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U.S. bond fund investors have been more reliant on government bonds and corporates than their European counterparts but that will change if rates stay low.

JonesTrading Institutional JonesTrading to Acquire Conifer SecuritiesServices said it signed a letter of intent to acquire Conifer Securities from the Conifer Group.

Equity fund investors appear to be exiting from mutual funds and investing in ETFs instead. The ICI reported net redemptions of $64.673 billion for U.S. equity funds and $42.887 billion for all equity funds for the year to date.

Standard & Poor's downgrade of the United States government a year ago has had a wide but shallow impact on municipal bonds.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average inched up 2.71 points Tuesday to close at 13.172.14 while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq trimmed 0.58 points and 5.54 points, respectively. Here are some more details from Tuesday's trading session: Dow Jones Industrial Average: Up six of the past eight trading days. An intraday high of 13223.01 occurred at 09:32:19 today, representing an increase of 53.58 points, or 0.41%. An intraday low of 13142.10 occurred at 15:53:39 today, representing a decrease of down 27.33…

As sales of ETFs boom, the SEC's Office of Investor Education and Advocacy has released an investor bulletin on the investment vehicle.

U.S. debt yields put you asleep. But you better be on your toes, with the adventure involved in emerging market bonds.

As sales of ETFs boom, the SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy has released an investor bulletin on the investment vehicle.

First Trust Advisors has rolled out two new ETFs based on NASDAQ indices. The First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund and the Multi-Asset Diversified Income Index Fund, which is based on the NASDAQ Multi-Asset Diversified Income Index, began trading Tuesday on NASDAQ.

WallachBeth Capital, an institutional brokerage firm, has created the WallachBeth Healthcare Research Group.