Fiscal Cliff 2012

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  S&P’s Stovall: Pleasing Market Tally for 2012, Warning for 2013

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  January 2, 2013

  Substantial gains across asset classes in 2012 confirmed the old adage about the market ascending a wall of worry. But the certainty of political fighting over spending cuts in the first quarter should provide market entry opportunities to those who missed last year's ride.

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  Fiscal Cliff Deal: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  January 2, 2013

  The fiscal cliff deal that was approved by Congress sent the markets soaring Wednesday, but lawmakers and industry officials were quick to weigh in with their opinions—positive and negative—on the deal.

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  PIMCO’s El-Erian: Fiscal Cliff Deal Makes Little Economic Sense

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  January 2, 2013

  PIMCO CEO doesn’t think much of the last-minute deal struck by Congress to avert the fiscal cliff.

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  House Passes Fiscal Cliff Bill, Averting Plunge—for Now

  By ALAN FRAM, Associated Press  |  January 2, 2013

  House passes Senate bill, 257-167, shortly before midnight, sending legislation to President Barack Obama to sign.

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  House Takes Up Senate’s Fiscal Cliff Bill

  By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press  |  January 1, 2013

  Legislation to negate a fiscal cliff of across-the-board tax increases and sweeping spending cuts to the Pentagon and other government agencies is headed to the GOP-dominated House after bipartisan, middle-of-the-night approval in the Senate.

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  Obama Says Cliff Deal ‘in Sight’

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  December 31, 2012

  Speaking from the White House, President Obama said Monday afternoon that a deal to avert the fiscal cliff--at least making sure taxes don't go up on middle class Americans--is "in sight."

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  On Year's Final Trading Day, Markets Calm Despite Cliff

  By Pamela Sampson, AP, Pan Pylas, AP Business Writer  |  December 31, 2012

  European, Asian indexes rise significantly for the year, with hopes remaining that some kind of deal still can be made in U.S.

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  Interest-Rate Risk's Ticking Time Bomb: News Analysis

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  December 28, 2012

  What may seem to Americans like an annual budget crisis, recurring at the end of each year, could morph into a more European style perma-crisis...

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  Senate Pushes House on Fiscal Cliff

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  December 28, 2012

  Speaker of the House John Boehner called for Congess to reconvene on Sunday.

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  Fiscal Cliff – Bring It On: News Analysis

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  December 27, 2012

  The issue is how Americans spend money, but rational analysis has been absent from our political discourse. Only pain will prompt appropriate aversion to consuming more than our resources allow.