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  Taking Sides: Will Wall Street’s Generosity to GOP Continue?

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  September 25, 2012

  In the 2008 presidential race, Barack Obama had a substantial edge over John McCain in raising money from Wall Street. That advantage has not only evaporated for the president in the current race, but has reversed dramatically.

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  Who Can Reform Wall Street: Romney or Obama?

  By Nicole Gelinas  |  August 23, 2012

  The political calculus is that Romney has a good chance in November because the economy is bad, and Obama is the guy who was supposed to make it better. Not so fast.

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  Prediction Time

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  July 26, 2012

  Forecasting election outcomes has taken on some of the trappings of a science in recent years.

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  Advisors Want Romney, Resigned to Obama

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  May 30, 2012

  Although financial advisors largely support Mitt Romney as the next U.S. president, most expect Barack Obama will serve a second term, according to an SEI Quick Poll on Wednesday.

• Advisors Weigh In on Presidential Race

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  March 1, 2012

  A recent poll of individual advisor members of the Financial Services Institute (FSI) found that those representatives overwhelmingly believe former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney will win the Republican presidential nomination, the Senate will shift to Republican control and that the economy will stay flat while taxes will go up.

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  Jim Rogers Picks Obama to Win Election but Prefers Ron Paul

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  February 24, 2012

  Leading presidential hopefuls Obama, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum 'don’t have a clue what’s going on,' Rogers believes.

• Post-Tea Party

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  February 24, 2012

  The Tea Party movement burst onto the political scene three years ago.

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  FSI to Spotlight Members’ Opinions: 2012 Politics and Equities Outlook

  By Dale Brown, Financial Services Institute  |  February 13, 2012

  The opinions of our membership should be heard by regulators and legislators. In our first survey of our 35,000 advisor members, we focused on headline political, economic, tax and regulatory issues.

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  Advisors Back Romney Over Obama by Huge Margin: FSI Poll

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  February 7, 2012

  The Financial Services Institute released poll results on Tuesday that showed Mitt Romney was the favored candidate among financial advisors to take the Republican nomination and ultimately the presidency.

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  Return to Gold Standard Gets Political Play

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  February 6, 2012

  Newt Gingrich made news last month when he pledged to appoint gold bugs Lewis Lehrman and James Grant to a new commission that would explore the feasibility of returning the U.S. to the gold standard.