Newsletter BOX: Reuters Money: Analysis: What's in your small-cap fund? Try Boeing or Pfizer

08/2/2013

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Analysis: What's in your small-cap fund? Try Boeing or Pfizer

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors in small-cap funds may be in for a big surprise.

Extremities of the risk divide win as emerging middle ground sours

LONDON (Reuters) - The winning investment strategy of 2013 has been simple but extreme: return home to the safety of the biggest, most-traded markets, or venture to the riskiest frontiers from Ivory Coast to Pakistan.

Retiree healthcare gap to burden U.S. states, cities: economists

(Reuters) - U.S. state and local governments have about $1 trillion of unfunded retiree healthcare liabilities, a shortfall that is expected to pressure budgets in the near future even more than pension costs, two Federal Reserve Board of Governors senior economists said on Thursday.

How to get employees of small businesses to save for retirement

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and AARP usually can be found on opposite ends of the ideological spectrum when it comes to retirement policy. The two Washington advocacy powerhouses have often been at loggerheads on key policy fights, such as Social Security and Medicare reform.

The very welcome death of the potash cartel: James Saft

(Reuters) - The death of the potash cartel is not only a great story, it is a great example of how hard human ingenuity makes it to fix markets.

Apollo, TGP among funds circling Gherkin tower owner IVG

LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Apollo and TPG Capital are among the private equity funds holding the debt of German property company IVG with a view to taking control as last-ditch talks with creditors near an end, two sources close to the situation told Reuters.

Japan regulator says Singapore-based hedge fund manipulated share prices

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Singapore-based hedge fund manipulated prices in the Japanese equity market and should pay a 431 million yen ($4.38 million) fine, Japan's securities regulator said, which would be biggest ever imposed against a non-Japanese firm for market manipulation.

CME Group profit beats Wall St. estimate as trading climbs

(Reuters) - CME Group Inc, the world's biggest futures exchange operator, on Thursday reported a 27 percent rise in quarterly profit, beating expectations, as trading jumped both at home and abroad.

Stern Advice: Financial advice that is popular - and wrong

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some financial advice is so oft-repeated that everyone takes it for granted: You shouldn't bring debt into retirement. Debit cards are safer than credit cards. Older folks should invest more conservatively. As they used to say on Seinfeld, yadda yadda yadda.

Contractors, cars and debt collectors top U.S. consumer complaints: survey

(Reuters) - U.S. consumers always complain about pushy car salesmen and debt collectors, but in 2012 they also faced an array of new and sometimes surprising challenges - like getting hit with fees just for questioning their bills, according to a recent survey.