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Notorious spam king Sanford Wallace is facing federal fraud charges for allegedly breaking into Facebook accounts and sending 27 million spam messages in 2008 and 2009.

Wallace, 43, allegedly used aphishing attack to steal usernames and passwords from victims and then used the stolen credentials to post spam to victims walls, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Wallace allegedly made money from the scam by driving Web traffic to affiliate marketing companies, who pay their members by the number of clicks they can deliver to websites.

Staff training about simple email threats may have helped the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in New York from being hacked by a targeted malware attack, according to one analyst.

According to Bloomberg, the hack’s perpetrators obtained a “large quantity of data,” including e-mail and other documents during the intrusion.

Ovum’s UK based IT security analyst, Graham Titterington, said in a statement that many security mistakes occur within banks and other financial institutions because staff have not received sufficient training on threats.

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“People are people and have innate vulnerabilities with respect to trusting the wrong people, accepting inducements, or simply having more pressing concerns at the time they are approached [via email],” he said.

Mutual funds have emerged as a simple yet effective medium of creating wealth across the world. In India, however, investors have had mixed experiences. The issues like mismatch between reality and expectations in terms of returns, lack of understanding about various products and their suitability as well as wrong positioning of various mutual fund products have time and again created perception issues about this wonderful investment vehicle. Thankfully, due to improved regulations and serious efforts made by the industry as well as those associated with it, the scenario has improved considerably.

However, with the ever increasing number of schemes and the number of fund houses, getting the best out of their MF investments remains a challenge for investors. Here are a few tips that could help MF investors in improving the performance of their portfolios:

Mutual funds have emerged as a simple yet effective medium of creating wealth across the world. In India, however, investors have had mixed experiences. The issues like mismatch between reality and expectations in terms of returns, lack of understanding about various products and their suitability as well as wrong positioning of various mutual fund products have time and again created perception issues about this wonderful investment vehicle. Thankfully, due to improved regulations and serious efforts made by the industry as well as those associated with it, the scenario has improved considerably.

Executive Q&A: Bill Spitz
Bill Spitz wants to offer some of us smaller guys the type of investmentadvice usually reserved solely for luxury clients and big institutions.
As a director of wealth management firm Diversified Trust, Spitz uses his home base of Nashville to help individuals, families and others with everything from managing investments to trusts and planned giving strategies.
With a sour economy and still-skittish consumer confidence clouding the economic landscape, Spitz thinks it is high time to redouble efforts to make sound investments.
Maintaining a diversified portfolio and standing up for sinking stocks are two central ways to maximize returns, Spitz said.
He said saving aggressively — and saving early — still rates as the most important piece of investment advice anyone can give to the average investor. Moreover, distinguishing between basic needs such as bills and food and extra cash is critical to minimizing risk.

Mutual funds have emerged as a simple yet effective medium of creating wealth across the world. In India, however, investors have had mixed experiences. The issues like mismatch between reality and expectations in terms of returns, lack of understanding about various products and their suitability as well as wrong positioning of various mutual fund products have time and again created perception issues about this wonderful investment vehicle. Thankfully, due to improved regulations and serious efforts made by the industry as well as those associated with it, the scenario has improved considerably.

Mutual funds have emerged as a simple yet effective medium of creating wealth across the world. In India, however, investors have had mixed experiences. The issues like mismatch between reality and expectations in terms of returns, lack of understanding about various products and their suitability as well as wrong positioning of various mutual fund products have time and again created perception issues about this wonderful investment vehicle. Thankfully, due to improved regulations and serious efforts made by the industry as well as those associated with it, the scenario has improved considerably.

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Mon, Jul 18 2011, 00:53 GMT
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Gold continues to move to the upside
GOLD continues to move to the upside as debt woes continue in both the US and Europe. Recent data confirms that bullish bets on Gold are rising in the hedge fund space and as much as this is a positive it could show that a temporary top is in sight. Gold has moved higher form the US close this morning and we briefly touched on $1,598 before easing back slightly. Gold is currently trading higher by 0.40% at $1,597 in early trade.

Are you always at a loss while planning your finances?
Are you aware of the investment options available in the market? How best can you plan your finances?
What are the crieria for evaluating an investment option?
Are mutual funds profitable investment options? When and how should one buy mutual funds?


In an hour-long chat on rediff.com, financial planning expert Sailesh Multani offered some valuable tips. Here is the transcript:
Sailesh says, Hello & Good evening – welcome to this chat session
Sailesh says, For all those who are looking forward to recommendations on various types of mutual funds, here are my picks. In the equity fund category ? HDFC [ Get Quote ] Top 200 Fund, DSP BR Equity Fund and Fidelity Equity Fund. In the balanced fund category ? HDFC Prudence Fund. In the ELSS category ? HDFC Tax Saver and Fidelity Tax Advantage Fund

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Are you always at a loss while planning your finances?
Are you aware of the investment options available in the market? How best can you plan your finances?
What are the crieria for evaluating an investment option?
Are mutual funds profitable investment options? When and how should one buy mutual funds?