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  Time to Exit Market, Warn El-Erian, Rosenberg, Kotlikoff

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  May 23, 2013

  PIMCO’s El-Erian is one of many prominent names voicing a deep skepticism of the stock market, suggesting the time to exit risky assets is at hand.

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  Andy Friedman: Which Wealth Transfer Tactics Will Survive Congress?

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  May 22, 2013

  Act now to transfer wealth, Washington Update analyst Andy Friedman warns, because Congress is likely to close some loopholes while forging a budget compromise needed to raise the debt limit.

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  FINRA Inks Deal With Direct Edge, Gains Oversight of 90% of Equity Trading Volume

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 22, 2013

  FINRA announced Wednesday that Direct Edge, the third-largest stock exchange operator in the U.S., has made a deal with FINRA to provide market surveillance services on behalf of Direct Edge's two licensed stock exchanges.

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  What It Means to Be an Advisor

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 21, 2013

  An outspoken group of top advisors convened at the Curian Conference in Chicago to sound off on everything from the political climate to women as a niche market to retirement income and behavior, and more.

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  Matthews Asia Joins Frontier Rush

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 20, 2013

  “We’re seeing certain markets that are at the same point China was 20 years ago,” a Matthews portfolio manager said.

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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.