Paul Volcker

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  Illinois Dragging Feet on Huge Pension Problem

  By Sara Burnett  |  January 2, 2013

  Lawmakers will convene again the first week in January in hopes of fixing the nation's worst case of underfunding state employees' pensions, a problem approaching $100 billion and mounting by $17 million per day.

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  Bill Gross Slams Fed ‘Merry-Go-Round’ Policy

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  October 22, 2012

  Bill Gross is again making waves (or tweets) ahead of the Federal Reserve’s much-anticipated statement set for later this week.

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  PIMCO’s El-Erian: Fed Wants Inflation Now, Will Clean Up ‘Mess’ Later

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  September 21, 2012

  PIMCO CEO harshly criticizes the Federal Reserve, saying they are actually trying to create inflation.

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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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  Fiduciary Rule Could Be Years Away: Industry Experts

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  August 22, 2012

  Knut Rostad, president of the Institute for the Fiduciary Standard, told AdvisorOne on Wednesday that regulators will most likely "continue to punt" the fiduciary issue.

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  BlackRock’s Fink: U.S. Politicians ‘Snoring Away’ on Europe, Economy

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  July 5, 2012

  Fink says no full recovery in United States until 2014; adds that the resignation of Barclay’s Diamond is “sad for me.”

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  JPMorgan Could Close Office That Drove $2B Loss

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 14, 2012

  The chief investment office of JP Morgan in London, which last week made the headlines for losing $2 billion in trades, could be in danger of closing, its entire staff dismissed.

• Debased Currency

  By Alexei Bayer  |  April 25, 2012

  Despite unprecedented creation of money over the past three and a half years, consumer prices remain moderate.

• The Client. The Client. The Client.

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  March 1, 2012

  The last words of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur’s farewell speech at West Point went like this: “…when I cross the river, my last conscious thoughts will be of the Corps, the Corps, the Corps.”

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  Industry Opponents Slam Volcker Rule as Volcker Defends It

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  February 14, 2012

  The controversial Volcker rule that regulates proprietary trading came in for a final round of comment as frustrated bankers, activists and Paul Volcker himself flooded government regulators with statements.