating when you're first starting out.

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How do the wealthy stay wealthy? The mandatory financial disclosure released last week by commerce secretary nominee Penny Pritzker provides a rare look at an American billionaire's entire investment portfolio.

As college seniors enter the workforce, some are frustrated by one factor that still enters the salary equation: gender.

The headlines about exchange-traded funds suggest there are no limits to the growth of these low-cost, easily traded alternatives to mutual funds.

President Bush, second from right, speaks during his roundtable discussion on health savings accounts in 2008 in Oklahoma City.

Target date mutual funds and ETFs are investment products targeting a particular investment horizon through a fairly passive asset allocation approach.

Can you please define "necessities" in today's world while trying to get out of debt and live on a budget? - Matthew Dear Matthew: Whether you're talking about the world today or 50 years ago, necessities haven't changed.

Mayor Lee Leffingwell has investments in stocks and mutual funds with an estimated value of anywhere from $159,000 to $643,000 . He enjoys an annual income of $150,000 from all sources, roughly half of which comes from his mayoral salary of $77,688. Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole and husband Kevin Cole have a real estate portfolio valued on the tax ... (more)

Sun Life Financial Inc. president and chief executive officer Dean Connor. Business has been strong, with $6.4 billion currently under management.

Investors worldwide cut back on commitments to high-yield "junk" bond funds in the latest week, giving just $100 million to the funds globally after committing over $1 billion the prior week, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

A couch potato portfolio consisting of three exchange-traded funds : Vanguard Total Stock Market, Vanguard MSCI Canada and Vanguard Total International Stock Market.