Vaughan Scully

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  S&P on Europe: Better to Be in Than Out

  By Vaughan Scully, Standard & Poor's  |  February 13, 2012

  Yes, the region has problems, but S&P Capital IQ says it’s turned more positive on the area, citing the ECB’s move to ease pressure on banks.

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  3 Funds to Consider if You Think Financials Are Due to Rebound

  By Vaughan Scully, Standard & Poor's  |  January 6, 2012

  Nothing fell further than financials in the recession, but an economic rebound may finally give them a boost. Beware of Basel III, however.

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  Investing in 'The Lucky Country' via ETFs

  By Vaughan Scully, Standard & Poor's  |  December 11, 2011

  Unlike Europe (and the U.S.), the Australian government has very low overall debt levels and projects a budget surplus in 2012.

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  Whatever Happened to Gold?

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  December 7, 2011

  As events in Europe have roiled the U.S. markets over the last month, one usually precious element of the market talk has been missing: gold.

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  Gold: Worth the Risk?

  By Vaughan Scully, Standard & Poor's  |  November 13, 2011

  Gold has many attributes that investors want, and it has been one of the few assets to deliver positive returns consistently since 2005.

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  The Perils of Exchange Traded Funds

  By Vaughan Scully, Standard & Poor's  |  October 9, 2011

  Despite their retail-friendly image today, ETFs were originally designed as a product for professional fund managers and institutional investors, and their involvement is still high.

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  Using REITs for Current Yields: Portfolio Fix

  By Vaughan Scully, Standard & Poor's  |  September 10, 2011

  REITs offer a compelling blend of decent current yield and future price appreciation.

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  SPDR Gold Overtakes S&P 500 SPY as Top ETF

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  August 23, 2011

  As equity prices fall and gold prices rise, the market capitalizations of the two largest ETFs have switched places, with State Street's SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) overtaking the SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) as the largest ETF in the world.

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  3 Funds to Consider in Light of Slowdown, Downgrade: Portfolio Fix

  By Staff Writer  |  August 8, 2011

  For your consideration: three fixed-income funds that boast above-average historical performance, high current yield and currency diversification.

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  Frontiers of Investing Webinar Series, Part III: ETFs—What’s Next, and How to Use Them in Client Portfolios

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  February 8, 2011

  On Wednesday, Feb. 9, AdvisorOne’s editors will host the third in a four-part free Webinar series on the burgeoning global ETF market, which now encompasses 3,500 products totaling $1.5 trillion in assets.