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  Stolid Switzerland’s Different Path

  By Alexei Bayer  |  April 29, 2013

  Both the U.S. and Switzerland are pulling out of the post-2008 global economic slump on the wave of speculative bubbles. But while Washington is stoking its bubble, hoping for faster growth, the Swiss are working to prevent theirs from getting out of hand.

• On the Road to Independence

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  April 1, 2013

  The dream of energy independence for the United States of America is fast becoming a reality.

• The Dow’s Upside: Why the Pessimists May Be Wrong

  By Alexei Bayer  |  April 1, 2013

  The Dow Jones Industrial Average has been rising, but the pessimists point to troubling fundamentals. However, many of these economic trends could also be seen as beneficial for the stock market

• Moving Ahead

  By Ed McCarthy, CFP  |  April 1, 2013

  The United States continues to move toward energy independence with oil-and-natural gas industry exploration and production (E&P) companies playing an important role in that trend.

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  12 Presidents’ Big State of the Union Ideas on Economy

  By Dan Berman, AdvisorOne  |  February 14, 2013

  From FDR to the second Bush, a look at what presidents had to say in their annual message to Congress.

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  Global Stocks Drop as U.S. Fiscal Cliff Deal Fails

  By SARAH DiLORENZO, Associated Press Business Writer  |  December 21, 2012

  Without an agreement, the U.S. economy will fall off the so-called fiscal cliff on Jan. 1 when Bush-era tax cuts expire and spending cuts kick in automatically.

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  Nouriel Roubini: ‘Market Reaction’ Will Force Fiscal Cliff Deal

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  December 17, 2012

  "In the long term, the fundamentals of the U.S. are stronger than other countries," according to Roubini.

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  Finding Sustainable Growth in a Fragmented World

  By Virginie Maisonneuve  |  September 25, 2012

  The global investment environment is increasingly fragmented. Although it has become the norm to say we live in a globalized world, we are also witnessing growing schisms within the “global village.”

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  For Advisors and Their Clients, Does It Matter Who’s President?

  By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne  |  September 12, 2012

  A look back at the last five presidents and their policies' effects on advisors and their clients, with implications for Obama-Romney.

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  NHS Hospitals Urged to Expand Overseas

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 21, 2012

  Britain is urging major hospitals in its National Health Service to look beyond the country’s borders and offer foreign governments access to U.K. health services in the quest for profit.