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The financial crisis has, in fact, had a lasting impact on investors, a Prudential Financial survey of 1,274 Americans shows.

High gas prices, the federal deficit and high unemployment are depressing investor confidence, an investor survey conducted by Gallup for Wells Fargo shows.

The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration has extended the deadline for 401(k) plans to disclose fees and expenses to participants to 120 days after the Jan. 1, 2012 deadline. Originally, the deadline was 60 days after the effective date. As a result, plans now have until April 30, 2012 to provide the information.

Depending on which political party you talk to, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is either the most powerful federal agency ever created, or the most constrained.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has fined a former trader at Morgan Stanley $150,000 and barred him from the securities industry for two years after he fooled its risk management system with bogus equity swap deals.

Although broker-dealers want to track down who owns unclaimed securities accounts they don’t want to comply with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new proposed rules.

Could another dotcom bubble be on the horizon? Less than a month after social networking site LinkedIn blew up in its blockbuster initial public offering, online coupon seller Groupon filed its S-1 form with the SEC.

Gabelli SRI Green Fund looks to gain from shortages of commodities and resources and for clients who want an actively managed, environmentally conscious fund, this very small but fast-growing firm's portfolio may be a perfect fit.

Analysts who turned their back on Ultra Petroleum over the past year may be about to change their tune as the independent oil and natural gas company appears to be primed for some breakout growth and could very well be an acquisition target by a larger competitor.