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Global stock markets tumbled Friday amid fears the U.S. may be heading back into recession and Europe's debt crisis is worsening. The sell-off follows the biggest one-day points decline on Wall Street since the 2008 financial crisis.

The two-week plunge in stock prices is signaling economic anxiety, but it's also compounding the problem: Lower stock prices are shrinking Americans' wealth, rattling their confidence and making them less inclined to spend. And employers may become even slower to hire.

With the ever changing regulatory landscape and the increased market volatility of the mutual fund industry over the past 10 years, including the implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley and Rule 38a-1 requirements on registered mutual funds, it may be time to reevaluate the role of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for mutual...

More Americans close to or beyond retirement age are staying in the work force.

What relief rally? Hope that the stock market would surge on news of Washington's debt ceiling deal has given way to pessimism.

If I've learned anything from the past week (or ever), it's to never anticipate effectual planning from Washington. Something always gets caught under the wagon wheel.