What are the advantages and disadvantages of FOFs?

While Obama calls for free enterprise to drive innovation, he also calls for more government spending in biotechnology, which is almost exclusively a private-sector function.

"Progressive price indexing" is being seriously considered as a potential reform to Social Security. President Bush referred to this potential reform as "interesting" and deserving of additional study. U.S. Senator Robert Bennett (R-Utah) is articulating the concept to other policymakers on Capitol Hill. Under this approach, the initial benefits of...

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Recently, two large players in the mutual fund business, Citigroup and Merrill Lynch, sold off control of their fund businesses to smaller, more specialized organizations. In addition, many smaller investment advisory organizations have been leaving the field,...

Without reform, Social Security is headed for disaster, and the only way to save the system will be to cut benefits or raise taxes.

Last week, a report by a committee of academics and business executives drew on much research and made a convincing case: U.S. financial markets have become painfully overregulated.

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This is the second in a series of AEI conferences aimed at increasing the level of understanding of the role of hedge funds in global capital markets.

Hedge funds have now become a major component of...

XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) can change the financial world. The SEC can help make XBRL widespread.