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  Are Diamonds the New Gold?

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  April 19, 2013

  Tight supply, growing demand, a coming ETF and a new exchange for investment-grade diamonds may add sparkle to a gem that has resisted commoditization.

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  Simpson, Bowles Reduce New Deficit Plan to Prod Congress

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  April 19, 2013

  Like Jackie Gleason’s Buford T. Justice in 1977’s Smokey and the Bandit, Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles are not giving up.

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  Bloomberg Jumps on ‘Twitter A-List’ After SEC’s Social Media Decision

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  April 18, 2013

  Now that the SEC has green-lighted public companies’ disclosure of corporate information on social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook, the Web is jumping all over the news.

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  Reinhart and Rogoff Fight Back

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  April 17, 2013

  Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff, in response to a trio of researchers assailing their work, vigorously defended their seminal 2010 study.

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  Sheila Bair: Low Interest Rates Hurting Economy

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  April 17, 2013

  Former FDIC Chairwoman Sheila Bair is the latest high-profile official to voice concern over the Federal Reserve’s low-interest-rate policy.

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  Advisors Cope With Boston Bombing’s Aftermath

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  April 16, 2013

  If ever there was a teachable moment on behavioral finance and emotional investing, Monday’s horrific events at the Boston Marathon might have been it.

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  Oops! Reinhart-Rogoff Research Tripped Up by Typo

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  April 16, 2013

  A simple Excel spreadsheet error punches a hole in a highly cited economic paper by Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff that has been used to bolster policies favoring restraint in government spending.

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  7 Reasons Gold Is Falling: Currency Manager Merk

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  April 16, 2013

  A gold brick is still a brick, and hurts just as much when it falls on your foot, Axel Merk says.

• AdvisorOne’s 2013 Q1 Earnings Calendar for the Finance Sector

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  April 16, 2013

  The first-quarter 2013 earnings period is now under way, with many finance-sector companies reporting.

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  NFP to Sell Itself to Private Equity Firm for $1.01B

  By AP Staff Writer  |  April 15, 2013

  Wealth management services provider National Financial Partners Corp. said Monday that it would sell itself to private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners LLC for about $1.01 billion.