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  Global Bond Market Suffers From Too Much Central Bank Control: Thornburg

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  April 18, 2012

  Global central banks' determination to keep interest rates low has forced investors to put money into risky securities, Thornburg's fixed-income portfolio managers warn.

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  Bernanke Offers No QE3 Salve, Talks Up Regulatory Role

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  April 9, 2012

  The Fed chairman said Monday night that money market funds and asset-backed securities were aspects of a shadow banking system that created “potential channels for the propagation of shocks through the financial system and the economy.”

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  Global Insurers Face Pressure on Iran Sanctions

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  March 8, 2012

  The move toward tightening sanctions on Iran has moved up a notch as proposed legislation would target global insurers who provide insurance or reinsurance on any deals with Iran that are forbidden by U.S. law.

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  Defending the Fed

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  February 15, 2012

  An American Enterprise Institute scholar argues that both the Fed and U.S. savers today must choose among unpleasant alternatives.

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  War of Borrowers Against Savers: News Analysis

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  February 8, 2012

  When Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke announced two weeks ago that the Fed expected to maintain its near-zero interest rate policy at least as long as the end of 2014, it was the latest salvo in our loose monetary regime’s increasing repression of savers.

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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.

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  Fed Asks Congress to Ease Lending Standards and Housing Inventory

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne, James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  January 5, 2012

  Quincy Krosby, chief market strategist for Prudential Annuities, thinks the 'Fed will probably give us QE3' this year, but will focus on buying mortgage-backed securities rather than Treasuries.

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  PIMCO’s El-Erian: QE2 Failed to Boost U.S. Growth

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  June 2, 2011

  While the bond-purchase program pushed investors into higher-yielding assets such as stocks, the “transmission mechanism” to lower unemployment by driving more money into the economy didn’t work, El-Erian of PIMCO said.

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  Japan Quake, Fed Rates and CPI: Advisor Briefing for the Week of March 14, 2011

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  March 14, 2011

  The top market-moving news for the week: the Japanese earthquake, the Fed meeting, and inflation readings, including PPI and CPI.

• The Problem with Too Much Money

  By Alexei Bayer  |  January 1, 2007

  When 2006 began, all eyes in global equity markets were glued to the Federal Reserve. The U.S. central bank has always been a pivotal player...