Financial Advisors | Financial Services News for 02/12/2010



The Hartford Finds Need For Periodic Client-Advisor Dialogue On College Savings
Are you a savvy investor? Do you know how your college savings portfolio is invested? The Hartford asked these questions of 520 parents and grandparents who work with a financial advisor in an October 2009 online survey...

Business Wire - The Hartford Finds Need For Periodic Client-Advisor Dialogue On College Savings
February 10, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966aad50) Consumer survey finds investors know little about the investments in their 529 college savings plans ...

Avoid foreclosure, manage mortgage debt in 2010
Last year, U.S. home foreclosures totaled 2.8 million. This year, analysts anticipate that number will rise, with about 3 million homes to be foreclosed...

Everybody Is Buying These Stocks
If you know your principles of influence, then you know that once I tell you the stocks that everybody has been buying over the past year, you're going to feel the need to go out and buy them for yourself...

Business Wire - Bermuda Concludes Negotiations of a Tax Treaty Exchange Agreement with India
February 10, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966adde0) HAMILTON, Bermuda -- BermudaÃÂEURÂ(TM)s Minister of Finance, the Hon. Paula A. Cox J.P., M.P., announced...

Business Wire - RR Donnelley Announces the Release of iCOMPLi iPhone App
February 11, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966a6500) Expands Series Of Mobile Applications For Financial Services Companies That Streamline Investor...

Business Wire - Allied Capital Board of Directors Rejects Prospect Capital Corporation Offer
February 11, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966a1a20) WASHINGTON -- Allied Capital Corporation (NYSE:ALD) announced today that it has issued the following letter...

Phil Dyskow to retire from Yamaha
" Yamaha Marine Group President Phil Dyskow announced yesterday at the Miami International Boat Show that he will retire from his position at Yamaha, which he has held for 13 years, on May 1. He will remain on as a senior advisor until Sept...

Drink In These 5 Top Stocks
Whether it's the corporate lunchroom, your cubicle, or the local watering hole after work, there are regular places we gather to discuss news, sports, or -- if you're like us -- stocks...

Stocks Value Investing Legends Are Buying
Scraping together enough coin to win the annual luncheon auction with Warren Buffet is probably beyond the means of most investors...

Shaw to buy control of Canwest TV operations
Shaw, which owns cable and telecom services in Western Canada, said it will buy a minimum 20 percent equity stake and 80 percent voting interest in Canwest Global, which has been struggling under a debt load of about C$4 billion ...

5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Noble
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 150,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS , the Fool's free investing community, offshore drilling contractor Noble has earned a coveted five-star ranking ...

Western Morning News, The - Advisor in renewable energy investments
February 10, 2010 -- A LEADING firm of chartered accountants has appointed a senior manager to advise on renewables, through its corporate finance team....

These 5 Underdogs Are No Dogs
Short-sellers and hedge funds may be shadowy, but sometimes they are the smartest ones in the room...

Hypocrisy Illustrated a " Conservatives for Whitman?
We know the "Conservatives" at Meg County were purchased . We know that this Conservative refused to betray Steve Poizner - unlike Jim Nielsen, Brian Nestande and John Campbell who all switched their endorsements to join the establishment...

Business Wire - The Financial Select Sector SPDR® Fund to be Rebalanced
February 10, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966adff0) BOSTON -- State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management business of State Street Corporation...

5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Mueller Water
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 150,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS , the Fool's free investing community, water infrastructure specialist Mueller Water Products has earned a coveted five-star ranking ...

Police shoot wanted Salem man
A 22-year-old wanted man was shot in the leg early today when a Salem police officer opened fire following a foot chase, police said...

QUOTE: Survival and profit are fine, but if you
Jobs: Quoted by Matt on February 12 2010: Survival and profit are fine, but if you don't have values or "higher purpose" at the heart of your business, you may be losing out in the battle for the hearts and minds of customers, suppliers and employees [Jason Fried] recently broadcast a 100-character challenge to his 24,000 Twitter followers: "What's ...

Business Wire - Kayne Anderson Files 2009 Annual Reports for KYN and KYE
February 10, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966b7d90) HOUSTON -- KA Fund Advisors, LLC (ÃÂEURÂKayne AndersonÃÂEURÂ), which serves as the advisor to ...

Business Wire - New Succession Planning and Market Valuing System Introduced at Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network
February 11, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966a7ac0) The Independent Brokerage Arm of Wells Fargo & Company Now Offers Its Business Owners a...

What This Market Indicator Is Telling Us
After staging an impressive rally from its lows a year ago, the stock market appears to have taken a slight breather, as stocks have fallen roughly 6% since mid-January . That's not too surprising, given how far and fast the market has rebounded since its just-as-stunning descent earlier in the financial crisis...

Budget assurance lifts Qatar Exchange
Local institutions were increasingly bullish on the QE as their net buying rose to 2.90% from 1.79% in the previous week The government's assurance on a bigger budget and more room for the private sector positively boosted Qatar's bourse, which closed 1.43% higher in the week ended Thursday...

The Bookworm Sez: What's your 'Purseonality'?
Nobody has to tell you that the economy is uncertain. You live it. The job is shaky...

Market Wire - Prominent Kansas City Wealth Manager Joins Elite Team at Independent Broker/Dealer Geneos Wealth Management
February 10, 2010 -- Geneos Wealth Management, Inc. , aDenver-based broker/dealer serving the investment industry's most elitefinancial advisors, today announced...

5 Stocks Bouncing Back
However hard the market slams a stock, there's always the chance it'll come bouncing right back...

Annie Penn Hospital names 2 to board
Denise G. Brown, financial advisor, Edward Jones, and R. John Kolessar, Rockingham County market executive, NewBridge Bank, named to board, Annie Penn Hospital, Reidsville...

Business Wire - Get Financial Aid Application Answers Through Sallie Mae’s FAFSA Chat, Feb. 11, 9-10 P.M. EST
February 10, 2010 -- HASH(0x2a966a4830) Visit SallieMae.com Thursday Night for Free FAFSA Help RESTON, Va. -- Sallie Mae advisors will...

Brown Bag it with the Kent Chamber of Commerce
Green River Community College and the Kent Chamber of Commerce present the Brown Bag Lunch and Learn Series noon Feb...

Winston-Salem arts council launches website
United Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County launched interactive website at www.cityofthearts.com . February 12, 2010 United Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County launched interactive website at www.cityofthearts.com . February 12, 2010 Employees of Moses Cone Health System, Greensboro, raised $27,737.85 for Haitian ...



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