| | Weekly Roundup JUNE 07, 2013 MarketWatch's top 10 stories, June 3 — 7 By MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — U.S. stock markets rose this week, the first time in three weeks that they've pulled that off. On Friday, stocks rose smartly after a stronger-than-expected payrolls report cheered investors by suggesting that economic growth is strong enough to sustain relatively healthy job increases but not so strong that the Federal Reserve might move to cut back on its stimulus program.The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) rose 207.50 points or 1.4% on Friday to close at 15,248.12 and added 0.9% for the week. The Nasdaq Composite Index (COMP) climbed 45.16 points or 1.3% on the day to close at 3,469.22. For the week the technology heavy index was up 0.4%. Meanwhile the benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 Index (SPX) gained 20.82 points or 1.3% to close at 1,643.38 on Friday. For the week, the index added 0.8%.Please stay tuned to MarketWatch over the weekend. We'll have all the news you need to organize your portfolio and at least some of your life. — Christopher Noble , assistant managing editor.Too good to be true Securities regulators are underequipped to police financial markets, hedge funds are a danger to the market and criminals have been scamming investors forever and aren't going to stop. Those are just some of the observations Bernard Madoff made in an interview with MarketWatch. Madoff: Don't let Wall Street scam you, like I did. Ineffective Securities regulators are overwhelmed by the volume of fraud and insider-trading violations and don't have the resources to pursue criminals effectively. So says Sam Antar, a felon and former chief financial officer of Crazy Eddie Inc., a well-known criminal enterprise from the 1980s. Crazy Eddie fraudster says SEC can't keep up. The best defense The investing paradigms, they are a-changin' — and it's time to get your stock portfolio in sync. The defensive, income-rich stock and bond strategies that have rewarded investors for years won't lead the markets when the economy is less distressed. Where to put your money when bond yields rise. Reboot Apple Inc. (AAPL) has a lot riding on next week's introduction of its new mobile operating system, even though new devices aren't expected to surface until later in the year. Apple to reboot iOS as design chief takes lead. Center stage New videogame consoles from Sony Corp. (SNE) and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) will be on center stage Monday at the kickoff of the annual E3 conference. Gamers will be looking for more details on the new consoles' ability to deliver the next-generation of games. Investors will be watching for more details to support the rising valuations of stocks in the sector. Xbox One, PlayStation 4 take center stage at E3. Boring stocks In the stock market, boring is often beautiful. That's because "boring" stocks — those that have exhibited the least historical volatility — on average outperform the most "exciting" issues — those that have been the most volatile. And not by just a small margin, either. Boring stocks can bring exciting returns. The new gold Oranges just might be the new gold — at least for investors in futures markets. With many major commodity futures prices lower so far this year, frazzled investors should take a swig of a refreshing glass of orange juice — while they still can. Orange juice outshines gold in futures markets. Right is wrong Everyone from the right to the left agrees that job growth is far too weak. But what they can't agree on is what's causing this jobless emergency, or what to do about it, says Rex Nutting. Why the right is wrong about jobs. Be happy The problem with growing up in the household of a columnist is that everything you do becomes work fodder. And so it was that children's money foibles as toddlers and teens made work easier, says Chuck Jaffe. Don't worry about money. One fund Paul Merriman says he doesn't make blanket recommendations very often, but that he's sticking his neck out with one right now. He says there's a fund that should be part of virtually every long-term investment portfolio: An index fund in U.S. small-cap value stocks. The one fund every investor should own. 
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