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  Bernanke Sets Timeline for Fed to End Bond-Buying

  By Martin Crustsinger, Associated Press  |  June 19, 2013

  Bernanke said the reductions would occur in "measured steps" and that the purchases could end by the middle of next year.

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  Repeal of Muni Tax-Exempt Status Would Devastate Counties: Report

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  June 19, 2013

  Ending the tax exemption would stick counties, states and other localities with heftier debt service payments while hurting average Americans' retirement savings, the National Association of Counties warns.

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  The Original Behavioral Economist

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  June 18, 2013

  “I’ve been doing the behavioral stuff for 35 years," said MainStay's Michael Aronstein. "It’s the basis of investing and economics. It’s only recently that it’s been popularized by academia. They’re reconstituting something in a trivial manner.”

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  AdvisorOne’s Best Comments: Goldfarb, Fiduciary, Referrals

  By Ron Pechtimaldjian, AdvisorOne  |  June 18, 2013

  Our regular collection of some of the most recent—and most thought-provoking—comments made by readers on AdvisorOne.

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  Roubini and Bremmer Warn of ‘New Abnormal’

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  June 18, 2013

  Is a new economic crisis that makes 2008 look mild in the offing? Nouriel Roubini and Ian Bremmer argue in a lengthy survey of world gloom that the possibility of such a crisis is ever present.

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  Investor Alert: Latvia to Become Newest Eurozone Member

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  June 13, 2013

  Far from breaking up, the Eurozone is on the verge of welcoming a new member. The news is good press for the Eurozone, after so many bad headlines.

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  Market Holds Rally, Investors Don’t Show Up

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  June 12, 2013

  “You don’t get too many chances to get over 100% gain without inflation after only four years,” said one analyst at the Morningstar Investment Conference, where panelists lamented investors' lack of discipline since the financial crisis.

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  Finke Says Jump in Rates No Panacea for Savers, Retirees: Live Blog, Day 1

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  June 12, 2013

  Perusing some investment literature in the Morningstar conference's lonely press room, I see an old retirement report and a conflicting story in today's Journal that prompts me to call up Michael Finke to sort it out.

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  Japan’s Swoon Doesn’t Affect Our Short-Term Outlook

  By Ben Warwick, Quantitative Equity Strategies  |  June 12, 2013

  The old adage “sell in May and go away” revolves around the belief that the markets experience higher growth from November to April.

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  Vanguard Study Boosts TDFs, Plugs Financial Advisors

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  June 10, 2013

  A recently released Vanguard study goes some distance to rehabilitate the image of target-date funds, which are often seen as lacking in sophistication.