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How Higher Rates Touch Consumers, Firms, Investors
worry is big losses at funds that have borrowed heavily to buy bonds. Using borrowed funds to invest can magnify losses. The BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund has borrowed the equivalent of 42 percent of its assets, according to Morningstar, a fund
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Obama's 2013 Cabinet: What to ExpectWhite House chief of staff (1997-1998); serves on board of directors for Morgan Stanley and Facebook. Larry Fink , BlackRock CEO, world's biggest money manager. Roger Altman , investment banker, executive chairman, Evercore Partners; Deputy
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ECB bond-buying plan eases Europe fiscal worries
Europeans won't be disrupted by a financial shock, said Rick Rieder, chief investment officer for fundamental fixed income at BlackRock , the world's largest asset management firm. "U.S. executives should be broadly satisfied," Archer said. "But
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Where are stocks headed? 6 potential game-changers
be dominated by three factors: "policy, policy and policy," says Ewen Cameron Watt, chief investment strategist for BlackRock Investment Institute. A policy mistake in the USA, which faces key decisions on taxes and ways to bolster growth while
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CEO Pay Now 380 Times Average Worker's, Says AFL-CIOcategory: 1.34 percent 3. The Vanguard group category: 1.37 percent 4. Lord Abbett and Co. category: 2.87 percent 5. BlackRock category: 3.37 percent 6. TIAA-Cref category: 3.69 percent 7. ING Funds category: 4.13 percent 8. Putnam Investments
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Stocks End Best Q1 Since 1998
along the path of progress. With the bearish tone receding, investors should consider moving into "risk" assets and out of "safe" assets, especially on pullbacks," the investment firm BlackRock said in a commentary on its web site.
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Dodge & Cox Tops List of Best Mutual Fundsrespectively, and Hartford, BlackRock and Alliance Bernstein hugging the 860,000 in 2010. The average at BlackRock , by comparison, is a little over $76,000. More than two thirds of BlackRock 's U.S. funds, says Morningstar
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Is the economy headed for a double-dip recession?
of economic chaos. Not everyone agrees that the economy is sputtering, of course. Bob Doll, chief equity strategist at BlackRock , pointed out in a Friday report that gasoline prices are declining and banks are starting to lend more to small businesses
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Money Managers Wary as Debt-Ceiling Debate Drags OnIn June, portfolio managers at BlackRock , one of the world's largest fixed-income making it harder for a giant firm like BlackRock to make big shifts in its portfolios trigger panic in financial markets. BlackRock has already made moves to protect its
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Who's afraid of the debt? Everyone except Wall Street
not worried about losing the buying power of their money. BlackRock , the largest publicly traded money manager, ranks the U revenues are about 30% of GDP — relatively low, according to BlackRock . In contrast, the maximum German income tax is 45%; wealthier
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Bank of America to settle mortgage case for $8.5B
significant step in the slow process of moving past the mortgage bust. The settlement is being paid to 22 investors, including BlackRock , Pacific Investment Management and Goldman Sachs Asset Management, which bought mortgages Bank of America's Countrywide
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Some 401(k) plans offer lifelong income options
responsible for helping workers prepare for retirement, only 24% have decided to accept one of the new retirement solutions, a BlackRock survey found. The lifetime income products fall into two general types: •One is offered by insurance companies and is
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401(k) companions may widen retirement safety net
responsible for helping workers prepare for retirement, only 24% have decided to accept one of the new retirement solutions, a BlackRock survey found. The lifetime income products fall into two general types: •One is offered by insurance companies and is
