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  How to Create Your Election Portfolio

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  September 12, 2012

  It won’t be long before the presidential election is upon us. Will your portfolio be ready? Analysts from Russell, OppenheimerFunds and more say how to reposition portfolios before Nov. 6.

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  Fed’s Bernanke Makes Case for QE3

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  August 31, 2012

  “I don’t think there’s any question that they’re getting ready to act,” an LPL analyst told AdvisorOne.

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  Bernanke to Cast His Vote on U.S. Economy at Jackson Hole

  By Joyce Hanson  |  August 30, 2012

  Bernanke’s speech will be analyzed more closely than usual because it follows Mitt Romney’s Thursday night acceptance speech as the Republican candidate for the presidency.

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  Fed to Go Public on Rate Actions in Historic Move Toward Transparency

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  January 3, 2012

  In a historic move that points to increasing transparency at the Federal Reserve, the FOMC announced Tuesday that beginning in January, it will start to publish a forecast of its own actions.

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  Fed’s Bernanke Sympathizes With Occupy Wall Street as Economic Growth Stays Fragile

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  November 2, 2011

  Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke says he sympathizes with the frustration of Occupy Wall Street protestors as U.S. jobs market weakness persists and the nation’s unemployment rate remains elevated. The Fed left its monetary policy unchanged.

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  Fed Tackles Long-Term Rates to Spur Economy

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  September 21, 2011

  The Fed said it would buy $400 billion of longer-term U.S. Treasury securities to put downward pressure on longer-term interest rates and 'help make broader financial conditions more accommodative.'

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  Fed’s ‘Operation Twist’ Offers Bond Investment Opportunities

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  September 21, 2011

  What does the Fed's "Operation Twist" easy-monetary policy move mean for bond investors? Here’s a roundup of what the strategists are saying about opportunities in the fixed-income market.

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  4 Ways Fed Can Take Action: Stone & McCarthy Report

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  September 20, 2011

  The Fed this week will likely add further stimulus to the U.S. economy, say Stone & McCarthy Research Associates in a report that lays out the policymakers’ four options for taking action.

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  Fed Announcement Helps U.S. Stocks Rebound

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  August 9, 2011

  U.S. stocks surged Tuesday after Federal Reserve policymakers announced that they planned to keep rates in a very low range for the next two years.