Wealth Think

More federal money in the system will create some winners (not to mention jobs).

A closer look at the comments streaming in to the SEC regarding a new fiduciary standard.

Can dollar-cost averaging help investors and advisors find the best stock bargains?

The Janus executive gives his thoughts on the "bond bubble."

So for UBS, the worst is over because the IRS is ending its case against the firm and only a data dump remains. But what's next?

What caused the May dilemma?

A breakfast with Harindra de Silva, president and portfolio manager at Analytic Investors, an investment firm that manages institutional portfolios and mutual funds using a quantitative approach.

Over the last number of years, mutual fund transfer agencies and shareholder communications companies have tried to convince shareholders to accept paperless summary prospectuses, proxies, trade confirmations and electronically stamped signatures. Fund supermarkets and web home pages have broadened their horizons to include market commentary, videostreaming and personal financial news.

Fund giant boards of directors at AllianceBernstein, American Funds, Fidelity, Vanguard and others are reportedly starting to bring about meaningful change in the corporations in which they are invested. Proof should come any day now, when the shareholder proxy votes from the annual meetings are released.

In 2011, 401(k) plans will turn 30, but the milestones the mutual fund industry has reached in this time are but a nanosecond in the history of U.S. retirement policy.