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U.S. households held $10.7 trillion in retirement assets at the end of 2010, according to a pair of retirement industry analysts who culled information from the Federal Reserve’s Flow of Funds report and U.S. Census data. This is just above the previous high of $10.5 trillion reached in 2007, and a big climb from the $2.4 trillion loss in retirement assets in the crash of 2008, when these assets fell to $8.1 trillion.

MF Global Holdings, a major player in th futures market, has filed for bankruptcy after failing to find a buyer.

Four of the world’s largest investment banks – Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC and J.P. Morgan --- are now live on a new electronic margin call system called MarginSphere.

Financial planning and reporting technology provider Adaptive Planning has introduced its Fall 2011 and Winter 2012 Releases, which feature new reporting capabilities, SaaS and enterprise collaboration features.

Analysts and managers say they are finding value in the municipal market by taking advantage of attractive intermediate yields and buying opportunities presented by credits that find themselves in the headlines, among other strategies.

While many employees obtain benefits information from their employers, another source of information, at least for Gen Y (ages 18 to 34), is family members and friends, according to survey results from Colonial Life.

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Army vet Steve Kennedy is brave enough to actively manage money in today's environment—it's him versus "Mr. Market" and that's just the way he likes it

Preferreds are getting popular because they generate income—but they require a lot of diligence and involve a lot of fine print

It's a gruesome metaphor, but contrarian investing isn't for the meek: Buy what others detest and reject ideas that are practically sacrosanct.