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Investors worried about the risks inherent in the market’s dramatic volatility over recent weeks and months might do well to pay attention to fund flows and to put their own money where the flows are going and staying.

Wall Street financial firms -- investment banks, banks, investment management firms, hedge funds -- have been fairly united in opposing and actively lobbying to weaken the new Consumer Financial Protection Board. But at least one leader in the industry, John C. Bogle, founder and former chairman of The Vanguard Group, make the case not only for a strong CFPB, but for the aggressive prosecution and even jailing of some of the bankers.

A senior employee known as an aggressive workaholic, but who seems stressed, yet rarely takes vacations, declines promotions, and zealously protects his business unit from outside scrutiny while personally handling choice vendors may be up to something devious.

The debt ceiling debate, the nation’s credit rating downgrade, market declines and unemployment are taking a serious toll on investors, causing the Country Financial Security Index to fall 1.3 points in August to 62.4, a record low.

The inability of stock analysts and others to say, “Oops, I was wrong” may help cause even more serious damage in the stock market over time.

The last two weeks have been a heart-stopping roller coaster ride for investors. But don’t assume that the ride is necessarily over, said Michael Ryan, chief investment strategist at UBS.

Middle-income Baby Boomers, those earning between $30,000 and $74,000 are vastly underserved in terms of preparing for retirement, according to a new report from the Insured Retirement Institute, “Middle-Income Boomers and Retirement: Tapping the Significant and Underserved Middle-Income Market.”

Only 49% of those with a financial advisor and a financial plan have discussed life insurance with their advisor, according to a survey released on Monday by Saybrus Partners.

The persistently weak economy and new regulations are preventing investment management firms from growing, according to a survey of 100 executives by KPMG.

Thomson Reuters said it began providing high-speed information and trading services to foreign currency trading firms, from its London data centers.