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  Time to Exit Market, Warn El-Erian, Rosenberg, Kotlikoff

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  May 23, 2013

  PIMCO CEO Mohamed El-Erian is one of many prominent names voicing a deep skepticism of the stock market, suggesting the time to exit risky assets is at hand.

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  Fed Announces QE4, With a Twist

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  December 12, 2012

  QE Whatever is now officially QE4, but with an unexpected twist: Fed will hold rates steady and continue to buy until unemployment hits 6.5% and inflation remains tamed.

• Thriving Amid Low Rates

  By Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com  |  September 25, 2012

  Income investors have been crushed by the depressed interest rate environment.

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  The QE3 Tightrope: Relief at the End, Inflation Danger Below

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  September 20, 2012

  Walking a tightrope over Niagara Falls is how American Enterprise Institute scholar John Makin explains the Fed’s bold new approach to monetary stimulus.

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  Pimco’s Gross Slams Fed in Tweet Critique

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  September 18, 2012

  Sure, he’s no Kim Kardashian or Ashton Kutcher, but PIMCO’s Bill Gross is gaining traction with his Twitter feed.

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  Fed Launches QE3 With Open-Ended Security Purchases

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  September 13, 2012

  The Federal Reserve has launched a third round of quantitative easing, pledging to expand its balance sheet by nearly a half a trillion dollars a year beyond existing commitments. An LPL analyst called the move "not very bold."

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  New China: Investing in a Growing Global Leader

  By Savita Iyer-Ahrestani, AdvisorOne  |  August 21, 2012

  Fifteen years ago, when Mark Mobius, executive chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group, first visited China, the swath of land across from Shanghai’s historic waterfront, the Bund, just lay there.

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  New Index Tracks Sputtering Economic Recovery

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  April 24, 2012

  Rather than wade through the IMF's 250-page forecast, a new, interactive web page allows you to quickly grasp that the global economy remains on life support.