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  ETFs, North Africa & Oil: A Cool Arab Spring

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  October 21, 2011

  Political uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa have spread considerably since early 2011, with Thursday marking the end of the regime (and life) of Col. Moammar Gadhafi in Libya. But ETFs with a focus on the region have been falling sharply, along with oil prices.

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  Fed Stimulus & the Markets: A Repeat of 2010?

  By Simon Maierhofer, ETFguide.com  |  August 31, 2011

  The stock market without QE liquidity is like a junkie without the next fix.

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  Want to Retain More Clients? Provide a Different Kind of Retirement Advice

  By Liz Davidson, Financial Finesse  |  August 22, 2011

  Advisors who provide broader, values-based guidance in retirement planning are more likely to retain their now more cynical clients when the market takes a turn for the worse.

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  Three Obstacles to a Summer Rally

  By Simon Maierhofer, ETFguide.com  |  July 31, 2011

  Thanks to a multitude of factors, it's prudent to play the market from trading range to trading range -- and not be shy of locking in profits.

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  Merrill Moving to Align Pay to HNW Focus for FAs

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  July 12, 2011

  Changes to the incentive grid would reportedly give extra rewards to teams and advisors with fewer but higher-net-worth clients.

• Market Wrap: ‘Rapture Rally’ Fails to Materialize (Update)

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 21, 2011

  No End of Days, God to sue for libel.

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  Greece Denies New Bailout as Markets, Rating Agencies React

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 10, 2011

  Even as Greece denied a Dow Jones report that it would be receiving a new bailout package to the tune of almost 60 billion euros ($85.71 billion) as it continued to deal with its debt crisis, senior euro zone policymakers said that the new package might come as soon as...

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  Dow Jones, Credit Suisse Examine Q1 Hedge Fund Results

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 4, 2011

  In its 2011 Q1 Hedge Fund Industry Review, released Tuesday, the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index team revealed that large hedge funds, with more than $500 million AUM, brought in more than $12 billion of inflows; on the other hand, smaller funds experienced net outflows for Q1.

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  Affluent Clients Turn to Self-Directed Investment Strategies

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  April 19, 2011

  Advisors are missing opportunities to better serve their affluent clients in several areas, a Dow Jones study found.

• This Month's Forecast: Not Your 'Average' April

  By Simon Maierhofer, ETFguide.com  |  April 4, 2011

  Support levels need to be watched as high commodity prices and other factors come into play