Fixed Income

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  Week’s Top Portfolio Products: AdvisorShares Launches Sustainable ETF

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 25, 2012

  New products introduced over the last week include a new sustainable ETF from AdvisorShares and Philippe Cousteau and a covered bond ETF from ProShares.

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  AdvisorShares, Philippe Cousteau Launch Actively Managed Sustainable ETF

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 24, 2012

  Phillippe Cousteau, grandson of oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, hopes to use the multi-manager Global Echo ETF to 'do well by doing good.'

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  ETF Market Explodes as Asset Managers Innovate

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 22, 2012

  The RIA Group at iShares has seen phenomenal growth, to 100 boutique managers totaling $46 billion in ETF assets this year versus only a few managers with $5.8 billion in assets in 2009.

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  FDIC Warns on Risks of Market-Linked CDs

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  May 22, 2012

  A new consumer alert from the FDIC on market-linked CDs, one of the most popular structured products, counsels investors not to let the possibility of higher returns obscure their view of the risks.

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  PIMCO’s El-Erian: Greek Euro Exit ‘Probably Inevitable’

  By John Sullivan, Advisorone  |  May 21, 2012

  Greece may have to exit the 17-nation eurozone, and the monetary union should plan for it to ensure stability.

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  DoubleLine’s Gundlach: ‘We Don’t Like the Short End of the Curve at All’

  By John Sullivan, Advisorone  |  May 18, 2012

  The legendary fixed-income manager Jeffrey Gundlach, CEO of DoubleLine Capital, joined Tom Keene on Bloomberg TV’s Surveillance Midday to discuss Europe, alpha and possible Fed moves.

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  5 High-Profile Muni Bond Busts

  By John Sullivan, Advisorone  |  May 17, 2012

  Whitney was wrong, but high-profile defaults did occur, spooking markets and piquing analysts.

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  PIMCO, DoubleLine Both Feature on Litman/Gregory Managed Portfolio Menu

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 14, 2012

  Star fund managers Bill Gross of PIMCO and Jeff Gundlach of DoubleLine get double billing in Litman/Gregory's managed portfolios.

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  Bonds: Partying Like It’s 1999?

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  May 14, 2012

  Taxable bonds gathered $17 billion of inflows in April, says Morningstar, as JPMorgan continues its fund-flow momentum.

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  Top Portfolio Products: Baird Launches Fund; Fidelity Adds Two

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 14, 2012

  New products introduced over the last week include a new small-cap value fund from Baird; two new funds from Fidelity; and three new investment managers and sixteen new funds for The Hartford’s defined contribution retirement program offerings.