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  Any Luster Left for Precious Metals?

  By Ed McCarthy, CFP  |  May 17, 2013

  Understanding the world's different metals and their dynamics in the global economy is key to maximizing their value in portfolios, say experts at ETF Securities

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  Where are the Financial Geniuses?

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  May 17, 2013

  Research Affiliates says firms seeking to find patterns of mispricing must encourage the critical evaluation of nonconformist ideas.

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  Stocks Have Room to Rise, but So Do Interest Rates: J.P. Morgan’s Kelly

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 17, 2013

  J.P. Morgan Asset Management's David Kelly believes the biggest drag on the U.S. economy is the Federal Reserve, and investors must prepare for inflation.

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  Purchasing Pools: The Brazilian Remedy to Ease America’s Credit Crunch

  By Juliana Molinari de Almeida Santos Cunha, Attorney, Sao Paulo Bar Association  |  May 17, 2013

  The Brazilian economy and legal system may offer the American middle class a way out of its credit access problem via the Brazilian “Purchasing Pool System.”

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  3 Market Strategies for Advisors, Investors From Russell

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 15, 2013

  The investment group also has four steps advisors and clients may want to consider for the rest of the year in their bond investments.

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  Move Over, Saudi Arabia, and Let North Dakota Take Over

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  May 14, 2013

  A buyer’s market in oil is in the making and will bring about disruptive market change that should benefit American manufacturers and consumers and prove challenging for Middle Eastern producers and European refiners.

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  Five Years After the Crisis, Can We Prevent the Next One?

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  May 13, 2013

  The U.S. has made progress, but measures like money-market fund regulation are needed to avert future financial instability, a Fed governor says.

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  What May Come Next From the Craziest Market in Recent History

  By Mike Patton  |  May 13, 2013

  Can the stock market continue to climb and shrug off bad news, or are we just picking up nickels in front of a bulldozer?

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  Chet Helck: The 2013 IA 25 Extended Profile

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  May 10, 2013

  When we began our interview, Chet Helck pointed out that he started in the financial industry as a customer.

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  ‘Modern Portfolio Theory Is Dead’: Sierra’s David Wright

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 9, 2013

  David Wright might be soft-spoken with a professorial tone, but he didn’t hold back with his controversial comments at NAPFA’s Spring Conference 2013 about future trends and where the markets are headed.