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  Do New Fannie-Freddie Bonds Signal Return of Asset-Backed Securities?

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  October 12, 2012

  Fannie and Freddie are unable to issue higher-yielding bonds because of an unintended effect of Dodd-Frank; an exemption would create a ‘risk-sharing’ bond market that would benefit the mortgage giants.

• Time to Rethink Bond Strategy?

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  September 25, 2012

  With current bond yields low, interest rates lower and the economic outlook “cloudy at best,” Ken Volpert, head of Vanguard’s Taxable Bond Group, says the organization “doesn’t think future bond returns will be nearly as robust as they’ve been.

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  Today’s Bond Yields Are ‘Financial Repression’: Vanguard Expert

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  September 10, 2012

  Ken Volpert, head of Vanguard’s Taxable Bond Group, wants to be sure that bond investors are prepared for what lies ahead—namely small to negative returns.

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  SEC, FINRA, DOL Enforcement Roundup: 8 Charged for Insider Trading on Pharma Deal

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 30, 2012

  Among the recent actions taken by the regulators were a settlement of $1.27 million to be paid by an advisory firm to 13 pension plans and charges in an insider trading ring.

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  Is Another Housing Bubble in the Works?

  By Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com  |  August 5, 2012

  By pushing for a housing recovery with artificially low rates, the Federal Reserve could be contributing to future problems in the real-estate market.

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  ‘Living Wills’ Expose Banks’ Fragility, but Won’t Forestall Disaster

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  June 28, 2012

  Sunday is the deadline for the biggest banks to submit "living wills" providing regulators a roadmap to break them up if the financial system is threatened. But Simon Johnson says the time to break up too-big-to-fail banks is now.

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  Unfinished Business: Dodd-Frank’s Many Questions

  By Nicole Gelinas  |  June 27, 2012

  On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, known as Dodd-Frank, into law. Two years on, uncertainty abounds about the legislation’s meaning and impact.

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  Why the Financial Crisis Can Happen Again: News Analysis

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  June 22, 2012

  More than four years after the financial crisis began, could it all happen again? Has Wall Street changed its ways? How about Washington?

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  DoubleLine’s Gundlach: ‘We Don’t Like the Short End of the Curve at All’

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 18, 2012

  The legendary fixed-income manager Jeffrey Gundlach, CEO of DoubleLine Capital, joined Tom Keene on Bloomberg TV’s Surveillance Midday to discuss Europe, alpha and possible Fed moves.

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  Volcker Rule Untenable? Analyst Says JPMorgan’s Failed Hedge Is Proof

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  May 14, 2012

  In the immediate aftermath of JPMorgan's $2 billion trading loss, both conservative and liberal voices have been heard calling for tighter regulation, but Peter Wallison makes the opposite case.