Marc Faber, publisher of the Gloom, Doom and Boom report has some interesting thoughts on the next market correction, the Dollar, the Euro as well as stocks and bonds in the long run.

Income investors are reading “ Bill Gross Warning May Catch Bond-Fund Investors Off Guard :” Bill Gross’s warning that the almost three-decade rally in fixed-income has run its course may catch individual investors off guard after they poured $89 billion into bond funds this year. The inflows through yesterday are running almost five times higher than deposits during the first three months of 2009, according to Brad Durham, co-founder of Emerging Portfolio Fund Research Inc., a Boston-based firm that tracks investor flows worldwide into mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. Investors reeling from losses during the financial crisis poured record amounts into fixed-income funds last year, missing the biggest stock market rally since the 1930s.

By Chong Pooi Koon Published: 2010/03/29 The two-day Invest Malaysia conference, beginning tomorrow, will most likely hog the spotlight of market-moving news flow this week. It has traditionally been the stage where investor-friendly policies are announced by the government, while corporate chieftains strive to sell their story to fund managers attending the event. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s keynote address will be the highlight, and he is expected to unveil the first stage of a new economic model.

“ Hedge Funds for the masses ” features an update on how Long-Short (L/S) mutual funds have performed during the past couple of years. Are they really an alternative for the average investor? Here are some thoughts on this topic: Hedge funds enjoy a certain glamour that the humble mutual fund lacks, including wealthy investors, the promise of outsized returns and billionaire money managers.

Reader Scott experienced some changes to his 401k set up and is considering a couple of choices. Here’s what he had to say: My question concerns my 401k account through work. We have been fully invested with Vanguard funds; however, we have recently been forced to transfer all our funds to T D Ameritrade brokerage since Vanguard is no longer supporting small company 401k accounts at its brokerage