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  How to Capitalize on Shale Gas Trend: A Top Manager’s Favorite Plays

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  March 1, 2013

  The shale gas revolution is not expected to peak until 2040, a new study confirms. The T. Rowe Price New Era Fund's Tim Parker discussed how to make the most of it.

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  As Academic Research Shows, Disclosure Fails to Protect Investors From Advisors’ Conflicts

  By Knut A. Rostad  |  September 22, 2011

  Just listen to Yale Management Professor Daylian Cain's sobering view: “Conflicts of interest are a cancer on objectivity. Even well-meaning advisors often cannot overcome a conflict and give objective advice."

• Not There Yet

  By Steve Weydert, CFP, MS  |  July 1, 2011

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  Does the Federal Government Have a Future in Annuities?

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  April 1, 2011

  Professors Terrance Odean and Henry T.C. Hu have proposed a new kind of annuity; a product offered not by insurers, who can't promise they'll still be around to make payments, but by the federal government.

• Boomers catch a (health) break

  By Staff Writer  |  July 1, 2009

  Yet another reason boomers have to be thankful. Research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates people over the age of 50 might...

• Strong Roots

  By Alan Gersten  |  June 1, 2006

  To Luisa O. Nemati, financial planning for Hispanics is comparable to nutritional planning for a family -- except an advisor is feeding the financial needs...

• Endowment Size Continues to Matter in Alternatives Investing and Returns

  By Staff Writer  |  February 1, 2005

  NEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--The latest survey of school endowments by the National Association of College and University Business Officers shows that substantial differences remain between large and small endowments in percentage allocations to hedge funds, private equity and natural resources. As a group, small endowments invested less of their assets in...

• IRS Launches New Reporting for 2004

  By Staff Writer  |  February 1, 2005

  NEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--The latest survey of school endowments by the National Association of College and University Business Officers shows that substantial differences remain between large and small endowments in percentage allocations to hedge funds, private equity and natural resources. As a group, small endowments invested less of their assets in...

• Texas Universities Add to Hedge Fund Allocations

  By Staff Writer  |  November 29, 2004

  AUSTIN, Texas (HedgeWorld.com)--The investment management company that oversees US$12.6 billion in assets belonging to the University of Texas and Texas A&M systems plans to increase its hedge fund investments in the coming months. Cathy Iberg, deputy chief investment officer for the University of Texas Investment Management Co., told Bloomberg at...

• Endowment Hedge Fund Share Grows as University Spending Swamps Returns

  By Staff Writer  |  January 26, 2004

  NEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--School endowment investments made 2.9% in fiscal year 2003, a return insufficient to counter withdrawals of 5.4%, according to the National Association of...